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BRAMAH, Ernest (1868–1942). A group of 6 volumes, including: The Eyes of Max Carrados. New York: George H. Doran Company, 1924. Publisher’s brown cloth with leather spine label (rubbing). FIRST EDITION. Provenance: Hope Sherman (inscription). –– Max Carrados Mysteries. Middlesex, UK: Penguin Books, 1964. Publisher’s printed wrappers. –– The Specimen Case. New York: George H. Doran Company, 1925. Publisher’s blue cloth lettered in red (sunning to spine). FIRST EDITION. Provenance: Hope Sherman (inscription). –– The Wallet of Kai Lung. London: Grant Richards Ltd., 1923. Publisher’s cloth (toning, soiling). LIMITED EDITION, number 93 of 200 copies SIGNED BY ERNEST BRAMAH. –– Includes two additional copies of The Wallet of Kai Lung, one a British first edition formerly owned by Ambassador David Bruce. 8vos. Overall condition good. Ernest Bramah’s fictional works have been compared to those of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Jerome K. Jerome, and H.G. Wells. His book What Might Have Been was cited as an influence by George Orwell in crafting his dystopian classic, Nineteen Eighty-Four.