ROHMER, Sax The Mystery of Dr Fu-Manchu. London:Methuen and Co.1913.
8vo. Original publisher’s red cloth with gilt lettering to front board and spine; pp. [x], 308, [8], [+31 publishers ads]; fading to spine with some soiling, spotting throughout text block; otherwise very good. Previous owner's note to title, where they misidentified the author's pseudonym as that of one 'John Sarsfield Ward' (see below).
First edition, presentation copy (rubber stamped to title page) of the first novel in the cult series one of authors many names added in mauscript on title page
The Mystery of Dr Fu-Manchu is the first novel in the Dr. Fu Manchu series.
The misidentificaiton of Sax Rohmer's pseudonym was a common incident; for instance, in the 1934 edition of Kennedy et al.'s Dictionary of Anonymous and Pseudonymous English Literature, three books as by Rohmer are mistakenly attributed to "John Sarsfield Ward".
This was also the pen name of his real name, Arthur Henry Ward.
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