NECKLACE AND CALABASH
by van Gulik, Robert
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Talent, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1971. First US edition, first printing . Hardcover. A Judge Dee detective story. Includes eight illustrations by the author in Chinese style. Fine in about fine price clipped, bright, dust jacket with light wear at spine panel ends.
Synopsis
Necklace and Calabash is a detective novel written by Robert van Gulik and set in Imperial China (roughly speaking the Tang Dynasty). It is a fiction based on the real character of Judge Dee (Ti Jen-chieh or Di Renjie), a magistrate and statesman of the Tang court, who lived roughly 630–700. The book features eight illustrations by the author. Necklace and Calabash was the last Judge Dee novel published during van Gulik's lifetime.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33890
- Title
- NECKLACE AND CALABASH
- Author
- van Gulik, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First US edition, first printing
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- mystery, mysteries
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books
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Talent, Oregon
About Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books
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Glossary
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- Price Clipped
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- Jacket
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....