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 with one of author's many names added in manuscript on title page.
The Mystery of Dr Fu-Manchu is the first novel in the Dr. Fu Manchu series.
The misidentification 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 another pen name of the real Sax Rohmer - Arthur Henry Ward.
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