Allan Pinkerton — The Expressman and the Detective
Chicago, W. B. Keen, 1874. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this classic American detective work. A first American edition. Allan Pinkerton was a Scottish-American detective and spy. He wrote numerous popular detective novels based on his own exploits and those of his agents. The frontispiece and plate facing page 69 is missing and plate to page 280 is actually bound to page 227. With 12 of fourteen plates. Collated. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart with some fading to the spine and rubbing to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Previous owner inscription to the front free endpaper. Internally, missing some plates but the rest is firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .
