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THE WALLET OF KAI LUNG
by BRAMAH, ERNEST
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good copy/Cover in color
- ISBN 10
- 019584050X
- ISBN 13
- 9780195840506
- Seller
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Lucca, Italy
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About This Item
Hongkong / Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986. 'Oxfford Paperbacks'. Cover illustration: Grenley. Contents: 1). The transmutation of Ling. 2). The story of Yung Chang. 3). The probation of Sen Heng. 4). The experiment of the mandarin Chan Hung. 5). The confession of Kai Lung. 6). The vengeance of Tung Fel. 7). The career of the charitable Quen-Ki-Ting. a). The public official. b). The temple builder. 8). The vision of Yin, the son of Yat Hung. 9). The ill-regulated destiny of Kin Yen, the picture-maker. Ernest Bramah (1868 -1942), born Ernest Brammah Smith, was an English author. Bramah attained commercial and critical success with his creation of Kai Lung, an itinerant storyteller. He first appears in 'The Wallet of Kai Lung' which was rejected by eight publishers before Grant Richards, who published it in 1900. It was still in print a hundred years later. The Kai Lung stories are humorous tales set in China, often with fantasy elements such as dragons and gods. 285 pag.. Reprint of the 1900 edition. Paperback. Good copy/Cover in color. 19,5cmx13cm.
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- Bookseller
- Festina Lente (IT)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 028435
- Title
- THE WALLET OF KAI LUNG
- Author
- BRAMAH, ERNEST
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good copy
- Jacket Condition
- Cover in color
- Edition
- Reprint of the 1900 edition
- ISBN 10
- 019584050X
- ISBN 13
- 9780195840506
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Hongkong / Oxford
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- china ernest brammah smith grand richards
- Size
- 19,5cmx13cm
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.