Scientific Sprague

FRANCIS LYNDE

Publication: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1912, New York

First edition. Small, neat name stamp on front fly leaf, else an exceptionally fine copy in a pictorial cloth binding. A very scarce collection of six railroad detective short stories that feature Calvin Sprague, better known as "Scientific Sprague." Sprague works for the government and does all sorts of scientific tests for them such as conducting soil tests, irrigation tests, etc. and solves some crimes while working with the railroad in various capacities.

Inventory Number: 38944