Kai Lung's Golden Hours by Ernest Bramah - First Ed. Rare Vintage Fantasy 1923

Description: Normal 0 false false false EN-CA X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Offered here is the hard to find First American edition of Kai Lung's Golden Hours the vintage fantasy novel by the reclusive English writer Ernest Bramah (1868-1942). His science fiction was compared to the works of H. G. Wells, his detective stories with Conan Doyle's, and his humorous novels with those of Jerome K. Jerome. Bramah was also famed for his traditional tales of Chinese literature. This is the second of the fantasy books featuring the intrepid Chinese character Kai Lung. Kai Lung, an itinerant story-teller of ancient China is brought before the court of the Mandarin Shan Tien on charges of treason by the Mandarin's evil, ambitious confidential agent Ming-shu. In a unique defense, Kai Lung takes on the role of a type of Scheherazade, reciting beguiling tales to the Mandarin, thus successfully postponing his conviction time after time until he is finally set free. In the process he attains the love and hand of the maiden Hwa-Mei. Golden Hours is very similar to Arabian Nights - the stories vary in tone and mood from serious to funny, and sometimes there are stories within stories. Title page reads: Kai Lung’s Golden Hours by Ernest Bramah – With a Preface by Hilaire Belloc – Published by George H. Doran Company, New York , c. 1923 by George H. Doran Company. The First Edition colophon is present on the copyright page. The contents include: Preface by (Hilaire Belloc) The Encountering of Six within a Wood The Inexorable Justice of the Mandarin Shan Tien The Story of Wong T'sin and the Willow Plate Embellishment The Degraded Persistence of the Effete Ming-shu The Story of Ning, the Captive God, and the Dreams that Mark His Race The Inopportune Behaviour of the Covetous Li-loe The Story of Wong Pao and the Minstrel The Timely Intervention of the Mandarin Shan Tien's Lucky Day The Story of Lao Ting and the Luminous Insect The High-minded Strategy of the Amiable Hwa-mei The Story of Weng Cho; or, the One Devoid of Name Not Concerned with Any Particular Attribute of Those Who are Involved The Story of Wang Ho and the Burial Robe The Timely Disputation Among Those of an Inner Chamber of Yu-Ping The Story of Chang Tao, Melodious Vision and the Dragon The Propitious Dissension Between Two Whose General Attributes Have Already Been Sufficiently Described The Story of Yuen Yan, of the Barber Chou-hu, and His Wife, Tsae-che The Incredible Obtuseness of Those Who had Opposed the Virtuous Kai Lung The Story of Hien and the Chief Examiner Of Which it is Written: 'In Shallow Water Dragons Become the Laughing-stock of Shrimps” The Out-passing into a State of Assured Felicity of the Much-Enduring Two With Whom These Printed Leaves Have Chiefly Been Concerned The Story of the Loyalty of Ten-teh, the Fisherman This 333 page, approximately 8 by 5 ½ inch hardcover is in fairly good condition. The pages are clear and the binding is solid. There is a small worn hole in the front endpapers and in the title page. There is a small bookseller’s label of the old, now defunct Wendell Holmes bookstore at the bottom of the inside front cover. The pictorial board cover with a color, paste down litho illustration by Russian American illustrator Theodore Nadejen (1889-1974) has wear along the edges. Shipping Terms: We ship Worldwide. Purchaser to pay shipping charges - no extra costs. Canada does not have a media book rate - postal charges are determined by weight and vary from country to country as well as across Canada. We do offer combined shipping on multiple items; please contact us for costs.Please Note: Parcels sent surface/sea/ground mail will take at least 6-8 weeks to arrive in Europe or Asia, and will take 10-12 weeks to arrive in Australia. Import duties, taxes and charges are not included in the item price or shipping charges. These charges are the buyer’s responsibility. Please check with your country’s customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to bidding/buying.

Price: 50 CAD

Location: Campbellcroft, Ontario

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