Sax Rohmer, The Island of Fu Manchu, first edition
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Sax Rohmer, The Island of Fu Manchu, first edition

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.

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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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