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First American edition bound in green cloth and gray boards with black lettering and pictorial endpapers. Contains eight illustrations by the author. 8vo (8.50 X 5.50") size, 174pp. A Near Fine copy in a Near Fine dust jacket. The book has a faint bump and rub at the head of its spine else fine. Fading along the upper and lower edges. The dust jacket has a tiny rub & closed edge tear (1cm long) at the head of its spine.
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Poets and Murder
Published by
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1968
ISBN 10: 0684125609
ISBN 13: 9780684125602
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: R Bookmark, Youngtown, AZ, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Collectible-Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. First edition by number code. Dust jacket is protected by mylar. Name of previous owner inside cover. Seller Inventory # 296198
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Poets and Murder
Published by
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1968
ISBN 10: 0684125609
ISBN 13: 9780684125602
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Hardcover
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0684125609I3N00
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Poets and Murder
Published by
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1968
ISBN 10: 0684125609
ISBN 13: 9780684125602
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Southampton Books, Sag Harbor, NY, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1968. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good with toning. Dust jacket is very good with toning and shelf/edgewear. Seller Inventory # 475539
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Poets and Murder
Published by
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1968
ISBN 10: 0684125609
ISBN 13: 9780684125602
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Good. First edition copy. . Very Good dust jacket. 1st American edition. In protective mylar cover. (China, Detectives, Mystery). Seller Inventory # N05Q-00249
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Poets and Murder: A Chinese Detective Story
Published by
Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1968
ISBN 10: 0684125609
ISBN 13: 9780684125602
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Aladdin Books, Fullerton, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. Good in very good dust jacket. Some abrasion, wear, and slight sun discoloration to cloth and boards. Toning to paper. No prior owner markings or bookplate. Dust jacket has no chips or significant tears and not price-clipped. The American edition was apparently published about four years later (1972) than the copyright date on this book. Seller Inventory # 126156
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POETS AND MURDER: A Chinese Detective Story
Published by
Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1972
ISBN 10: 0684125609
ISBN 13: 9780684125602
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Hardcover
Seller: Alta-Glamour Inc., Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
1st American Edition. 174pp. With 8 illustrations in period style by the author, plus his postscript. Van Gulik, a Dutch diplomat and authority on Chinese history and culture, drew the plots from his stories from the body of Chinese literature, especially from popular detective novels that first appeared in the seventeenth century. Each Judge Dee mystery features original Chinese plots, rewritten to form one continuous story, featuring master detective Judge Dee, one of the most famous master detectives who lived in the T'ang Dynasty of the seventh century A.D. In POETS AND MURDER, Dee sets out to solve a puzzling double murder in the literary world - and discovers that complex passions lurk beneath the placid surface of academic life. Hardcover in dust jacket. Light shelfwear. Very Good. Seller Inventory # 105760
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POETS AND MURDER. A Chinese Detective Story.
Published by
Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1972
ISBN 10: 0684125609
ISBN 13: 9780684125602
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Bookfever, IOBA (Volk & Iiams), Ione, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: FAIR. First US printing. Mystery featuring Judge Dee (630-700 AD), set during the Tang dynasty, illustrated with 8 drawings by Van Gulik. Illustrated endpapers. Postscript. 174 pp. Very near fine in a like dustjacket (light toning to pages). Seller Inventory # 78090
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Poets and Murder
Seller: Lazy S Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. A Judge Dee mystery. The book is tight and clean. Mild soiling to the rear panel and a hint of edge wear. A very nice copy. Seller Inventory # 001095
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Poets and Murder: A Chinese Detective Story (Judge Dee)
Published by
Scribners, New York, 1968
ISBN 10: 0684125609
ISBN 13: 9780684125602
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB), Bordentown, NJ, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First edition. Fine, fresh apparently unread, as-new copy in equally fine dust jacket. First edition (with correct "A2.72" code on copyright page). Illustrated endpapers. 173 pp. With eight illustrations drawn by the author in Chinese style. The 10th "New Judge Dee" novel set in ancient China In this entry, Judge Dee, visiting the Magistrate of Chin-hwa for the mid-autumn Festival, is called upon to solve a puzzling double-mystery--the murders of student Soong and the dancer Small Phoenix. From a half-wit girl who guards a wasteland shrine, Dee discovers that the killings may be connected with a case from eighteen years earlier. Seller Inventory # E34601
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Poets and Murder
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Scribner, NY, 1968
ISBN 10: 0684125609
ISBN 13: 9780684125602
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Mystery Cove Book Shop, Hulls Cove, ME, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
hardcover. Fine in a fine dust jacket. First American edition, 1st printing. The 17th Judge Dee mystery. Illustrated. Seller Inventory # 168824