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by Robert van Gulik
| Panther paperback in Good condition. Reading crease down spine side, front cover, faint reading creases down spine, light wear on covers, slight spine roll.
First published in GB 1960.
Published by Panther Books 1966.
This is a 1969 reprint.
256 pages. Illustrated with 12 full page black and white drawings by van Gulik in the Chinese style.
11.2cm x 17.7cm x 1.3cm.
Weight: 150gms.
Cover price: 5/-.
Cover shows Michael Goodliffe in the title role.
Granada Television showed 6 episodes between 8th April & 13th May 1969. Directed by Howard Baker and Richard Doubleday.
Robert Hans van Gulik - Born: 9th August 1910, Zutphen, Netherlands - Died: 24th September 1967 (57), The Hague, Netherlands.
Han-yuan was an old, isolated town on the shore of a mountain-lake; its waters were said to well up from the Nether world, and weird creatures dwelt there who would grab unwary fishermen and drag them down into the unfathomed depths. Yet night after night the famous 'flower boats', gaily lit floating brothels, cruised on the lake, and the sounds of song and laughter rang out over the black forbidding water. In this uncanny atmosphere, heavy with sensual pleasure and dark mystery. Judge Dee, the long-bearded, bewhiskered detective of Ancient China, is confronted with the sudden death of a young dancing girl ...
Judge Dee Stories.
Dee Goong An (1949).
aka Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee.
The Chinese Bell Murders (1958).
New Year's Eve in Lan-Fang (1958).
The Chinese Gold Murders (1959).
The Chinese Lake Murders (1960).
The Chinese Nail Murders (1961).
The Haunted Monastery (1961).
The Red Pavilion (1961).
The Chinese Maze Murders (1962).
The Lacquer Screen (1962).
The Emperor's Pearl (1963).
The Monkey and the Tiger (1965).
The Phantom of the Temple (1965).
The Willow Pattern (1965).
Murder in Canton (1966).
Judge Dee at Work (1967).
Necklace and Calabash (1967).
Poets and Murder (1968).
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Publisher: Panther Books
ISBN:
Condition: Good |
Issue No.: Reprint
1969
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| Postage & Handling to UK mainland: £2.50 | Price: £2.50
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