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THE CHINESE GOLD MURDERS: A CHINESE DETECTIVE STORY...

Van Gulik, Robert.

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, [1961]. Octavo, with ten illustrations by Van Gulik, cloth backed boards. First U. S. edition. A series of interconnected Judge Dee novellas. "Judge Dee is lively, and so are the gangsters, harlots, and others whom the judge outwits by disguise, deception and detection." - Barzun & Taylor, A Catalogue of Crime (1989), 3277. Hubin, p. 820. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to corner tips and spine ends, some age darkening to rear panel. (24202). Item #24202

Price: $150.00