Dee Goong An. Three Murder Cases Solved

by Judge Dee. An old Chinese detective novel translated from the original Chinese with an introduction and notes by R. H. van Gulik

$2,000 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First edition, unnumbered copy. Illustrated with three reproductions of original Chinese pictures, and with six plates drawn by the author after ancient Chinese models. 8 , iv, xxiii, 237 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Pictorial boards from a polychrome woodcut by the author. Foot of spine faintly rubbed, front board a tiny bit faded. Very good copy lacking the plain paper dust jacket. Evers, A bibliography of Dr. R. H. van Gulik, p. 49. Item #249096

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