Rohmer (Sax) The Island of Fu Manchu.
£625
London [&c.], Cassell, 1941
First UK edition. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket.
A good copy of this title from the popular Fu Manchu series of books by Sax Rohmer.
In stock
Contemporary ink name to front free endpaper; VG cloth; dust-jacket with some creases, closed tears and chips, loss to head of spine, light marking to lower panel.
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