FUTRELLE, Jacques. The Chase of the Golden Plate. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1906. 8o. Original pictorial cloth (light rubbing to spine ends and corners). Provenance: Vincent Starrett (bookplate and signature); Florence and Edward Kaye (bookplate). FIRST EDITION, and the first appearance of Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen, better known as The Thinking Machine. -- The Thinking Machine. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1907. 8o. Original pictorial cloth (leaned, light staining). Provenance: Fontaine Laurent (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Queen's Quorum 38. -- Another copy. Original cloth (leaned, some staining to spine and covers). -- The Thinking Machine on the Case. New York: Appleton, 1908. 8o. Original pictorial cloth (leaned, some wear, white lettering on spine vanished, hinges cracked); cloth folding case. FIRST EDITION. (4)