Necklace and Calabash: A Chinese Detective Story (Judge Dee Mysteries) Gulik, Robert Hans van
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used - Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0684106205
- ISBN 13
- 9780684106205
- Seller
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Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
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.
Synopsis
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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- Bookseller
- Kazoo Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 136388
- Title
- Necklace and Calabash: A Chinese Detective Story (Judge Dee Mysteries) Gulik, Robert Hans van
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0684106205
- ISBN 13
- 9780684106205
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1967
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