Garden City: The Crime Club, Inc, 1936. 342pp, orange cloth boards with titles and illustration of Fu Manchu on spine in black. Binding tight, spine straight, corners square. Slight fading to spine edge but titles are still very clear. Mild shelfwear to spine ends. Small marks along front edge of front board. Edition produced for The Crime Club, Inc, a Doubleday, Doran imprint. Offsetting to endpapers, previous owner's name in ink on front free endpaper. Toning to pages, but text block is clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. Promotional blurb before text compares Rohmer's book to Sinclair Lewis's novel It Can't Happen Here. . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo.

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Bookseller: The Chatham Bookseller, LLC (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 029251
Title: President Fu Manchu
Author: Rohmer, Sax
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: The Crime Club, Inc
Place of Publication: Garden City
Date Published: 1936
Keywords: Sax Rohmer, Fu Manchu, Crime Club, First Edition

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The Chatham Bookseller began in 1968, and, in 1970, opened a store at its present location in Madison, NJ. The store contains over 10,000 books in over 80 different subjects, and favors good used books and good literature (both hardcover and paperback) over popular books and bestsellers. Our Internet business began in 2001. Upon visiting the store, we can show and sell individual online titles upon request. Store hours are 10:00-5:30 (Tues.-Sat.) and 11:00-4:00 (Sun.). The business is run by Richard Chalfin.

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