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Lot 323
Sale 6331 - The Collected Library: Summer Reading
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Jul 31, 2025
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Aug 13, 2025
Timed Online / Chicago
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POST, Melville Davisson (1869-1930). The Strange Schemes of Randolph Mason. New York and London: G.P. Putnam's, 1896.
8vo. Publisher's original wraps (toning, spine leaning).
FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK IN THE RARE PUBLISHER'S WRAPS. The Strange Schemes of Randolph Mason introduces the first of Mason's two greatest contributions to the detective fiction genre: Randolph Mason, an unscrupulous lawyer who relies on legal loopholes to get his clients out of trouble. Barzun & Taylor, 4050; Queen's Quorum, 20.
Selections from the Library of Dr. John Talbot Gernon
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