ROHMER, Sax. Yu’an Hee See Laughs. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company for The Crime Club. 1932.
8vo. Black cloth, lettering to front cover and spine in yellow, top edge stained yellow, other edges untrimmed, yellow endpapers, in dust jacket (£2.00 to the front flap) with photographic portrait of author on rear panel; pp. [viiii], 312; spine ends gently rubbed, jacket with a few nicks to edges and small repair to top edge, closed tear to fold of front flap, spine lightly sunned, otherwise near fine; bookplate of Helen Linn to front flyleaf, stamped “MD 200” to rear flyleaf.
First US edition of this novel introducing Rohmer’s super villain Yu’an Hee See, rare in the dust jacket designed by George Annand.
An enigmatic figure known as Yu’an Hee See spearheads an international criminal syndicate involved in drug smuggling, jewellery theft, and human trafficking. Scotland Yard detective Dawson Haig finds himself facing a daunting challenge with scant leads to pursue, leaving him to navigate the case largely on his own…
Sax Rohmer (from the Anglo-Saxon for “wandering blade” or “free-lance”) was the pseudonym of British writer Arthur Henry Ward, best known for his Fu Manchu series.
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