Rohmer Sax Pseud (25 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 376 pages. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 5") bound in original publisher's black cloth with red lettering to spine and full red label to cover. First edition. Here is a first-hand description of some of the doings in the slimy, mysterious places of the largest city in England. Here the detectives of Scotland Yard know of many strange things and see the results of the workings of such evil minds as Dr. Fu Manchu. The author is one of the few men who has penetrated the secrets of the Limehouse underworld sufficiently to enable him to write about them authentically and interestingly. Here are sudden deaths in peculiar ways, mysterious disappearances and all sorts of crimes --- where human life is valued none too highly. Condition: Slightly cocked, points rubbed, soiled and scuffed, spine sunned else about very good lacking jacket.…

Condition: Near fine, light cover rubbing. Re-publication, limited to 1000 copies. Re-publication, limited to 1000 copies. 208p. Gilt-titled black cloth.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Thus. Book #1 in the short-lived British series featuring private investigator Paul Harley. Orig. published by Doubleday, Page in 1921, this is the First Printing of the 1939 edition from Caxton House (First, thus). In 333 pages. With black cloth-covered boards stamped with bright red lettering & a bat design to front & spine, this small octavo is in VG+ condition: very clean, binding strong & straight, hinges secure. Pages heavily tanned, commensurate with wartime paper quality, unmarked save for former owner's name & date to ffep. Corners mildly bumped & some light rubbing/white-ish smudge to front board. The DJ has a great cover image, but is downgraded to Poor because it is missing most of the lower half of the spine, with creasing & chipping to what's there; nicely held together in new clear mylar cover. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. viii+233 pages. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 5") bound in original publisher's full orange cloth, front board and spine stamped in red, original pictorial dust jacket. First edition. Major O'Shea has come to Madeira on board a German liner following a certain furthest character, when into his calculations come hurting the unexpected in the form of romance. A willful visit aboard the liner by Nanette, who is visiting Madeira with her parents, brings the pair together. The girl immediately falls in love with the debonair and dashing young man whose mission is such a deep secret. O'Shea, knowing the the desperateness of his situation, repels the sentiment which he himself eels for the girl. Thus it is that they enter the lists against the devilish plots of a gang bent on destroying the Empire and thus it is that the devil-may-care young Irishman comes to have a heartier respect or the abilities of a flapper who at first seems to thing of nothing more serious than to swim out to a liner for a glass of beer. Here is a story packed to the brim with exciting events and exciting, irresistible people. Condition: Cloth spine sunned, corners bumped, light soiling to binding, bookseller's ink-stamp and residue on front end-papers which are toned and foxed. Jacket Tape repairs to jacket verso, spine toned and chipped, jacket panels worn, chipped, soiled, a few tears else very good in about very good jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Original black boards with embossed mask. First edition. Precedes the U. K. edition, which was published in 1933.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. vii+306+[2]+[31 ad] pages. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's brown cloth lettered in black on spine and cover in a later state dust jacket. Signed and dated (1922) by the author on the front-free endpaper. First English edition. The third Fu-Manchu title. Commissioner Nayland Smith, along with friend and colleague, Doctor Petrie, once again face the schemes of the dreaded master criminal Dr. Fu-Manchu. Mysteries begin to spread across London, and at their heart is a newly opened exclusive hotel. It is soon clear that the cause of these baffling mysteries is the evil Dr. Fu-Manchu. and this time the Devil Doctor has not come alone. with him are the dreaded Si-Fan. Originally published in the United States with the title The Hand of Dr. Fu-Manchu. Condition: Signed and dated (1922) by the author on the front-free endpaper. Moderate edge wear to boards; front board warped; contents with moderate to heavy scattered foxing, slightly cocked. Jacket edges chipped, corners chipped, crease to front jacket, extremities rubbed else a good copy in a very good jacket. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. x-330 pages with frontispiece and illustrations by John Richard Flanagan. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's yellow cloth with black lettering to spine and cover in original pictorial jacket. From the library of Larry McMurtry. with signed letter from the author. First American edition. Small letter to I W Chip of Coventry signed Sax Rohmer with envelope. After discovering the tomb of El Mokanna - the Veiled Prophet - and retrieving the precious relics buried there, the eminent archaeologist Sir Lionel Barton blows up the tomb. The heretic sect faithful to Mokanna interpret the fireball as their prophet's second coming, and a violent uprising begins. Meanwhile, the insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu senses an opportunity to use the powerful relics for his own evil ends. The action stretches from Persia to Cairo, then back to London, including an extraordinary confrontation inside of the Great Pyramid. Along the way his opponents face Ogboni killers, mind-control drugs, dervishes, and a "ghost mosque." The Mask of Fu Manchu was an American pre-Code adventure film directed by Charles Brabin. Written by Irene Kuhn, Edgar Allan Woolf and John Willard, it is based on the 1932 novel of the same name by Sax Rohmer (the sixth in the series). Starring Boris Karloff as Fu Manchu, and featuring Myrna Loy as his depraved daughter. Lewis Stone plays his nemesis. Dr. Petrie is absent from this film. From the library of Larry Jeff McMurtry (1936-2021) with his book plate to front pastedown, was an American novelist, essayist, bookseller and screenwriter whose work was predominantly set in either the Old West or contemporary Texas. His novels included Horseman, Pass By (1962), The Last Picture Show (1966), and Terms of Endearment (1975), which were adapted into films. Films adapted from McMurtry's works earned 34 Oscar nominations (13 wins). While at Stanford, McMurtry became a rare-book scout. During his years in Houston, he managed a book store called the Bookman. In 1969, he moved to the Washington, D.C., area. In 1970 with two partners, he started a bookshop in Georgetown, which he named Booked Up. In 1988, he opened another Booked Up in Archer City. It became one of the largest antiquarian bookstores in the United States, carrying between 400,000 and 450,000 titles. Citing economic pressures from Internet bookselling, McMurtry came close to shutting down the Archer City store in 2005, but chose to keep it open after great public support. He maintained his personal private collection at his home in Archer City. Condition: McMurtry's book plate tipped to front pastedown. Corners bumped, some toning to covers, some internal fingering. Jacket some soiling, spine ends and edges chipped, fold over edges with closed tears and small chips else very good in a good jacket. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. viii+[9]-302 pages with newspaper clipping laid in. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's black cloth titled in red and black to spine. Contemporary newspaper clippings laid in. First British edition. The Trail of Fu Manchu was originally serialized in Collier s from April 28 to July 14, 1934. It was published in book form later that year by Cassell in the UK and Doubleday in the US. The book marked the first time Rohmer employed third person narrative in the series and dispensed with the first person narrative voice modeled on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle s Sherlock Holmes stories. Fu-Manchu is trapped, cornered in London and cut-off from his resources, including the elixir vitae that grants him eternal life. But under the Thames, the devil doctor practices the dark art of sorcery, and it will be up to Nayland Smith and Scotland Yard to stop him. But Fu-Manchu may possess the key to victory, when he kidnaps Dr. Petrie s wife, Fleurette! Condition: Some small discrete check marks next to titles published else very good.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. FirstUSedn Thus, 8vo black cloth w/red titles. First U.S. edition, published in England as The Bride of Fu Manchu, published for the Crime Club. Ex-lib w/usual faults. Cloth rubbed, edgeworn, spine tips frayed, hinges loose but holding. Ow G/ndj: 319pp.  "The emperor of the underworld had raised her from birth to carry on his monstrous line. . . ." Fu Manchu has a plot to release a biological plague on Europe. The seventh Fu Manchu novel.  A strange epidemic is sweeping the Riviera. In desperation the French authorities call upon Dr Petrie to find an answer. During this crisis, a mysterious siren on the beach captivates Alan Sterling. She tells him her name only Fleurette and flees. When Petrie's lab cultures show up sleeping sickness and plague, they call in Sir Denis Nayland Smith. It is not long before their investigations lead them to Fleurette and to Dr Fu Manchu.…

8vo. vi, [2], 331, [1] pp., plus 8 pp. publisher's ads. Red ribbed publisher's cloth, black lettering on spine (minor dustsoiling, edgewear), w/ d.j. w/ vivid impressionistic cover art of the floating "Grey Face" (minor chipping head & foot of spine, couple closed tears, edgewear, some scuffing), still VG/G- copy. First Burt edition of this Rohmer Limehouse mystery set against the backdrop of Douglas Carey racing to solve a sinister mystery of espionage set against the backdrop of Russian emigres, forgotten ancient science, and hypnotism. Later included in the "Fu Manchu" yellow peril cycle of Rohmer mysteries. …

242,(1),(5) S. Vlgsanzeigen. Oln., Einbd. mit geprägtem Firmenstempel u. stärkeren Gebrauchsspuren, Schnitt gering stockfleckig, Titelbl. mit Rasurspuren, sonst innen nur vereinzelt u. gering stock- od. fingerfleckig, insges. noch recht ordentl. Expl. 1.dt.Ausg. Schädel II,6507; n.b. Bloch.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First edition. First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 8/6. There is a party at the house called Hangover House; a body is found (a murder) with clues, a handkerchief, etc. Rohmer is best known for his Fu Manchu and Dr. Fu Manchu stories, so this is more in his "murder mystery" side than the exotic villain genre. Ink inscription to front free endpaper; cloth very good; jacket with some wear to corners and spine ends. Book.…

Condition: Very good. First edition. 8vo. Original red boards. Dust-jacket, priced 10/6. The last of Rohmer's femme fatale novels featuring Sumuru, a beautiful and mysterious woman who is the leader of a secret society of assassins, pitching her against Inspector Milligan of Scotland Yard. A near fine copy; jacket with small closed tear near foot of spine, but overall a very good example. The last of Rohmer's femme fatale novels featuring Sumuru, a beautiful and mysterious woman who is the leader of a secret society of assassins, pitching her against Inspector Milligan of Scotland Yard. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Original orange cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 8/6. Best known for his Fu Manchu series, here Rohmer offers the reader a female villain, bewitching and hypnotising, but bent on world domination. A fine copy, in very good jacket, slightly rubbed at spine. Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Second edition. Second edition. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 2/-. Four brilliant men have died mysteriously - and the only clue is the carved tail of a golden scorpion, left beside their bodies. Classic stuff from the creator of Fu Manchu. First published in 1919. Cloth slightly sunned at spine ends and edges, otherwise very good; jacket with some wear & tear, including tape burns, but the upper panel is mostly in very good condition. Jacket artwork by 'Frank'. (illustrator). Book.…

FIRST EDITION. Half title, 31pp cata. (6/5/14); inner hinges starting but sound, the odd spot. Orig. black cloth, lettered in yellow; extremities sl. rubbed, a few small marks, sl. cocked. Contemp. ink signature of C.S. Baker on leading f.e.p., ink stamp 'presentation copy' over imprint on title. A nice copy. Not in Glover & Greene. Hubin p.353. Parisian investigator and master of disguise Gaston Max goes up against master criminal Mr. King in a rather melodramatic tale involving mysterious redheads in expensive furs, opium dens, London socialites, a futurist studio, and Scotland Yard. Arthur Henry 'Sarsfield' Ward, 1883-1959, was a prolific novelist best remembered now for his fictional villain Dr. Fu Manchu; thanks to the Fu Manchu series, he was one of the most financially successful authors of the early twentieth century. He claimed to be a member of the secret society the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, which counted influential authors like Algernon Blackwood and Arthur Machen among its ranks, but that seems unlikely as the order was dissolved in 1903 when Ward was only twenty.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Early US printing. Early US printing (copyright Robert M. McBride, with statement 'Published September, 1919'). 8vo. Original green cloth. Dust-jacket. A gripping thriller about the drug trade in London, reflecting Sax Rohmer's skill in combining exoticism and crime. Ownership inscription to front pastedown; circular mark to lower cover; jacket with some edge-wear, but overall very good, especially given its age. Jacket artwork by Russel Crofoot. (illustrator). Book.…

244,(4) S. Vlgsanzeigen. Oln., gering berieben u. bestoßen, etw. fleckig, stärker angestaubt, Rücken repariert, innen stellenw. gering (finger)fleckig, 2 Bl. mit kl. geklebten Einriß im unteren weißen Rand, insges. aber noch gut erh. 1.dt.Ausg. Schädel II,6501.

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First edition. First edition. 8vo. Original black cloth blocked in orange. Dust-jacket, priced 7/6. An omnibus reissue combining Sax Rohmer's first three Fu-Manchu novels - The Mystery of Dr Fu-Manchu (1913), The Devil Doctor (1916) and The Si-Fan Mysteries (1917) - under a single cover. An attractive copy. A very good copy, in slightly chipped jacket with minor loss to corners, but otherwise very good. Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First edition. First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 8/-. The tenth FuManchu novel directly continues TheDrumsofFuManchu. Sir DenisNaylandSmith and narrator BartKerrigan pursue the arch-villain through blackout London, New York, the Panama Canal Zone and Haiti. A very good copy in slightly rubbed and chipped jacket. Book.…

Condition: Very good. 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). 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. The book that began it all, a keystone of the rather unfortunate "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). Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 319 pages. Small octavo (7 3/4" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's black cloth with red lettering to spine and cover in original jacket. From the library of Larry McMurtry. First American edition. A strange epidemic is sweeping the Riviera. In desperation the French authorities call upon Dr Petrie to find an answer. During this crisis, a mysterious siren on the beach captivates Alan Sterling. She tells him her name only Fleurette and flees. When Petrie's lab cultures show up sleeping sickness and plague, they call in Sir Denis Nayland Smith. It is not long before their investigations lead them to Fleurette and to Dr Fu Manchu. From the library of Larry Jeff McMurtry (1936-2021) with his book plate to front pastedown, was an American novelist, essayist, bookseller and screenwriter whose work was predominantly set in either the Old West or contemporary Texas. His novels included Horseman, Pass By (1962), The Last Picture Show (1966), and Terms of Endearment (1975), which were adapted into films. Films adapted from McMurtry's works earned 34 Oscar nominations (13 wins). While at Stanford, McMurtry became a rare-book scout. During his years in Houston, he managed a book store called the Bookman. In 1969, he moved to the Washington, D.C., area. In 1970 with two partners, he started a bookshop in Georgetown, which he named Booked Up. In 1988, he opened another Booked Up in Archer City. It became one of the largest antiquarian bookstores in the United States, carrying between 400,000 and 450,000 titles. Citing economic pressures from Internet bookselling, McMurtry came close to shutting down the Archer City store in 2005, but chose to keep it open after great public support. Condition: McMurtry's book plate to front pastedown. Corners bumped and rubbed, some rubbing to spine ends. Jacket spine ends chipped, edge wear with closed tears and small chips, front hinge rubbed, front fold over flap edge chipped else very good in about very good jacket.…

Gebundene Ausgabe. Condition: Befriedigend. Rijke & Siock - 1. Auf. 1927 : Sax Rohmer - gb - 9-42-2-L4 M9-SPLW-LLBN Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 500.

First Edition. Octavo (20.5cm.); original yellow cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in black, black topstain; [4],vii,[3],330pp; frontispiece, illus. and pictorial endpapers. Light edgewear else a Very Good to Near Fine, unfaded copy. Forms part of the author's Fu Manchu series.

Twenty-six volumes, 8vo. Five volumes with parts of the original pictorial wrappers bound in. Bound for the Times Book Club in contemporary full calf, gilt spines with maroon labels, one label lacking, head of one spine worn, some other mostly mild rubbing, a unique set. A handsomely bound collection of roughly half of Rohmer's prolific output. Excepting "The Insidious Fu-Manchu" and "Moon of Madness", all are either first or first US editions.…