The Rohmer Review #1
The Sax Rohmer Society; Baton Rouge, LA
small octavo in wraps (5.5” x 8.5”), 32 pp, very good+
(July 1968)
A nice vintage copy of the inaugural issue of The Rohmer Review, a fanzine and collector's publication devoted to the works of British novelist Arthur Henry “Sarsfield” Ward (1883-1959), better known as Sax Rohmer. He is best know for his Fu Manchu series: thirteen novels, four short stories, and a play written between 1917 and 1977. Fu Manchu was an Asian criminal mastermind, and a member of the Yellow Peril.
Contents of this item are:
“An Informal Survey of the Works of Sax Rohmer” by Robert E. Briney
“The Incredible Captain O'Hagan” by Alvin F. Germeshausen
“The Romance of Scarabs” by Luther Norris
This item has some light sunning to the inside edge of the wrap with a few tiny chips along the edge, a sizable stain on the front wrap, with a couple of medium stains and a few small ones on the back wrap. Pages tight and clean.
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