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  • CHINA TRADE. by Rozan, S. J.
    Rozan, S. J.
    CHINA TRADE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1994) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first book in the award-winning mystery series featuring Lydia Chin and Bill Smith. "Lydia Chin, a Chinese American private investigator living in New York City's Chinatown. When the Chinatown Museum is robbed of a set of rare porcelains, the chair of the board of directors calls in her friend Lydia, despite the opposition of Lydia's brother, Tim, a board member embarrassed by his sister's occupation (not suitable for a respectable Chinese woman) and afraid that her failure to solve the crime will make him lose face. Working with her sometime partner Bill Smith, Lydia finds a connection between the shadowy underworld of the tongs (Chinese gangs) and…

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    New York: St Martin's, (1994) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first book in the award-winning mystery series featuring Lydia Chin and Bill Smith. "Lydia Chin, a Chinese American private investigator living in New York City's Chinatown. When the Chinatown Museum is robbed of a set of rare porcelains, the chair of the board of directors calls in her friend Lydia, despite the opposition of Lydia's brother, Tim, a board member embarrassed by his sister's occupation (not suitable for a respectable Chinese woman) and afraid that her failure to solve the crime will make him lose face. Working with her sometime partner Bill Smith, Lydia finds a connection between the shadowy underworld of the tongs (Chinese gangs) and the black market in stolen art, which leads in turn to violence and danger- definitely unsuitable surroundings in the eyes of Lydia's family." SIGNED by Rozan on the title page with her Chinese stamp below her signature. 263 pp. ISBN: 0-312112548.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 77109
    View cart More details Price: $125.00
  • CONCOURSE. by Rozan, S. J.
    Rozan, S. J.
    CONCOURSE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1994) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second book in the award-winning mystery series featuring Lydia Chin and Bill Smith, who are investigating the beating death of a security guard at the Bronx Home for the Aged. INSCRIBED by Rozan on the title page with a blue stamp of a snake below her signature. 280 pp. ISBN: 0-312134533.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 77111
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  • MANDARIN PLAID. by Rozan, S. J.
    Rozan, S. J.
    MANDARIN PLAID.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1994) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The third book in the award-winning mystery series featuring Lydia Chin and Bill Smith, who find that a search for stolen sketches lead them from the sweatshops of Chinatown to the drawing rooms of the wealthy in the Upper East Side and into an underworld of drugs, prostitution and murder. INSCRIBED by Rozan on the title page with calligraphic stamp below her signature. 275 pp. ISBN: 0-312134533.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 78723
    View cart More details Price: $30.00