Description: Mystery Sax Rohmer The Emperor of America 1929 1st US VG First US edition with 1929 on title page and "First Edition" on copyright page. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc, 1929. Octavio 5.25" x 7.75" [viii] 1-310 [i Crime Club advertisement] [i Blank]. Publisher's black cloth with orange titles to spine and front cover. No dust jacket. Book Condition: Very Good The back cover has foxing spots. The spine ends are rubbed. The binding is tight. Text is age toned. Rohmer's first effort at reviving the Fu Manchu property was eventually reworked as The Emperor of America. The original intent had been for the head of the organization to be Fu Manchu's daughter. He kept Head Centre as a female criminal mastermind to combat Drake Roscoe, but was very unhappy with the book both as it started and in its finished form. He would later return to Drake Roscoe and his female supervillain for the Sumuru series. In the meantime, he tried again to focus his energies on what was first titled Fu Manchu's Daughter for Collier's in 1930, but with an older (now knighted) Nayland Smith as the protagonist once more. The results were infinitely better and jump-started the series in the process. In the 28 years from 1931 to 1959, Rohmer added no fewer than 10 new books to the Fu Manchu series, meaning the series totals thirteen books in all (not counting the posthumous collection).
Price: 25 USD
Location: Arlington, Texas
End Time: 2025-02-13T20:39:01.000Z
Shipping Cost: 5 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Author: Sax Rohmer
Publisher: Doubleday, Doran and Company
Topic: Mystery, Thriller
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Subject: Literature & Fiction
Character Family: Fu Manchu
Year Printed: 1929
Original/Facsimile: Original
