ALL THE TEA IN CHINA. - Hardcover
Carolus (Karli) Van Cleef, unscrupulous dealer in Chinese porcelains, turns the nineteenth century upside down in a bacchanalia of gluttonous meals, riotous sex, and wild jokes which ricochet the length of the book. Family saga, historical novel, pure parody... a madcap character who swashes and buckles his way across a lust past.
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- PublisherSecker & Warburg
- Publication date1978
- ISBN 10 0394413857
- ISBN 13 9780394413853
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages258
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st American edition. First American edition. Book has some wear to corners and staing on all four end-papers. DJ DJ has stains on both flaps, a one inch closed tear on upper front panel and a small closed tear on lower front gutter, light spine fading and some general wear to edges and panels. "Set in the 1840s, this is a wonderfully comic historical novel of clipper ships, the opium trade and the escapades of Carolus Van Clef, an unscrupulous lecherous Jewish art dealer. Great fun, a readable (not a collectible) copy. Seller Inventory # 000757
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, 259 pages, orange cloth. A very good, clean, sturdy hard cover first edition with light shelf wear, but slight discoloration at the edges of the bright orange cloth, light sporadic foxing to fore-edges; hinges and binding tight, paper cream white, with the publisher's remainder mark at the bottom edge. In a very good, lightly edge-worn dust jacket with two 1" closed edge tears on the front panel, and some edge chipping at the top and bottom of the back strip edges, with original price pressent. Seller Inventory # 14480
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First printing. " Tells how Carolus Mortdecai Van Cleaf set out to seek his fortune in London Town, on the high seas, in India, the treaty ports of China and even in Darkest Africa; and how he found it, predictably, in a place which has no longitude and precious little latitude". There is a faint mark on the top edge. A group of three leaves is corner-creased. Otherwise fine. The dust jacket has a small, faint dampstain on the rear panel. The price, $8.95, is present on the front flap. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 011180
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Book Description Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st US ed. in dj. x-library, with minor internal marks only. Dj has been glued to book, and there is a library pocket stain on front.; HB, octavo; 259 pages. Seller Inventory # 33995
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Publisher: Pantheon, NY, 1978. First Edition, First Printing. NEAR FINE+ hardcover book in NEAR FINE+ dust-jacket. Faint remainder marked. Not price-clipped. Not a book club edition. Not an ex-library copy. All of our books with dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective sleeves. Seller Inventory # SKU1024924
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine dust jacket. Martucci, Stanley & Cheryl Greisback (jacket painting) (illustrator). First American Edition (so stated). New York: Pantheon Books, 1978. An unusually nice copy. Bright, shiny, clean, square, and tight. Sharp corners. The Dust Jacket is NOT price clipped ($8.95) and is protected by a removable Brodart sleeve. Just a touch of yellowing to the white parts of the jacket. No chips. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. No foxing. Bound in the original bright orange cloth, lettered in gold and light blue. Swashbuckling, inspired novel said to be based on Joseph Duveen, the famous art dealer. By the creator of the debauched Jewish art dealer, snoop, and brigand Charlie Mortdecai. Subtitle: "Which tells how Carolus Mortdecai Van Cleef set out to seek his fortune in London Town; on the high seas, in India, the Treaty Ports of China and even in Darkest Africa; and how he found it, predictably, in a place which has no longitude and precious little latitude." From the Dust Jacket: "ALL THE TEA IN CHINA is a wonderfully comic historical novel of clipper ships, the opium trade, and the escapades of Carolus Van Cleef, an unscrupulous, lecherous Jewish art dealer. Set in the 1840's, the book follows the trail of Van Cleef. through battle, mutiny, shipwreck, and even the trek of the Boers across South Africa. Van Cleef, unscrupulous dealer in Chinese porcelains, turns the nineteenth century upside down in a bacchanalia of gluttonous meals, riotous sex, and wild jokes which ricochet the length of this book. Family saga, historical novel, pure parody, ALL THE TEA IN CHINA introduces a madcap character who swashes and buckles his way across a lusty past.". First American Edition (so stated). Hard Cover. Fine condition/Near Fine dust jacket. Illus. by Martucci, Stanley & Cheryl Greisback (jacket painting). 8vo. 259pp. Seller Inventory # 004333
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