Penguins C2431 - The Emperor's Pearl

Penguin Books Ltd, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England Penguin Books Pty Ltd, Ringwood, Victoria, Australia

First published by William Heinemann Ltd, 1963 Published in Penguin Books 1966

Copyright © Robert H. van Gulik, 1963

Made and printed in Great Britain by Hunt Barnard & Co. Ltd, Aylesbury, Bucks Set in Linotype Times

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