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London: Tom Stacey, 1972. 250 pp, 8vo (8 3/4" H). "Stuart was an ordinary London doctor, nothing more. But, having practised medicine in the Far East, he did have a unique knowledge of rare poisons; which was perhaps the reason why he was involved (with strange and mysterious goings on, including warnings of danger coming from the East from a beautiful woman calling herself Mademoiselle Dorian). Now the stranger in his study said: 'Permit me to present myself - Gaston Max, at your service!' The surprises of the night were evidently not over yet. For Stuart was due to perform a post mortem examination on the body of Gaston Max, the French detective, in a few hours time. 'The Golden Scorpion' is a typically bizarre and thrilling mystery from the pen of Sax Rohmer, the creator of Dr. Fu-Manchu." Faint fold at bottom of first few pages, light wrinkle at bottom of spine. Dust jacket has minor edge wear, large corner crease on front flap, very light wrinkling at top/bottom of… Read More

London: Methuen, 1927 (500 grams) blind embossed papered boards, 250pp, eighth printing, paper stock age browned, small name to foot of paste down, small area chipped from fore edge of half title and title, thriller mystery from the creator of Fu-Manchu. reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.

[1-2] London: Greening and Co., [3,7,11-12,14] New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, [4,6,9] London: Methuen & Co., [5] New York: McBride, Nast & Company, [8,10, 13, 15, 19] New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, [16-18,21,23,26] London: Cassell and Company, [20] New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, [22,24-25] New York: The Crime Club, 1910-33.. Twenty-six volumes, 8vo. Five volumes with parts of the original pictorial wrappers bound in. Bound for the Times Book Club in contemporary full calf, gilt spines with maroon labels, one label lacking, head of one spine worn, some other mostly mild rubbing, a unique set. A handsomely bound collection of roughly half of Rohmer's prolific output. Excepting "The Insidious Fu-Manchu" and "Moon of Madness", all are either first or first US editions.