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TALES OF CHINATOWN
by Rohmer, Sax
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: A. L. Burt Company, 1922. Early Reprint. Cloth with colored plate. Good. Colour plate + B&W frontispiece. 8vo, maroon cloth with black lettering on spine and color plate depicting Chinatown scene on front cover, illustrated with a B&W frontispiece, 10 short stories, 376 pages. Arthur Henry "Sarsfield" Ward (1883 - 1959), aka "Sax Rohmer," was a prolific English novelist. He is best remembered for his series of 15 novels featuring the master criminal Dr. Fu Manchu.<br /> <br /> TALES OF CHINATOWN (1922) collects 10 short stories originally published in hardcover by Cassell in 1922 and Doubleday, Page and Company in 1922. All of the stories first appeared in magazine format. <br /> <br /> "Tchériapin" is one of Rohmer's best tales and has often been anthologised. He rewrote and reset "Hand of the White Sheikh" [aka "The Mystery of the Shriveled Hand"] as "The Hand of the Mandarin Quong" for this book.<br /> <br /> UNCOMMON edtion. Wear to front cover colour plate and cloth. The B&W frontispiece retains good definition and is without foxing but is starting to separate from the title oage. Pages uniformly age toned.
Synopsis
In the saloon bar of a public-house, situated only a few hundred yards from the official frontier of Chinatown, two men sat at a small table in a corner, engaged in earnest conversation. They afforded a sharp contrast. One was a thick-set and rather ruffianly looking fellow, not too cleanly in either person or clothing, and, amongst other evidences that at one time he had known the prize ring, possessing a badly broken nose.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9701
- Title
- TALES OF CHINATOWN
- Author
- Rohmer, Sax
- Illustrator
- Colour plate + B&W frontispiece
- Format/Binding
- Cloth with colored plate
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A. L. Burt Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1922
- Keywords
- Murders, Fu Manchu, mystery, noir, journalist, horror, detective, femme fatale, danger, country, Britain
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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