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EMPEROR FU MANCHU
by Rohmer, Sax (pseudonym of A. Sarsfield Ward)
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1959
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- Paperback
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- 1
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Greenwich: CT: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1959. 1st American edition, October 1959, so stated. Cover by Richard Powers. Small cut at spine foot, a couple of faint cover creases else very good. (Sir Denis) Nayland Smith; China. During the Cold War of the 1950s former allies Russia and China turned communist, their threat casting a shadow over the free world. Yet… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE MAO CASE
by Xiaolong, Qiu
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- Used - Near Fine
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- First Printing
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- 2010
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- Paperback
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- 9780312601232
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 8.54
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Naperville, IL, U.S.A.: Saint Martin's Press / Minotaur Books, 2010. 1st paperback printing, March 2010, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Light wear at foot of spine, reading crease and a few pages dog-eared, else a near fine copy. Chief Inspector Chen Cao of the Shanghai Police Department is the head of the Special Case… Read more about this item Item Price
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MIDNIGHT IN PEKING: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunte the Last Days of Old China **EDGAR AND CWA AWARD WINNER**
by French, Paul
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- As New
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- First Printing
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- 2013
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- Paperback
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- 9780143123361
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N.Y.: Penguin Books, 2013. 1st pbk printing of the revised edition. A fine copy of the trade paperback. WINNER OF BOTH THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST FACT CRIME and the CWA NON-FICTION DAGGER AWARD. Chronicling an incredible unsolved murder, Midnight in Peking captures the aftermath of the brutal killing of a British schoolgirl in January… Read more about this item Item Price
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DRAGON BONES: A Red Princess Mystery (The Red Princess Mysteries)
by See, Lisa
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- Used - Near Fine
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- No Jacket
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- Later Edition
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- 2004
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- Paperback
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- 9780345440310
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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N.Y.: Ballantine Books, 2004. Later printing of the trade paperback, very light wear. In a magnificent land where myth mixes treacherously with truth, one woman is in charge of telling them apart. Liu Hulan is the Inspector in China's Ministry of Public Security whose tough style rousts wrongdoers and rubs her superiors the wrong way. Now her latest… Read more about this item Item Price
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A CASE OF TWO CITIES
by Xiaolong, Qiu
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Fine
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- 1st Edition
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- 2006
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- Hardcover
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- 9780312359850
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 13.14
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N.Y.: Saint Martin's Press, 2006. First Edition, November 2006, with complete number line beginning with 1. Boards lightly soiled else near fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. "Chinese expatriate Qiu's gripping fourth Inspector Chen novel (after 2004's When Red Is Black) captures an honest detective's struggle to be true to his… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE CHINA OPTION
by Milton, Nancy
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- 1st Edition
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- 1984
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- Hardcover
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- 9780861047727
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 32.86
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London: UK: Pluto Crime, 1984. 1st British edition. Pages age toned as usual else fine in dust jacket. China is in turmoil. American bombs and money are being used to support a hard-pressed government in a US ploy against the Russians. "the first American thriller to deal satisfactorily with modern China." Washington Post. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 32.86
MURDER, CHOP CHOP
by Norman, James
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- Used - Near Fine
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- 1st Prtg
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- 1997
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- Hardcover
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SGD 19.72
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Boulder: CO: Rue Morgue Press, 1997. Edges sunned. A classic long-out-of-print masterpiece. A late Golden Age Age novel of detection and adventure set in China in 1938 during the Sino-Japanese War. Offers up two unusual detectives: gimiendo Henandez Quinto, a gigantic Mexican who once rode with Pancho Villa and now trains soldiers for the Chinese Army, and Mountain of virtue,… Read more about this item Item Price
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MURDER, CHOP CHOP
by Norman, James
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- Used - Fine
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- 1st Prtg
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- 1997
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- Hardcover
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 26.29
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Boulder: CO: Rue Morgue Press, 1997. A classic long-out-of-print masterpiece. A late Golden Age Age novel of detection and adventure set in China in 1938 during the Sino-Japanese War. Offers up two unusual detectives: gimiendo Henandez Quinto, a gigantic Mexican who once rode with Pancho Villa and now trains soldiers for the Chinese Army, and Mountain of virtue, a beautiful… Read more about this item Item Price
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A DEATH IN CHINA
by Hiaasen, Carl & Bill Montalbano
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- Used - Fine
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- 1st Prtg
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- 1998
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- Paperback
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- 9780375700675
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 15.77
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N.Y.: Vintage/Black Lizard, 1998. 1st printing, July 1998. Oversize trade paperback, fine copy with bookmark advertising all three of their books. From Carl Hiaasen and the distinguished foreign correspondent Bill Montalbano comes a relentless novel of treachery and murder set in the clenched society of China, where even tomorrow’s weather is a state secret. David Wang, a Chinese-American… Read more about this item Item Price
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Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee : An Authentic Eighteenth Century Chinese Detective Novel
by Van Gulik, Robert H.
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- Used - Near Fine
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- No Jacket
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- 1st Prtg
- Published
- 1976
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- Paperback
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- 9780486233376
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SGD 15.77
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Mineola, NY, U.S.A.: Dover Publications, Incorporated, 1976. 1st prtg. Lightly soiled else near fine copy of trade paperback. Illustrated with three reproductions of original Chinese pictures, and six plates drawn by van Gulik after Chinese models.. 1st Prtg. Pictorial Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket. Book. Item Price
SGD 15.77
HOUR OF THE RAT
by Brackmann, Lisa
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- Used - Fine
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- First Edition
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- 2013
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- Paperback
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- 9781616952341
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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N.Y: Soho Crime, 2013. 1st ed, a couple of page corners bent else a fine, unread copy of the Advance Uncopyedited Edition due out in June 2013. Iraq War vet Ellie McEnroe has a pretty good life in Beijing, representing the work of controversial dissident Chinese artist Zhang Jianli. Even though Zhang’s mysterious disappearance of over a year ago… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE EYE OF JADE: A Mei Wang Mystery (Mei Wang Mysteries)
by Liang, Diane Wei
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 2008
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- Hardcover
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- 9781416549550
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N.Y., N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, 2008. 1st ed. with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket with protective mylar cover. First in Private Investigator Mei Wang series. In this unique blend of historical fiction and cutting-edge suspense, author Diane Wei Liang succeeds in delivering an incredible mystery veiled behind the red cutrain of contemporary Chinese… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Dragon Portfolio
by Hoyt, Richard
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1986
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- Hardcover
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- 9780312931681
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Tor Books, 1986. 1st. Ed.. FINE/FINE. James Burlane, an ex-CIA operative turned private investigator in the USA, is featured in the third book in this series. A novel about international money set in China.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book. Item Price
SGD 19.72
Bone Mountain
by Pattison, Eliot
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 2002
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- Hardcover
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- 9780312277604
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 19.06
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Minotaur Books, 2002. 1st. Ed. fine/fine. Shan Tao Yun, a Chinese bureaucrat imprisoned in a Himalayan labor camp, is featured in the third title in this internationally acclaimed series.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book. Item Price
SGD 19.06
THE CHINATOWN DEATH CLOUD PERIL
by Malmont, Valerie S.
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- As New
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- As New
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- First Edition
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- 2006
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- Hardcover
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- 9780743287852
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SGD 24.32
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N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, 2006. First edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Harkening back to the golden age of the pulp novel, debut novelist Paul Malmont has created a breathtaking, heartpounding, astounding, spectacular, and completely out-of-this-world adventure. During the Great Depression that… Read more about this item Item Price
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Peking Duck: A Moses Wine Detective Novel
by Simon, Roger Lichtenberg
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- Used - Very Good
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- Near Fine
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- 1st Edition
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- 1979
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- Hardcover
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- 9780671228804
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New York, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1979. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Wear along edges, page edges beginning to brown, sticker pull at front end-paper, else very good in near fime dust jacket. A guided tour of the People's Republic, Aunt Sonya had said: U.S.-China Friendship Study Tour Number Five, arranged by the China… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Master of Rain [Award Nominee]
by Bradby, Tom
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 2002
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- Hardcover
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- 9780385503976
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 29.57
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Doubleday, 2002. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. Author's highly praised first novel set in 1926 Shanghai; A city glistening with decadence and rife with corruption--a humid, bustling society at the cultural crossroads of British civil servants, American gun runners, Russian Princesses, and Chinese gangsters. A BARRY AWARD Nominee.. First Edition. Hard Cover.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Death of a Red Heroine : An Inspector Chen Investigation [Edgar Award Nominee]
by Xiaolong, Qiu
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- Used - Fine
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- No Jacket
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- 1st Prtg
- Published
- 2001
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- Hardcover
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- 9781569472422
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Soho Press, Incorporated, 2001. 1st prtg. An EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE for Best First Mystery Novel. 464 pgs.. 1st Prtg. Pictorial Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Trade Paperback. Item Price
SGD 19.72
THE LACQUER SCREEN: A Chinese Detective Story
by Van Gulik, Robert
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- Used - Very Good
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- Near Fine
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- First US Edition
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- 1969
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- Hardcover
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SGD 46.01
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NY: Scribners, 1969. 1st ed. Yellow cloth with bright red lettering. Dampstain at top corner, unnoticeable to jacket but a darkened stain to cloth, jacket, not price clipped, $3.95 price intact, in protective mylar cover. A Judge Dee mystery with ten illustrations drawn by the author in the chinese style.. End-papers printed in red show the… Read more about this item Item Price
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FLOWER NET **EDGAR AWARD FINALIST**
by See, Lisa
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1997
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- Hardcover
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- 9780060175276
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: HarperCollins Publishers, 1997. First edition, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. AUTHOR'S FIRS NOVEL.. Both an EDGAR and BARRY Award Nominee.. In the depths of a Beijing winter, during the waning days of Deng Xiaoping's reign,… Read more about this item Item Price
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