Necklace and Calabash
by Van Gulik, Robert
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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NECKLACE AND CALABASH; A Chinese Detective Story / by ROBERT VAN GULIK / WITH EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS DRAWN BY THE AUTHOR IN CHINESE STYLE
by Van Gulik, Robert
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- Used - Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1967
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- Cloth
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Lake Forest, Illinois, USA
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NZ$75.70
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London: Heinemann, 1967. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. Robert Van Gulik. Small 8vo (8" x 5 3/8"), pale red cloth with gold lettering on spine, with 8 illustrations drawn by the learned author in Chinese style, Mylar-protected B&W photographic dust jacket (price-clipped) depicting a double-gourd--or "calabash"--and necklace, pictorial endpaper drawings of same, vii + 143 numbered pages, [144].… Read more about this item Item Price
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Necklace and Calabash: A Chinese Detective Story
by Gulik, Robert van
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- Used - Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Published
- 1967
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- Hardcover
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- 9780684106205
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Silverdale, Pennsylvania, USA
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NZ$38.69
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1967. Hardcover. 0684106205 . Hardcover with dustjacket, first printing as indicated by the publisher's "A" on copyright page, book looks new, no remarkable flaws, the bright red and white jacket shows some surface-rubbing and has three short edge-tears, the jacket is clean and presentable, the original… Read more about this item Item Price
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Necklace and Calabash; A Chinese Detective Story
by Van Gulik, Robert
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- Used - Very near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First printing
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- 1971
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- Hardcover
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Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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NZ$92.52
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons [1971], 1971. First printing. Hardcover. Very near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. [10], 143, [5] pp. Grey cloth with red lettering on the spine. Price of $4.95 on front flap of dust jacket. A Judge Dee mystery with eight illustrations drawn by the author in Chinese style. Hubin 820. Based on the life and history… Read more about this item Item Price
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Necklace and Calabash; A Chinese Detective Story
by Van Gulik, Robert
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- Used - Near Fine
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- very near Fine
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- First printing
- Published
- 1971
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- Hardcover
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Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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NZ$74.02
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons [1971], 1971. First printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/very near Fine. 8vo. [10], 143, [5] pp. Grey cloth with red lettering on the spine. Price of $4.95 on front flap of dust jacket. A Judge Dee mystery with eight illustrations drawn by the author in Chinese style. Hubin 820. Based on the life and history… Read more about this item Item Price
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Necklace and Calabash: A Chinese Detective Story
by Robert van Gulik
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- Used - Good — in Good Dust Wrapper. Plain paper dust wrapper a little edgeworn and faded with a little loss to the spine ends. Edg
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- 1967
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- Hardback in Dust Wrapper.
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Peasedown St. John, Somerset, GBR
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NZ$61.23
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London: Heinemann, 1967. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Good — in Good Dust Wrapper. Plain paper dust wrapper a little edgeworn and faded with a little loss to the spine ends. Edges of the textblock heavily spotted. Pages lightly age-tanned. . First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (red boards with gilt titling to the spine) Physically 8”… Read more about this item Item Price
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NECKLACE AND CALABASH (A Judge Dee Mystery)
by Robert van Gulik
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- Used - Very Good (or better)
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- First Paperback Printing
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- [1967]
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- Paperback
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- 9780684163291
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Milton, Vermont, USA
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NZ$8.41
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NY: Charles Scribner's Sons / Scribner's Crime Classics, [1967]. First Paperback Printing. Paperback. Very Good (or better). Mass market paperback with light wear, clean, well bound, unmarked with clean pages. Note: the copyright date is the only date given 1967 but this is a later printing and appears to be the first by Scribner's. Other listings state this… Read more about this item Item Price
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Necklace and Calabash
by Robert van Gulik
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- 1969
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Norwalk, Connecticut, USA
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NZ$16.82
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Excellent condition. No creases to spine. No spots or markings. Item Price
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Necklace and Calabash
by van Gulik, Robert
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- Used - Good
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- 1979-10-01
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- Paperback
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- 9780684163291
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Simi Valley, California, USA
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NZ$5.32
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Scribner Paper Fiction, 1979-10-01. Paperback. Good. 0.5000 6.9000 3.8000. Item Price
NZ$5.32
NECKLACE AND CALABASH
by van Gulik, Robert
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- Used
- Edition
- First US edition, first printing
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- 1971
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- Hardcover
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Talent, Oregon, USA
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NZ$50.47
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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.
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NECKLACE AND CALABASH.
by VAN GULIK, Robert.
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- Used -
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APTOS, California, USA
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NZ$151.40
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New York [1967], Scribner's. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Grey cloth, dj., 142p., 8 illustrations by the author. very good. A Judge Dee mystery. . Item Price
NZ$151.40
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Necklace and Calabash: A Chinese Detective Story (Judge Dee Mysteries) Gulik, Robert Hans van
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
- Published
- 1967
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- Trade Paperback
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- 9780684106205
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Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
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NZ$31.88
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1967. Trade Paperback. Used - Very Good/Very Good. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1967. Very Good/Very Good. Gray cloth covers with red Dj. Light wear around edges and spine tips of Dj. Brodart cover. A few tiny spots on side page edge. 8.25x6 with 144 pp. Price of 4.95 on Dj flap. Item Price
NZ$31.88
Necklace and Calabash
by van Gulik, Robert
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- Used - Acceptable
- Published
- 1979
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780684163291
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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NZ$12.01
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Scribner Paper Fiction, 1979. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Item Price
NZ$12.01
Necklace and Calabash
by van Gulik, Robert
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- Used - Very Good Condition
- Published
- 1967
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- Mass Market Paperback With Pictorial Cover
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- 1
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Silver City, New Mexico, USA
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NZ$8.41
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A classic Judge Dee mystery! Item Price
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NECKLACE AND CALABASH; A CHINESE DETECTIVE STORY
by Van Gulik, Robert
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine Dust Jacket
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- Presumed First Edition.
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- 1967
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780684106205
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Calumet, Michigan, USA
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NZ$45.35
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1967. Presumed First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket. Faint blind stamp lower title page otherwise fine book & dust jacket. 144pp. Illustrations by the author. Size: 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" Tall
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NZ$45.35
NECKLACE AND CALABASH.
by VAN GULIK, ROBERT.
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- Used
- Edition
- First edition
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- 1967
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Greencastle, Pennsylvania, USA
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NZ$462.60
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London: Heinemann, (1967)., 1967. First edition. First edition. Fine in dust jacket, with minor professional restoration to head of spine. A chance meeting with a Taoist recluse, a gruesome body fished out of the river, strange guests at the Kingfisher Inn, and a princess in distress force Judge Dee into one of the most intricate and baffling mysteries of… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$462.60
NECKLACE AND CALABASH.
by VAN GULIK, ROBERT.
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- Used
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1967
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Greencastle, Pennsylvania, USA
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NZ$462.60
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London: Heinemann, [1967]., 1967. First edition. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. A chance meeting with a Taoist recluse, a gruesome body fished out of the river, strange guests at the Kingfisher Inn, and a princess in distress force Judge Dee into one of the most intricate and baffling mysteries of his career. Item Price
NZ$462.60
NECKLACE AND CALABASH
by van Gulik, Robert
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- Used - Paperback. Light shelfwear. Very good.
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- 1994
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- 9780226848709
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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NZ$15.14
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Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1994. Paperback. Light shelfwear. Very good.. 144pp. With illustrations in period style by the author, plus his postscript. Van Gulik, a Dutch diplomat and authority on Chinese history and culture, drew the plots from his stories from the body of Chinese literature, especially from popular detective novels that first appeared in the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Necklace and Calabash
by van Gulik, Robert
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Published
- 1979
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780684163291
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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NZ$21.87
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Scribner Paper Fiction, 1979. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Third printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. ""SCRIBNER CRIME CLASSICS"" EDITION. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Item Price
NZ$21.87
NECKLACE AND CALABASH
by Van Gulik, Robert
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- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1967
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- 1
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Rochester, Michigan, USA
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NZ$90.44
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NECKLACE AND CALABASH, Scribners, 1967, first American edition, near fine in like dust-wrapper. Judge Dee. Item Price
NZ$90.44
Necklace and Calabash: A Chinese Detective Story (Judge Dee Mysteries)
by van Gulik, Robert
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- Used - Very Good
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- 9780226848709
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Frederick, Maryland, USA
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NZ$10.08
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University of Chicago Press. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included. Item Price
NZ$10.08
