Michael Cassidy, Sergeant
New York: George H. Doran, 1916. First American edition. Hardcover. First edition thus (with five additional stories) and first American edition (no statement of colophon as is common in pre-1920 issues by this publisher). Hardcover in red cloth lettered in gilt and decorated in black. 214 pp. Spine lettering dulled and slightly cocked but a clean example. A collection of World War I short stories featuring Michael Cassidy, a seasoned, formidable sergeant in His Majesty's Corps of Royal Engineers. The British edition, which was published in 1915, contained fifteen stories while the American edition of the following year contained twenty. Very Good. Item #E37414
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