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HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE
by BAKER, GENERAL L.C
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Light Corner and Edge Wear/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: L.C. Baker, 1867. Cloth is blind-stamped. Spine lettered in gilt. Spine is sunned to tan. Previous owner's signature in old hand on front free endpaper. Frontispiece portrait of the author with tissue-guard. Full-page illustrations scattered through the text. Lafayette Curry Baker (1826-1868) was a U.S. investigator and spy. He served in the Union Army under Lincoln and Johnson. He helped track down Lincoln's assassins, was later fired by Johnson who thought Baker was spying on him. 704pp. See Nevins 1:53.. First Edition , First Issue. Brown Cloth. Light Corner and Edge Wear/No Dust Jacket. Thick Royal Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Glenn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015546
- Title
- HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE
- Author
- BAKER, GENERAL L.C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Light Corner and Edge Wear
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition , First Issue
- Publisher
- L.C. Baker
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1867
- Size
- Thick Royal Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Americana, Secret Service, Civil War, American Presidency
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Glenn Books
Biblio member since 2005
Prairie Village, Kansas
About Glenn Books
We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First Edition
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