Search Results: Ming Yellow by John P Marquand

Pyramid Books. New York: Pyramid Books, Inc. , , 1963 first edition. R-873 , very good , , , paperback,

Pyramid Books. New York: Pyramid Books, Inc. , , 1963 first edition . R-873 , near fine, , , paperback,

Jonathan Press Mystery. Digest Size. . 54 , very good -fine, reading crease, Unabridged. Cover by George Salter. ,

Jonathan Press. First Printing. JP54. Owner mark. Very Good condition.

Book Condition: Very Good: A firm square copy with foxing to the cover cloth and inside cloth edges. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good: A three-quarter inch partially closed tear to the upper spine edge and minor chip, minor chips to corner tips. Not price-clipped. Clear cover.Published March 1935, stated.

London: Lovat, 1935. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. (London: Lovat Dickson & Thompson 1935). First UK Edition. Publisher's black boards with yellow lettering. Boards exceptionally bright and clean. No inscriptions. Faint offsetting to both sets of end-papers otherwise a very nearly fine copy. The VG (or better) dustwrapper (designed by Barbosa) has a slither of loss to the head of the spine which is slightly faded and soiled. Still quite a nice copy. "Peking. A newspaperman going nowhere fast, a wealthy Wall Street financier who collects Chinese art, the financier's daughter, and her boyfriend all team up for an adventure into the remote interior of North China to acquire rare pieces of Yellow Ming porcelain. Along the way, they encounter bandits, warlords, and duplicitous merchants and a young American-educated Chinese mastermind. By book's end, the question of the porcelain is settled after layer upon layer of betrayal and intrigue. As well, the young… Read More

MING YELLOW, Lovat Dickson & Thompson, 1935, first edition, a bright vg+ copy in like pictorial dust-wrapper with some light wear and tear. A very scarce book.