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New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 1st edition. Novelization of the 1933 RKO film (the first draft screenplay by Edgar Wallace). Original lime green cloth, some white spots, most prominent along the top edge of back cover (the spots an endemic hallmark of this book), else very good, in the original 1st printing dustjacket, identified by the redundant use of the word "by" ("conceived by/by Edgar Wallace"), small chips and tears at edges, a crease to upper back panel, but otherwise a very good copy, unusually bright (the spine faded on most survivors), superior for this title which is frequently sold in the 2nd printing jacket with the "by" error corrected. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II- 681. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 3-226. Locke, A Spectrum of Fantasy, p. 143. Bleiler (1978), p. 127. Reginald 09268.

China: Ming Emperor Hongwu, 8211. very fine. 1 Kuan note manufactured under Hongwu (Zhu Yuanzhang), the first Ming Emperor. Block printed, in black ink, on gray mulberry paper, from a series of the earliest numismatic, printing on paper, and the earliest obtainable commercial printing on paper, 2 generations before Gutenberg (but 700 years after any printing on paper and 500 years after the first block printed book), and it is the largest paper money ever issued (8 3/4" X 13 3/16"). Small nicks and tears at the edges, all are natural paper flaws to 14th century paper making, and all are outside the borders, the red seals a little faded but it's PMG (the leading assessor of currency) slabbed and graded "Very Fine 35" and thus certified as unrepaired (important) and authentic (more important), over and above dispute. The Chinese text at the top reads "Da Ming tong xing bao chao" (right to left, in regular K'ai Shu style), translating as "Great Ming Circulating Treasure Note." Below this the… Read More