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Frances Shelley Wees : The Last Concubine

Abelard-Schuman, New York, 1970

ISBN 020071550X

8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. CV5 - A first edition (no addiitional printings) hardcover book in very good condition in good dust jacket. Dust jacket has bottom right corner of the front flap clipped, some wrinkling, chipping, crease and few small tears on the edges and corners, tanning and light shelf wear. Book has light discoloration and light shelf wear. A Raven Book. Although not marked in any way, this copy comes from the personal collection of Otto Penzler, legendary editor and founder of the Mysterious Press, an award-winning icon in the genre. 8.5"x5.5", 191 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. The last emperor of China had a concubine with whom he was much in love. In the year of the Boxer Rebellion he was forced to flee the Forbidden City. The concubine also escaped, taking with her the magnificent jewels he had given her, chief among them a historic necklace of great beauty. In a few months she had a daughter, but the Emperor never knew that there had been a child. It is the year of the Great Leap Forward. Lyn and Michael Brian, a jewel buyer, are touring China with the Canadian League for International Understanding. Lyn wears a copy of a beautiful old Chinese necklace, which arouses strange reactions wherever they go, and she apparently despises her husband. Nora Miller, with a journalist's instincts, suspects a plot to smuggle jewels out of the country. Fearing that the entire group may be endangered, she trails Lyn through the crumbling streets of Peking.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Good

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