DU PUY, William Atherton (1876-1941). Uncle Sam Detective. New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1916.
DU PUY, William Atherton (1876-1941). Uncle Sam Detective. New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1916.

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DU PUY, William Atherton (1876-1941). Uncle Sam Detective. New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1916.

8o. Frontispiece and plates by S. Edwin Megargee, Jr. Original black cloth, front cover and spine lettered in yellow, front cover with seal of the Department of Justice; printed dust jacket (corners clipped, very lightly soiled).

FIRST EDITION, A FINE COPY IN THE SCARCE DUST JACKET. Our detective is Billy Gard, "not an individual but a type--a new detective performing as important work as ever came to the lot of men of his kind" (Introduction). Includes the classics "A Fiasco in Firearms" and "Behind Custom Screens." Queen The Detective Short Story, p.37.

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