Emperor's Pearl

London: Heinemann, 1963. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Octavo, 206; pp., plus [2] postscript. With eight illustrations drawn by the author in the Chinese style. Publisher's blue textured paper over boards lettered in gilt to spine, sketch-map to endpapers, Light foxing to the endpapers, Hong King bookseller stamp on the rear free endpaper margin. Two ownership signatures on the upper margin of the front pastedown, else a near fine copy. The pictorial dust-wrapper designed by the author is not price-clipped. It has the barest trace of wear along the top else fine.

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