Janwillem van de. Robert van Gulik, His Life His Work.

by WETERING

£125 · Offered by Henry Sotheran Ltd

WETERING, Janwillem van de. Robert van Gulik, His Life His Work. Miami Beach: Dennis McMillan Publications . 1987. 8vo. Publisher’s red cloth lettered in gilt to spine, red endpapers with gilt illustrations, in illustrated dust jacket with printed price of $30 to front flap; pp. [4], 147, [3 (blank)], photographic frontispiece; near fine. Signed limited first edition, no. 300 of 350 copies of this biography of Robert van Gulik. Through a close examination of Van Gulik’s literary and scholarly output, this insightful study of one of the most intriguing figures in twentieth-century sinology and crime fiction draws not only on published sources but also personal recollections from those who knew the author. Wetering builds a vivid portrait of a polymath whose interests ranged from Chinese law and music to art, erotica, and detective fiction. SKU: 2122744

• Binding: Hardcover

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