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POST, MELVILLE DAVISSON. The Strange Schemes of Randolph Mason. 1-page publisher's ad at front. 8vo, publisher's tan cloth, spine sunned; Elizabeth Cass Goddard bookplate to front pastedown, ownership signature to verso of front flyleaf, contents clean; preserved in a custom cloth drop-back case (LMS booklabel). New York: Putnam's Sons, 1896
first edition, with author's autograph laid-in. "In 1896 Melville Davisson Post made the first of his two momentous contributions to the detective-crime short story. The publication of The Strange Schemes of Randolph Mason introduced the first 'criminal' lawyer in detective fiction ... The character of Randolph Mason was an important and historic innovation" (Queen's Quorum 20).
