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BAT WING.
Garden City, N.Y., and Toronto: Doubleday, Page & Company, Inc., 1921. 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. First U.S. edition. 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.
THE DAUGHTER OF FU MANCHU.
London, Toronto, Melbourne and Sydney: Cassell and Company, Limited, [1931]. Octavo, pp. [1-6] [1-2] 3-280 [281-282: blank], original orange cloth, spine stamped in black. First British edition. 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.
THE DAY THE WORLD ENDED ...
Garden City: Published for The Crime Club by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1930. 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. Later printing. "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.
THE DREAM DETECTIVE: BEING SOME ACCOUNT OF THE METHODS OF MORIS KLAW.
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1925. 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. First U.S. and first expanded edition. 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.
THE DRUMS OF FU MANCHU.
[Garden City]: Published for The Crime Club, Inc. by Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1939. 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. First edition. The tenth Fu Manchu book. Hubin, p. 695. Bleiler (1978), p. 169. Reginald 12373. Day, p. 7.
THE EMPEROR OF AMERICA ...
London, Toronto, Melbourne and Sydney: Cassell and Company Ltd, 1929. Octavo, pp. [1-8] 1-293 [294] [295-296: blank], original green cloth, front stamped in blind, spine stamped in gold. First U.K. edition. 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.
THE EMPEROR OF AMERICA.
Garden City: Published for The Crime Club by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1929. Octavo, pp. [i-v] vi [vii-viii] 1-310 [311: ad] [312: blank], original black cloth, front and spine panels stamped in red. First edition. Novel of intrigue, fantasy and yellow peril thrills. Bleiler (1978), p. 169. Reginald 12375. Day, p. 8.
THE GOLDEN SCORPION ...
New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1920. 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. First U. S. edition. 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.
GREY FACE.
London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne: Cassell and Company, Ltd, [1924]. Octavo, pp. [1-6] 1-297 [298], original red cloth, front and spine stamped in black. First edition. 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.
GREY FACE.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, [1924]. Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-vi[vii-viii] 1-331[332], original red cloth, front and spine stamped in black. First U.S. edition. 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.
THE ISLAND OF FU MANCHU.
London, Toronto, Melbourne and Sydney: Cassell and Company, Limited, [1941]. Octavo, pp. [i-v] vi 1-282, original black cloth spine stamped in red. First British edition. 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.
THE ISLAND OF FU MANCHU.
London, Toronto, Melbourne and Sydney: Cassell and Company, Limited, [1941]. Octavo, pp. [i-v] vi 1-282, original black cloth spine stamped in red. First British edition. 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.
THE MASK OF FU MANCHU.
Garden City: Published for The Crime Club, Inc. [by] Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1932. 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. First edition. 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. Reginald 12384. Day, p. 12.
THE MASK OF FU MANCHU.
Garden City: Published for The Crime Club, Inc. [by] Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1932. 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. First edition. 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.
THE MYSTERY OF DR. FU MANCHU.
London: Metheun & Co. Ltd., [1922]. Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5-256 + 8 page publishers (undated), original black front and spine stamped in green, bottom edge uncut. Later edition. 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.
THE MYSTERY OF DR. FU MANCHU.
London: Metheun & Co. Ltd., [1922]. 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. Second edition. 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.
THE ORCHARD OF TEARS.
New York: Bookfinger, 1969. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Text offset from that of the 1918 Methuen edition.
THE RETURN OF DR. FU-MANCHU...
New York: A. L. Burt Company, nd, [1920s?]. Octavo, cloth. Later printing. The second book with Fu-Manchu, first published in the U.K. as THE DEVIL DOCTOR. Note, this edition lists printings on the copyright page, the last noting a third printing in 1918, the copyright information is from McBride edition.
SEVEN SINS.
New York: Robert M. McBride & Co., 1943. 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. First edition. 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.
SHE WHO SLEEPS: A ROMANCE OF NEW YORK AND THE NILE.
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1928. Octavo, pp. [i-iv] v-vi 1-322, original pictorial red cloth, front and spine panels stamped in black. First edition. 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.
TALES OF EAST AND WEST.
London, Toronto, Melbourne and Sydney: Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1932. Octavo, pp. [1-4] 5 [6-8] 9-287 [288], original orange cloth, front ruled in blind, spine stamped in black. First edition. 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.
TALES OF SECRET EGYPT.
New York: McKinlay, Stone & Mackenzie, [1919]. Octavo, original blue cloth, stamped in blind to front cover, spine stamped in gold. Later edition. From the Masterpieces of Oriental Fiction series. Story collection. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction, #1405.
THE WRATH OF FU MANCHU AND OTHER STORIES.
[London]: Tom Stacey, [1973]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Posthumous collection of twelve stories (including four Fu Manchu tales), several published here for the first time, all appearing here for the first time in a book. Introduction by Robert E. Briney. Reginald 12404.
DOPE.
New York: Robert M. McBride & Co., 1919. Octavo, original green cloth, front edges stamped in blind, lettering stamped in gold, spine stamped in gold. Second printing. Published the same month as the first printing. Mystery involving opium, murder and London society.
DOPE.
New York: Robert M. McBride & Co., 1919. Octavo, original green cloth, front edges stamped in blind, lettering stamped in gold, spine stamped in gold. Second printing of the U.S. edition. Published the same month as the first printing. Mystery involving opium, murder and London society.