THE SPECIMEN CASE. New York: George H. Doran Company, [1925]. Octavo, pp. [1-2: blank] [i-iv] v [vi] vii-xix [xx] [21-22] 23-313 [314-318: blank], publisher's blue cloth, front and spine panels stamped in red. First U.S. edition. A collection of twenty-one stories including one Max Carrados story, "The Bunch of Violets." The collection includes the story "The War Hawks", a sequel to the author's only science fiction novel, WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN: THE STORY OF A SOCIAL WAR (1907). Barzun and Taylor (1989) 3638. Queen, The Detective Short Story, p. 13. A nearly fine copy in bright, very good four-color pictorial dust jacket (designed by Ellen Edwards) with light wear at edges, shallow loss at upper spine end, and some mild general dust soiling. An attractive example of the striking jacket. (#155518).
Price: $450.00
First printing has the Doran monogram on copyright page.