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The Borrowed (SIGNED LIMITED 1ST EDITION)
by Ho-Kei, Chan & Jeremy Tiang (translator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- As New in As New dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1784971510
- ISBN 13
- 9781784971519
- Seller
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Carmarthen, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Head of Zeus. As New in As New dust jacket. 2016. 1st Limited Edition. Hardcover. 1784971510 . Black cloth-covered boards, with bright silver-gilt titling to the spine. SIGNED by the Author and the Translator (Jeremy Tiang) on a special limitation page, this being No. 101 of 250 copies ONLY of the First Edition. FIRST EDITION, FIRST Impression with the correct Printer's Key - 9 7 5 3 1 2 4 6 8. A NEW copy - Tight, Bright, Sharp-cornered and now in a new protective clear - removable - bookfilm plastic cover. " Six interlocking stories. One spellbinding novel. The year is 2013, and Hong Kong's greatest detective is dying. For fifty years, Inspector Kwan quietly solved cases while the world changed around him. Now his partner Detective Lok has come to his deathbed for help with one final case." Crime fiction set in Hong Kong. The original Chinese language book was published three months before the start of the so-called Umbrella Movement - the pro-democracy protests that closed down the center of Hong Kong in 2014 - and the film rights have been bought by legendary director Wong Kar-wai (In The Mood For Love). Gift Quality. See Images; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller
- Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 114430
- Title
- The Borrowed (SIGNED LIMITED 1ST EDITION)
- Author
- Ho-Kei, Chan & Jeremy Tiang (translator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New in As New dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st Limited Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1784971510
- ISBN 13
- 9781784971519
- Publisher
- Head of Zeus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2016
- Keywords
- 1784971510, The Borrowed, Ho-kei, Chan & Jeremy Tiang, Jeremy Tiang Translator, Number 101 Of 250 ONLY, Crime Fiction; The Film Rights Have Been Bought By Legendary Director Wong , Kar-wai (in The Mood For Love).
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Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
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About the Seller
Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
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Carmarthen
About Sue Lloyd-Davies Books
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