Scott, R[eginald] T[homas] M[aitland]. AURELIUS SMITH -- DETECTIVE. New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, [1927]. Octavo, pp. [1-12] 1-274 [275-276: blank] [note: last leaf is a blank], original blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in gold. First edition. Twelve detective stories, featuring Secret Service Smith, first published in popular fiction magazines, by a veteran pulp writer who wrote the first two novels featuring "The Spider," a superhero modeled on Scott's earlier creation, Secret Service Smith, a gentleman detective and crime solver. Hubin (1994), p. 726. A fine copy in bright, very good plus art deco pictorial dust jacket (designed by Politzer) with light wear at edges. (#113054)