Claude Melnotte As a Detective and Other Stories

Chicago: W. B. Keen, Cooke and Co., 1875. 15th thousand. Hardcover. Good. 5 x 8 in. 282 pp plus Pinkerton adverts, each with plate. Green cloth boards, plates, advert ffep. Condition is GOOD ; joints are tender and some of the text signatures are pulled but holding fairly well. Covers clean, corners and spine ends worn. Text clean… Read more about this item

Chicago: W. B. Keen, Cooke & Co., 1875., 1875. First edition. First edition. Author's second book. Allan Pinkerton was the founder of the Pinkerton Detective Agency known to many for its "We Never Sleep" motto and the ever-vigilant open eye as the company logo. Frontispiece, preface, publisher's notice, numerous illustrations, contents, 282 pp. Light wear to the spine ends,… Read more about this item

Chicago: W.B. Keen, Cooke & Co, 1875. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition (stated "Tenth Thousand" on title page). Small octavo. 282, [16] ads pp. Illustrated. Blue cloth stamped in gilt and black. Scuffing and wear, mostly at the corners, a tight, near very good copy. *Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone*.

Chicago: W.B. Keen, Cooke & Co, 1875. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition, early impression of the second collection of detective short stories by the founder of the first detective agency in the United States. 8vo. 282 pp. + 16 pp. of adverts. Bright and fresh in rust cloth showing moderate overall use, light wear at the… Read more about this item

Chicago: W. B. Keen, Cooke & Co., 1875. [1st printing] 1875. Original blue cloth, lettered and decorated, with rules, in stamped black and gold on cover and spine; frontis and illustrations by Earle; yellow endpapers; 282 pps. + 2 blank at end; tipped in ad for 'Pinkerton's Detective Stories' on ffep. Cloth a little worn at extremities; a few… Read more about this item

Chicago: W.B. Keen, Cooke and Co., 1875. 282pp, original cloth, gilt to front cover and spine. Spine very slightly faded, minor rubbing to extremities, internally fairly bright and clean. Original flyer for other Pinkerton novels tipped in to ffep. Pinkerton's second fictional work. Wright 1906. First Edition (US). Hardback. Good+. 8vo.

Chicago: W.B. Keen, Cooke & Co. Used - Good. 1875. First Edition. hardcover. Decorated cloth. Octavo. 282 pp. Some shelf wear and significant scuffing to boards. Spine mildly cocked. Bookplate to front pastedown. Previous owner's inscription to ffep. Faint toning overall, with moderate soiling to some pages. Altogether a copy in Good condition. Good. (Subject: Fiction).

W. B. Keen, Cooke & Co, 1875. Hardcover. Acceptable. 0x0x0. [Pinkerton Detective Stories] Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. Shelf wear. Edges rubbed. Page tear with some loss of text on p.71-72.

New York: G.W. Carleton & Co., Publishers, 1880. Edition Not Stated . Hardcover. Good. Illustrated. Copyright W. B. Keen, Cooke & Co., 1875, fifteenth thousand. Maroon & gilt boards, spine sun bleached. Pencil erasure marks, spot opposite illustrations page. Coffee stains dotting pages 10 - 24, else text and illustrations very good- or better.

W. B. Keen, Cooke & Company. Collectible - Good. Chicago: W B Keen Cooke 1875. 1st (same date on title pg, copyrt pg and preface). Hardcover 12mo 282 pgs. B/w frontis, plates. Good. Purple cloth with gilt and black. Spine sunned. Covers worn. Spine slant. Contents clean and binding sound. Inquire if you need further information.

Chicago: W. B. Keen, Cooke & Co., 1875. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 22 woodcuts. 12mo, 287 pages, embossed purple cloth, trifling wear to tips of spine, which has its gilt titling intact over a sunned backstrip. Rare thus. [Victorian Detective Fiction, 379; H-Q Cornerstone; not in Andrews, CHICAGO IN STORY]. Detectives Claude Melnotte, and Jules Imbert.… Read more about this item

W. B. Keen, Cooke & Co., 1875. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Cover and binding are worn but intact. A reading copy in fair condition. 1875 collection of detective stories by Allan Pinkerton, the founder of the Pinkerton National Detective Ageny. Heavy wear to… Read more about this item

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

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hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.