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CAPTAIN FLY-BY-NIGHT.
New York: G. Howard Watt, 1926. Octavo, pp. [i-vi] vii-viii [ix-x] 11-301 [302-304: blank], original red mesh weave cloth, front and spine stamped in gold. First edition. Adventure and romance in old California. Was made into a silent film in 1922. By the creator of Zorro.
THE CRIMSON CLOWN: A DETECTIVE STORY.
New York: Chelsea House Publishers, [1928]. Octavo, pp. [1-11] 12-251 [252-256: blank] [note: first and last blank leaves used as paste-downs], original green cloth, front and spine stamped in gold. First edition. The Crimson Clown is a criminal who steals from the rich and gives half to charity. In life he is a rich bachelor and adventurer, Delton Prouse. This collects the first four Crimson Clown tales first published in DETECTIVE STORY MAGAZINE. [Reference: Hubin, p. 524].
THE SCARLET SCOURGE.
New York: Chelsea House, [1925]. Octavo, pp. [1-11] 12-255 [256: blank] [257: note to the reader] [258-260: blank] [note: first and last blank leaves used as paste-downs], original red cloth, front and spine stamped in gold. First edition. Mystery novel involving swindled investors. [Reference: Hubin, p. 524].
THE THUNDERBOLT'S JEST.
New York: Chelsea House Publishers, [1928]. Octavo, pp. [1-11] 12-254 [255: note to the reader] [256-260: blank] [note: first and last blank leaves used as paste-downs], original brown cloth, front and spine stamped in gold. First edition. Upon returning from WW I, upper class adventurer John Flatchley dons the guise of The Thunderbolt to steal the money from a criminal group that had swindled it from others. He wears a mask with a lightning bolt on the forehead. This is the final story in the series. All first published in DETECTIVE STORY MAGAZINE (1921). [Reference: Hubin, p. 524].