Hands Up; Or, Thirty-Five Years of Detective Life in the Mountains and on the Plains: Reminiscences by General D.J. Cook, Chief of the Rocky Mountain Detective Agency: A Condensed Criminal History of the Far West
by Cook, General D.J.; Cook, John W.; [Colorado];
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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WILLIAMSBURG, Kentucky, United States
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About This Item
Denver: The W.F. Robinson Printing Co., 1897.
SECOND (AND EXPANDED) EDITION.
Original cloth, lettered in gilt.
442 pages.
Illustrated.
Fair. Binding shaken; one page gathering basically detached; light yellowing to pages; contemporary owner's name on front endpaper; covers worn and somewhat soiled.
"2nd and enlarged ed. of Gen. Cook's experiences as leader of the Rocky Mountain Detective Association. Earlier he had been city marshal of Denver, Arapahoe Co. Sheriff, Deputy U.S. Marshal and Chief of Police of Denver. These memoirs comprise a criminal history of the Far West from 1865 to 1890."--Nebenzahl.
References: Adams, Guns 241. Howes C-728.
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- Bookseller
- LaCelle Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17325
- Title
- Hands Up; Or, Thirty-Five Years of Detective Life in the Mountains and on the Plains: Reminiscences by General D.J. Cook, Chief of the Rocky Mountain Detective Agency: A Condensed Criminal History of the Far West
- Author
- Cook, General D.J.; Cook, John W.; [Colorado];
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Denver: The W.F. Robinson Printing Co
- Date Published
- 1897
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