Rohmer (Sax, pseud. Arthur Henry Ward) The Mystery of Dr Fu-Manchu
£495
London, Methuen, 1913.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original red cloth stamped and lettered in gilt to upper board and spine.
The book that kickstarted the Fu-Manchu phenomenon, a keystone of the “Yellow Peril” trend in genre fiction in the late 19th/early 20th century: “the first sustained duel between detective Nayland Smith and that fiend and fanatic, that most malign and formidable personality, that adept in all the arts and sciences…” (see Queen’s Quorum 64).
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Contemporary ownership inscription on front endpaper, a couple of small library stamps to copyright page, some foxing; cloth with some minor darkening, spine a little bumped, but overall a very nice, sharp copy.
Queen’s Quorum 64. A Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone.
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