Rohmer, Sax (pseudonym of Arthur S. Ward)
Octavo, pp. [1-4] [i-iv] v-vii [viii-x] [1] 2-330, illustrations, original decorated yellow cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black, pictorial endpapers, top edge stained black. The sixth Fu Manchu book. Triumphant in his search for drugs which would arrest the ravages of age, Dr. Fu Manchu has returned to his ambition to raise the society of the Si-Fan to world domination. Bleiler (1978), p. 169. Hubin, p. 695. Reginald 12384. Day, p. 12. Inked inscription and date to front paste down, mild age darkening to end papers and text block, lower corners very slightly bruised, a nearly fine copy in a very good four-color pictorial dust jacket with a price sticker affixed over printed price on flap, light edge wear, shallow chipping at upper corners, and a small closed tear to upper front panel with mild crease, orange ink color of spine panel faded to yellow. (30796)
Rohmer, Sax (pseudonym of Arthur S. Ward)
Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-vi 1-322, original pictorial red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. A romance concerning the reanimation of an ancient Egyptian princess, which turns out to be an elaborate hoax. Hubin, p. 695. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1412. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1909. In 333. Bleiler (1978), p. 170. Not in Reginald (1979; 1992). Day, p. 15. Small bookseller ticket affixed to lower front paste down, a fine copy in a fine dust jacket. A sharp copy. (30800)
Rohmer, Sax (pseudonym of Arthur S. Ward)
Octavo, pp. [1-6] [1-2] 3-280 [281-282: blank], original orange cloth, spine stamped in black. The fifth Fu Manchu novel. Filmed in 1931 by Paramount as Daughter of the Dragon with Anna May Wong, Sessue Hayakawa and Warner Oland as Fu Manchu. Bleiler (1978), p. 169. Hubin, p. 695. Reginald 12368. Day, p. 6. Mild foxing to page edges, end papers a bit tanned, a spine darkened and cloth a little soiled, a very good copy in a bright, very good later dust jacket, priced 2/6, with several stress crease to lower front panel, closed tear to lower rear panel at spine fold, several tiny tears to edges of rear panel. (30795)
Rohmer, Sax (pseudonym of Arthur S. Ward)
Octavo, pp. [1-6] 1-297 [298], original red cloth, front and spine stamped in black. Investigator Douglas Carey looks into a criminal conspiracy in London. Per the jacket copy "the political and economic balance of the world is threatened." The villain "Grey Face" has remarkable hypnotic powers. The occult and supernatural are also involved. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #1411. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years #1908. Hubin, p. 695. See Barron (ed): Horror Literature 3-168. Foxing throughout, inked names to front free end paper, small bookstore label affixed to lower front paste down, corners and spine ends soft, fade to spine and right rear spine edge, several small stain spots to rear cover, a very good copy in very good dust jacket (priced 7/6) with two closed tears (18 mm and 20 mm) to upper front panel, very shallow chips at spine ends. A very nice example of the uncommon dust jacket, correctly priced. (31035)
Rohmer, Sax (pseudonym of Arthur S. Ward)
pp. [iii-v] vi [1-2] 3-333 [334: colophon] [note: text complete despite gap in pagination], inserted frontispiece with illustration by Arthur Schwieder, title page printed in orange and black, original decorated red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. From the rear panel; "The death curse of the High Priest of Voodoo lurks over this story." Novel featuring Paul Harley, "probably the nearest approach to the pure detective-story that Sax ever made ." - Van Ash and Rohmer, Master of Villainy: A Biography of Sax Rohmer, p. 132. Hubin (1994), p. 695. Day, p. 5. Impression of name and address at front free end paper, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with several tiny closed tears and creases to front panel, mild wear to spine ends with some shallow loss and slight age toning, half to rear flap missing. Scarce in jacket. (30806)
Rohmer, Sax (pseudonym of Arthur S. Ward)
Octavo, pp. [1-2] [i-iv] v-vi [1-2] 3-328, original blue cloth, front panel stamped in blind, spine panel stamped in gold. Egyptian sorcery versus Nazi spies in London during World War II. Fourth and last Gaston Max novel. Hubin, p. 695. Bleiler (1978), p. 170. Reginald 12393. Day, p. 15. Two small stains to rear paste down, slight foxing to page edges, upper corners bruised, mild rubbing to lower cloth edges, a very good to nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with wear and rubbing to the spine ends, loss at front corner tips, diagonal closed tear at lower right front corner, two small closed tears to upper front panel. Striking jacket artwork by Willard Fairchild. (30801)
[Webb, Jane (Mrs. John Claudius Loudon).]
12mo, three volumes: [i-iii] iv-viii [1] 2-309 [310: blank]; [i-ii] [1] 2-331 [332: blank]; [i-ii] [1-2] 3-311 [312: printer's imprint], rebound in eighteenth-century style three-quarter leather and marbled boards with gold stamping and red leather spine labels. The text of second edition, also published anonymously, differs substantially from that of the 1827 first edition (see Locke, Spectrum II, p. 131). THE MUMMY is one of the three most important British science fiction novels published during the early nineteenth century, the others being Mary Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN and THE LAST MAN, and, according to Alkon, the novel is "one of the two most noteworthy English efforts between FRANKENSTEIN and the scientific romances of H. G. Wells" (Science Fiction Before 1900, p. 38). An "exuberant Gothic romance. which. described the technological wonders of the twenty-second century; steam mowing apparatus, balloons that rise to a height of seventeen miles and mobile houses that move from place to place on railway lines. Her prophecy of the new Egypt makes her the first sibyl in the history of modern technology." - Clarke, The Pattern of Expectation: 1644-2001, pp. 55-56. "One of the children of FRANKENSTEIN, interesting in its curious medley of themes from current events, literature, and social theory. It contains snippets of almost every popular fictional form of its period and the immediate past, and also anticipates future developments. It offer utopian thought, Gothicism, anti-intellectualism, Egyptological discoveries, fantastic inventions, memories of Napoleon, Byronism, a dynastic theory of history, and much else. The sf element is strong, with many inventions and many projections of history; the supernatural element enters in the background, in the ultimate anti-intellectual theme, when the mummy reveals that it was not really revived by electricity, but by God as a warning against scientific prying." - Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1205. The "novel focuses primarily on the Byzantine political intrigues in an England under a female monarchial succession. In this advanced world of the future, where weather control is possible and people travel in high-speed balloons, a man named Edric journeys to Egypt -- now totally industrialized -- with a Frankensteinian plan for reanimating the mummy of Cheops. The attempt appears successful, but afterwards Edric passes out and the mummy escapes, taking Edric's balloon to England and entering into the plotting and counter-plotting there. Thereafter, the romance reads more like something out of Sir Walter Scott. In the final scene [in] the Cheops' tomb, the mummy, who has for the most part been presented as a diabolic figure, reveals to Edric that supernatural rather than natural forces caused him to come to life again temporarily to 'assist the good and punish the malevolent' as penitence for his misdeeds as pharaoh." - Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 1-24. "Webb's novel, despite the originality of a future setting which deserves very high praise, remains a comic fable without either tragic force, mythic power, or the sustained cognitive and emotional interest that may be achieved by scientifically plausible marvels of the kind Felix Bodin was soon to associate with futuristic fiction. Webb's achievement nevertheless commands respect and deserves far more recognition than it has received precisely because THE MUMMY does come remarkable close to meeting Bodin's standards. It best illustrates the incomplete evolution of futuristic fiction up to the 1830s. It also best illustrates how far an effort to sustain metafictional self-consciousness in a tale shaped by the dictates of fantasy rather than realism could serve as encouragement for creating a futuristic fiction. Writing neither as a prophet nor a utopian but in an explicit effort to invent a new kind of hero in a new kind of fiction, Jane Webb almost achieved the ideal novel of the future as Bodin was to define it [in LE ROMAN DE L
Octavo, pp. [1-2] [i-iv] v-vi [1-2] 3-308 + 32 page publisher catalog date "Autumn 1913," original red cloth, front and spine stamped in gold, bottom edge uncut. The second edition, so marked and published one month after the first edition. The first volume in the Fu Manchu series first published in 1913. Generally considered to be a novel, the first Fu Manchu book actually consists of ten connected short stories. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature II, pp. 585-89. Bleiler (1978), p. 170. Hubin, p. 695. Reginald 12386A. Day, p. 13. Mild foxing to preliminary and late leaves, slight darkening to spine, a nearly fine copy. (31146)
Rohmer, Sax (pseudonym of Arthur S. Ward)
Octavo, pp. [i-v] vi 1-282, original black cloth spine stamped in red. The eleventh Fu Manchu book. In possession of a mind altering drug, Fu Manchu creates a staff of zombie-like workers to further his nefarious scheme to takeover the world. Bleiler (1978), p. 169. Hubin, p. 695. Reginald 12383. Day, p. 12. Early and late leaves foxed, some mild foxing throughout, stain to fore edge of text block, still a very good to nearly fine copy with a clean binding in a very good dust jacket (price 8/net) with light wear to edges and corners, small tear at upper front fold with creasing along upper front edge. (31043)
Rohmer, Sax (pseudonym of Arthur S. Ward)
Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-293 [294] [295-296: blank], original green cloth, front stamped in blind, spine stamped in gold. A gang of international criminals with advanced technology (mind control, cell phones, poison gas, electronic map, etc.) secretly expand their control of America from vast caverns under New York City and vicinity. Hubin p. 695. Bleiler (1978), p. 169. Reginald 12375. Day, p. 8. A little foxing to front end papers, light wear to cloth at spine ends with a 12 mm tear at the head, upper front corner tip bruised with wear and split to cloth, a very good copy in a fair dust jacket with chipping and loss to spine and corners, closed tears with creases to front panel, several rubs/abrasions to lower front panel, and damp stain to spine and lower edges. Still, an uncommon book and the jacket is scarce. (30803)
Rohmer, Sax (pseudonym of Arthur S. Ward)
Octavo, pp. [1-2] [i-iv] v-vi [vii-viii] [1] 2-306 [307: ad] [308-310: blank] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], original decorated black cloth, front and spine panels stamped in orange, top edge stained red, decorated red endpapers. "A mad scientist threatens to destroy the world." - Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 58. Third Gaston Max novel. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years 1910. Bleiler (1978), p. 169. Reginald 12369. Day, p. 6. A very good copy in a good price clipped pictorial dust jacket (designed by Bobri) with a small abrasion to the upper front panel, slight loss at corner tips, chips and loss at spine ends, and mild age darkening to spine and rear panel. (30805)
Rohmer, Sax (pseudonym of Arthur S. Ward)
Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-vi[vii-viii] 1-331[332], original red cloth, front and spine stamped in black. Investigator Douglas Carey looks into a criminal conspiracy in London. Per the jacket copy "the political and economic balance of the world is threatened." The villain "Grey Face" has remarkable hypnotic powers. The occult and supernatural are also involved. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction #1411. Bleiler, Science-Fiction: The Early Years #1908. Hubin, p. 695. See Barron (ed): Horror Literature 3-168. Bookplate to front paste down, foxing throughout, a very good copy, no dust jacket. (31038)
Rohmer, Sax (pseudonym of Arthur S. Ward)
Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5 [6-8] 9-287 [288], original orange cloth, front ruled in blind, spine stamped in black. Collects ten stories. Includes a Paul Harley story and two with Sir Denis Nayland Smith. Contents differ from the U. S. edition published in 1933. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1413 (which references the U.S. editon, this edition not seen by Bleiler). Bleiler (1978), p. 170. Reginald 12400. Day, p. 17. Foxing to edges and to early and late leaves, a nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with the lower front flap clipped, mild losses at corner tips, upper edges, and small chips to lower left corner, base of spine panel and lower rear panel. Most of the Cassell Rohmer titles from this period we have examined show a 7/6 price on the spine, this does not and it is likely an export issue. Still a decent and attractive example of the scarce dust jacket. (31042)
Rohmer, Sax (pseudonym of Arthur S. Ward)
Octavo, pp. [1-2] [i-iv] v-vii [viii] [1-2] 3-308, original pictorial black cloth, front and spine panels stamped in green, top edge stained green, fore-edge untrimmed, bottom edge rough trimmed, cream endpapers. The tenth Fu Manchu book. Hubin, p. 695. Bleiler (1978), p. 169. Reginald 12373. Day, p. 7. A nearly fine copy in a very good price clipped dust jacket with mild rubbing to edges and folds, several tiny tears to spine ends, small closed tear to lower spine panel, closed tear to upper right rear panel at spine fold, crease to upper rear panel and mild color fade to the spine panel and fade to stain of top edge. (30798)
Rohmer, Sax (pseudonym of Arthur S. Ward)
Octavo, pp. [i-v] vi 1-282, original black cloth spine stamped in red. The eleventh Fu Manchu book. In possession of a mind altering drug, Fu Manchu creates a staff of zombie-like workers to further his nefarious scheme to takeover the world. Bleiler (1978), p. 169. Hubin, p. 695. Reginald 12383. Day, p. 12. Penciled name to front free end paper, mild foxing, a very good copy, no dust jacket. (31040)
Rohmer, Sax (pseudonym of Arthur S. Ward)
Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v [vi] vii [viii] [1-3] 4-308 [309-312: blank], three inserted plates, original green light green cloth, front and spine stamped in gold. A story of Chinatown linked with THE YELLOW CLAW (1915) and the Fu Manchu series, this novel focuses on the activities of Fu Manchu's temporary successor in the Council of Seven while the notorious doctor is recovering from a bullet wound to the head. Fu Manchu appears in the story, but is not named. Second Gaston Max novel. Hubin, p. 365. Bleiler (1978), p. 169. Reginald 12378. Day, p. 9. Mild foxing to page edges, lower edge a bit rubbed, a nearly fine copy in a good to very good dust jacket with chips at the spine ends with loss, affecting the G & O in the title lettering and the M, C, & B in McBride at the base, spine a bit age darkened with some damp stains, crease to lower left front panel with small chip and closed tear at fold, rubbing to front flap fold with closed tears at top and bottom and mild loss at upper corner tip. A decent copy of a book uncommon in nice condition and scarce with the dust jacket. (30799)
Rohmer, Sax (pseudonym of Arthur S. Ward)
Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5-256 + 8 page publishers (undated), original black front and spine stamped in green, bottom edge uncut. The tenth edition, so marked. The first volume in the Fu Manchu series first published in 1913. Generally considered to be a novel, the first Fu Manchu book actually consists of ten connected short stories. Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature II, pp. 585-89. Bleiler (1978), p. 170. Hubin, p. 695. Reginald 12386A. Day, p. 13. Ink stamped name to front paste down and half title page, damp stain with white residue to upper front gutter margin and upper rear cover, in a good pictorial dust jacket (priced 3/6) with chips to corners and base of spine panel, upper spine panel with loss affecting the title lettering, damp stain to verso of upper panel at spine and rear corner with some bleed through. (31044)
Rohmer, Sax (Pseudonym of Arthur Sarsfield Ward)
Octavo, pp. [1-6] 1-306, original red cloth, front and spine stamped in gold. First printing of the "popular edition." Collects ten stories, all the stories first appeared in magazine format. Includes a story considered one of his best and also anthologized many times; "Tcheriapin." Three stories feature his detective character Paul Harley. The story "The Hand of the Mandarin Quong" was re-written for this book, first published as "Hand of the White Sheikh" Rohmer changed the setting to a Chinatown background and published it as "The Mystery of the Shriveled Hand," the title then changed for this collection. Ashley, Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction, p. 156. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1410. Hubin, p. 696. Queen, The Detective Short Story, p. 96. Bleiler (1978), p. 170. Reginald 12399. Day, p. 17. Inked stamp name to front paste down and title page a very good copy in a fair dust jacket (priced 2/6) with edge wear and chipping, long tear to front panel, lower third of spine panel extending to lower left front panel missing, tape repairs to verso of jacket. (31041)
Rohmer, Sax (pseudonym of Arthur S. Ward)
Octavo, pp. [1-10] 1-309 [310-312: blank] [note: title leaf is a tipped in singleton; last leaf is a blank], title printed in orange and black, original red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. This edition adds one story ("The Chord in G") to the collection first published by Jarrolds in 1920. It features the occult detective Moris Klaw, who reads minds by sleeping at the scene of the crime. "The Moris Klaw stories are cleverly plotted and crisply told, and they have dated very little over they have dated very little over the years. Klaw himself is a fascinating creation. The book has been reprinted several times, most recently in 1977, but deserves to be more widely known." - Pronzini and Muller, 1001 Midnights, pp. 691-92. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 1407. Clute and Grant (eds), The Encyclopedia of Fantasy, p. 819. Hubin (1994), p. 695. Queen's Quorum 64. Bleiler (1978), p. 192. Reginald 12372. Gold lettering on spine panel a bit dull, a nearly fine copy in a very good, bright, pictorial dust jacket (illustrated by Arthur Schwieder) with a closed tear and chips at upper spine panel, small chip at lower left front corner at spine, light wear at corner tips with a little loss, rear panel has a large chip at the lower left and several tears and chips to rear flap fold. All title lettering to spine complete. The jacket is scarce. (30804)
Gibson, William
Octavo, leather backed boards. Limited edition outside of the 176 copy edition, this one of an unknown number specially bound designated "Binder's Copy," signed by Gibson on the limitation leaf and dated 7/14/93. The limited issue preceded Bantam's trade edition. Cyberpunk flavored novel set in San Francisco in early 21st century California. "In near-future California, a woman steals a pair of hi-tech 'virtual-light' sunglasses and goes on the run. It turns out that these spectacles contain a vast amount of coded information, and everyone is after them." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 403. Winner of the Prix Aurora for best English language novel (Canadian SF Award). Hugo Award nominee. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-441. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1986-2009. A fine copy, green leather backing patterned paper boards. A possibly unique copy. Signed pre-publication as the book release was September. (30435)
