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Author:	Ernest Bramah
Title:	Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat
Publisher:	Penguin
Country:	UK
Date:	Sep 1937
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Fantasy, Humour, Fiction
Cat#:	108
Total Editions:	4
Rating:	10.0 Rate
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	1 Owns
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penguin #108; 9/37, 10/37, reprinted 7/39, reprinted 1941; title page colophon of this last is the "penguin with tummy-ache" dancing towards the right, above "allen lane: penguin books" plus, in smaller type, "harmondsworth middlesex england" & "41 east 28th street new york u.s.a."
bottom p.222: para. in small type under bold, underlined "for the forces": "when you have read this book, please leave it at your nearest post office, so that the men and women in the services may enjoy it too." p.223 is an advertisement by cadburys of bournville "the factory in a garden".

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ppint. 5th Jan 2016		Rated 10/10 superb storytelling in a particular, peculiar sing-song style that is the voice of the eponymous itinerant entertainer, making a living (or failing to) by retelling well-known traditional stories in the precise form to audiences who collect in, or just outside, villages in a china that never truly was, where mandarins who are bitter enemies are oh-so polite to one another, and courteous to a fault, as they deftly slip a dagger from out a voluminous brocaded sleeve and into the side of their unsuspecting target, all the while protesting their total insignificance and lack of lineage and honour in comparison with their now exquisitely painfully-expiring rival. . . also published by penguin were ernest bramah's ''the wallet of kai lung'' (penguin #39) and ''kai lung's golden hours'' (penguin #174); and ''max carrados'' (penguin #436), & ''the eyes of max carrados'' (penguin #303), collections of detective stories in which the investigative central character just happens to be blind. "ernest bramah" is the form of his name chosen by ernest brammah smith (1868-1942) under which to publish his writings. 4 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?



ppint. 14th Jan 2024		penguin books p/b third printing, 1949; so this bookcat item should^W has been re-dated 1949 (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 25th Jul 2020		the paper d-js of penguin books of the period bore the books' cover price, which the card covers did not. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 11th Feb 2018		ballantine books, inc. mmpb first printing, first merkin p/b edition 201 e. 50th street, new york n. y. 10032 (usa) ballantine adult fantasy series original ''unicorn's head'' series number in isbn10 field is the sbn actually borne by this edition cover art by ian miller (credited, surname mis-spelled "millar") cat# 23787 (i)sbn (0-)345-23787-0 cover price $1.25 256pp. including xii pp. titles, indica, table of contents, 5pp introduction "about "kai lung unrolls his mat" and ernest bramah" © 1974 by lin carter (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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Ernest Bramah - Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat - Ballantine Books - Paperback - USA (1974)

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Ernest Bramah - Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat - Penguin Books - Paperback - UK (1939)

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Ernest Bramah - Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat - Penguin Books - Paperback - UK (1949)