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The Moon of Much Gladness: Available Copies

1932. First Published. 316 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Light foxing and moderate tanning to pages. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Light cracking to gutters and hinges but binding remains firm. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean.

1932. First Published. 316 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Heavy tanning and foxing to pages and text block edges. Cracks to guttering throughout, with exposed netting. Moderate rub-marking and tanning to pastedowns and endpapers with sticker to front. Boards have moderate shelf wear, with rubbing and marking. Light bumping to corners and crushing to spine ends. Book has noticeable forward lean, with tanning to spine.

New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000

Marks/wear to DJ - book in excellent condition. Scarce copy of this edition.

Brown cloth covered boards with black border and lettering. Spine cover worn top and bottom and free down one side, worn the other. Slight forward lean. Hinges holding. Endpapers foxed and tanned, previous price on front endpaper. Pages slightly foxed on edges but otherwise clean. Possible first edition.

Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting. 1.05

Book is in NEW condition. 1.05

New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published 1.05

316p brown cloth with black lettering to spine, well preserved copy, no names or stamps, binding a hint soft, very little used, early edition Language: English

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This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days 434

pp. 318

Print on Demand pp. 318 1:B&W 5.5 x 8.5 in or 216 x 140 mm (Demy 8vo) Perfect Bound on Creme w/Gloss Lam

Very Good, without dust jacket (spine lightly spotted).

316 pages. 8.50x5.50x0.79 inches. This item is printed on demand.

Green boards and spine, the latter, lettered in gilt, a little cocked. Internally library stamp on front free end paper. Clean contents.

Hardcover; small 8vo; 316 pages. Reprint of 1932 ed. Glossy paper hardcovers with white titles on cover and spine. Bumped edges. Yellowed overall. Red speckled edges. Off-white but still bright and clean pages. VG-/--

An intriguing fantasy novel written by Ernest Bramah and featuring his mysterious narrator Kai Lung. The Moon of Much Gladness is a fantasy novel by English writer Ernest Bramah. The narrator of the story is the fictional character Kai Lung who is a Chinese storyteller. This novel differs from other Kai Lung stories as it is a full novel rather than a series of short stories.This is the first British edition as it is subtitle with "A Kai Lung Story." In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, worn. The spine is faded and bumped and a little torn. There are some marks to the boards. Internally, generally firmly bound with bright clean pages. Good

316 pages in very good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked. Previous owner's signature on the ffep. Some stickers on the fpdep. Page edges are lightly darkened and smudged. Bound in brown cloth with black titles on the spine. Worn around the edges, darkened, stained, and worn on the spine. The spine is torn along the lower edge, and detaching from the binding. Boards are lightly scuffed. 3rd UK Edition. VG/- -

UK 1st Edition. First Printing. Publishers Cloth. No Dustwrapper. A Very Good Book. Slight Wear and Soiling. Spine Leaning. No Inscriptions. PBFA Member. We Welcome Direct Contact With Our Customers. Contact Neil Ewart Rare Books If You Require Any Further Information or Images.

316pp [couple of closed tears to top spine backing] Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Cassell 1932. 8vo. Orig. green cloth with gilt title to spine upper front corner rubbed. 316pp. 1st edition. Slightly foxed.

316pp. 8vo. Original boards, slightly edgeworn, lightly sunned at backstrip. Minor offsetting to rfe. Otherwise a very good, bright copy. First edition.

nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - This early work by Ernest Bramah was originally published in 1911 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introduction. 'The Moon of Much Gladness Related by Kai Lung' is one of Bramah's works in the Kai Lung series. Ernest Bramah Smith was born was near Manchester in 1868. He was a poor student, and dropped out of the Manchester Grammar School when sixteen years old to go into the farming business. Bramah found commercial and critical success with his first novel, The Wallet of Kai Lung, but it was his later stories of detective Max Carrados that assured him lasting fame.