(#128296) UNCLE SAM DETECTIVE. William Atherton DuPuy.

UNCLE SAM DETECTIVE. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company Publishers, [1916]. Octavo, pp. [i-viii] ix-xiv [xv-xvi] 1-247 [248: blank], four inserted plates with illustrations by S. Edwin Megargee, Jr., original pictorial navy blue cloth, front panel stamped in tan and silver, spine panel stamped in tan. First edition. Short stories showing the exploits of Dept. of Justice Special Agent Billy Gard. The author, in his five-page introduction, traces something of the origins of the DOJ's Bureau of Investigation (the direct forerunner of the FBI), and places his hero in the context of the world of fictional detectives, opting for realism over romance, and aligning his approach with what is now generally referred to as the police procedural. Queen, The Detective Short Story, p. 37. Hubin (1994), p. 254. Smith, American Fiction, 1901-1925 D-650. Slight spine lean, else a bright, nearly fine copy. (#128296).

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