THE QUEST OF THE SACRED SLIPPER
by ROHMER, SAX
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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HAWTHORN EAST, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
C. Arthur Pearson, London, 1919. 184 pp, small octavo, previous owner's signature on front end-paper, spine faded, top edge of upper board stained, else good copy in blue, cloth boards.. First edition. Novel by the creator of the Dr. Fu Manchu character.
Synopsis
I was not the only passenger aboard the S.S. Mandalay who perceived the disturbance and wondered what it might portend and from whence proceed. A goodly number of passengers were joining the ship at Port Said. I was lounging against the rail, pipe in mouth, lazily wondering, with a large vagueness.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Camberwell Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 220769
- Title
- THE QUEST OF THE SACRED SLIPPER
- Author
- ROHMER, SAX
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- C. Arthur Pearson, London, 1919
- Keywords
- detective fiction occult modern firsts england fu manchu
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