The Expressman and the Detective. First edition

by Allan Pinkerton

$250 · Offered by The Lawbook Exchange

First edition

1874 Allan Pinkerton First Edition Debut Book Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884 . The Expressman and the Detective. Chicago: W.B. Keen, Cooke & Co., 1874. First edition. 278 pp. 14 unnumbered leaves of plates. Octavo 7-1/2 x 5 ; 19.1 x 12.7cm . Original green pictorial cloth with gilt stamped spine. Eye with Pinkerton motto We Never Sleep to front cover in rubbed gilt. Worn and scuffed. Internally clean. A good copy. 250. * The debut true-crime detective book

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