Necklace And Calabash: A Chinese Detective Story
by Van Gulik, Robert
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Vg/Vg- Prev. Owner Bookplate Inside. Light Edgewear. Dj Lightly Edgeworn & Rubbed. Text Clean, Binding Tight. Dj In My/Vg- (See description)
- ISBN 10
- 0684106205
- ISBN 13
- 9780684106205
- Seller
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Vancouver, Washington, United States
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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
- Vintage-Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- MASTER303535I
- Title
- Necklace And Calabash: A Chinese Detective Story
- Author
- Van Gulik, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover.
- Book Condition
- Used - Vg/Vg- Prev. Owner Bookplate Inside. Light Edgewear. Dj Lightly Edgeworn & Rubbed. Text Clean, Binding Tight. Dj In My
- Jacket Condition
- Vg- (See description)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0684106205
- ISBN 13
- 9780684106205
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- Mystery & Suspense, Crime Fiction, Classic Mysteries
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