Publication: W Van Hoeve Ltd, 1956, The Hague and Bandung
True first edition. Precedes the U.K. edition by six years. Fine, bright copy in pictorial dust jacket with minor wear to the spine ends and corners. The second Judge Dee mystery in which Judge Dee is lured into the heart of the Governor's garden maze to solve three interwoven mysteries: "The Case of the Murder in the Sealed Room," "The Case of the Hidden Testament," and "The Case of the Girl with the Severed Head."
Inventory Number: 54253