UNCLE SAM DETECTIVE.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company Publishers, [1916]. pp. [i-viii] ix-xiv [xv-xvi] 1-247 [248: blank], frontispiece and three inserted plates with illustrations by S. Edwin Megargee, Jr., original pictorial black cloth front stamped in dark yellow and silver, spine in dark yellow. First edition. Collection of short stories based on actual cases related to the author from the Department of Justice, Bureau of Investigation files, though the main character Special Agent Billy Gard is fictional. The author, in his five-page introduction, covers the establishment DOJ's Bureau of Investigation (the direct forerunner of the FBI), how real agents differ from fiction and how they operate. [Reference: Queen, The Detective Short Story, p. 37. Hubin (1994), p. 254. Smith, American Fiction, 1901-1925 D-650]. Rear hinge repaired, light wear to corner tips and spine ends, some light staining to rear cover, a good to very good copy. (22367). Item #22367
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