The Red Pavilion: A Chinese Detective Story
de VAN GULIK, Robert
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- First
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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Sobre este artículo
London: Heinemann, 1963. First Edition. First Impression. Octavo (19cm); blue paper covered boards titled in gilt on spine; illustrated; map endpapers; dustjacket; 173pp. Crown gently nudged; former owner's personal library mark (red Chinese stamp) on front endpaper, else Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced 15s net); rubbing/crease mostly to the upper edge of jacket; Very Good+. A locked room mystery. It is a Gong'an detective novel based on the real character of Judge Dee (Ti Jen-chieh or Di Renjie) who is drawn into a web of lies and sad stories in the world of the prostitutes of Imperial China. Jacket design by Paul Castell. HUBIN, p.415; BARZUN & TAYLOR 2129.
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- Librería
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 53172
- Título
- The Red Pavilion: A Chinese Detective Story
- Autor
- VAN GULIK, Robert
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- Heinemann
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1963
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Modern Fiction; Mystery, Crime, and Detective Fiction;
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...