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  • HANGMAN'S POINT. by Barrett, Dean.
    Barrett, Dean.
    HANGMAN'S POINT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Village East Books, (1998). Hardcover first edition - Novel set in Hong Kong in 1857, focusing on Andrew Adams - a "rogue with a social conscience. He's an American seaman, smuggler, and gambler who has settled down to running a buzzing bar called the Bee Hive Tavern in the Chinese section of Hong Kong - a long way in every respect from 'the Peak,' where the wealthy and powerful Europeans who control the island's destiny live." 538 pp plus colophon. ISBN: 0-966189914.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)

    Book ID: 78297
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  • Gash, Jonathan
    JADE WOMAN.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: St Martin's, 1989. First edition - A mystery featuring antique dealer and con-artist Lovejoy. When things get too hot for him in East Anglia, he manages to make it to Hong Kong, but there things go terribly wrong also and he finds himself destitute.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (remains on a price on inside front cover.)

    Book ID: 4124
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  • WRITHINGS OF WISDOM. by Graham-Cumming, G,
    Graham-Cumming, G,
    WRITHINGS OF WISDOM.

    Edition: First edition.

    n.p. [Canada?] By the author, n.d. (ca 1982). SIGNED first edition - In the preface to this book, the author explains that he started writing these poems in 1942, while he was engaged in "underground" activity in Japanese occupied Hong Kong, and that the original notebook survived his arrest and imprisonment for espionage (he escaped execution only because of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki brought an abrupt end to the war.) INSCRIBED on the verso of the title page with a note referring to the kindness of his American cousin. 87 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in printed cream wrappers (some toning to the covers) Uncommon.

    Book ID: 70361
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  • THE MYSTERY OF THE FIRE DRAGON: Nancy Drew Mystery Stories 38. by Keene, Carolyn [Harriet Adams]
    Keene, Carolyn [Harriet Adams]
    THE MYSTERY OF THE FIRE DRAGON: Nancy Drew Mystery Stories 38.

    Edition: First edition.

    New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1961) dj. Hardcover first edition - Nancy and her friends George and Bess go to New York City and to Hong Kong to solve the mystery of a missing young Chinese girl. Farah's 1961-A1. (lists to itself at the front of book and to the Dana Girls #22) Bound in blue tweed cloth with the blue multi-picture endpapers (format 16). This is the last Nancy Drew title issued in a dustjacket, and only the first 3 printings in 1961 used this format. Illustrated with a plain frontispiece and 5 internals, Dust jacket art with the wraparound spine by Rudy Nappi. 182 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket with minor wear at the ends of the spine.

    Book ID: 88444
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  • LEFT IN THE CARE OF. by Kung, Dinah.
    Kung, Dinah.
    LEFT IN THE CARE OF.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Carroll & Graf, (1997) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first suspense novel, set in Hong Kong during the territory's last colonial Christmas before Britain's controls passes to China. A young English boy is found dead while in the care of his Filipina nanny, and a day later a second boy disappears from the same apartment. 260 pp. ISBN: 0-7867-04942.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 59898
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  • THE PIANO TEACHER. by Lee, Janice Y K.
    Lee, Janice Y K.
    THE PIANO TEACHER.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Viking, (2009). First edition - The author's very highly praised first novel, sent in the then British colony of Hong Kong (where she was born) during the Japanese invasion in World War II and in the years just afterwards. 326 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 64979
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  • THE PIANO TEACHER. by Lee, Janice Y K.
    Lee, Janice Y K.
    THE PIANO TEACHER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Viking, (2009) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's very highly praised first novel, sent in the then British colony of Hong Kong (where she was born) during the Japanese invasion in World War II and in the years just afterwards. 326 pp. ISBN: 978-0670020485.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 65014
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  • THE EXPATRIATES. by Lee, Janice Y K.
    Lee, Janice Y K.
    THE EXPATRIATES.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Viking, (2016). First edition - The author's second novel, sent in present day Hong Kong (where she was born) - a world of wealth, where servants and parties are abundant - but fulfillment for the many women who have given up their careers to follow their husbands is harder to find. 332 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers with self-flaps.

    Book ID: 67345
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  • THE EXPATRIATES. by Lee, Janice Y K.
    Lee, Janice Y K.
    THE EXPATRIATES.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Viking, (2016). SIGNED first edition - The author's second novel, sent in present day Hong Kong (where she was born) - a world of wealth, where servants and parties are abundant - but fulfillment for the many women who have given up their careers to follow their husbands is harder to find. SIGNED on the title page. 332 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers with self-flaps.

    Book ID: 68358
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  • Marshall, William.
    NIGHTMARE SYNDROME.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Mysterious Press, 1997. First edition - A surreal mystery which places us in the middle of Hong Kong and exposes us to the madcap antics of the Yellowthread Street police force.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 5690
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  • AN INSULAR POSSESSION. by Mo, Timothy.
    Mo, Timothy.
    AN INSULAR POSSESSION.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Random House, (1986) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's highly praised epic third novel, set in Hong Kong and Macao before and during the Opium Wars. 593 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-394-553402.

    Condition: Near fine in a near fine dustjacket (remainder line)

    Book ID: 2833
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  • AN INSULAR POSSESSION. by Mo, Timothy.
    Mo, Timothy.
    AN INSULAR POSSESSION.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Random House, (1986) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's highly praised epic third novel, set in Hong Kong and Macao before and during the Opium Wars. 593 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-394-553402.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 61825
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  • THE LANGUAGE OF THREADS by Tsukiyama, Gail
    Tsukiyama, Gail
    THE LANGUAGE OF THREADS

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1999) dj. Hardcover first edition - Her fourth novel, a story of the hardships suffered during World War II, set in Hong Kong when it was occupied by the Japanese 276 pp. ISBN: 0-312-203764.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.

    Book ID: 47941
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