Detectives Of Europe and America, or Life In the Secret Service

1877 Detectives Europe & America Criminals McWatters Secret Service Crime Law A rare work on the lives of celebrated spies, detectives, and secret service agents from the 19th-century in Europe and America. 'Knots Untied' describes the discovering drug rings, money counterfeiters, murderers, stories of carting criminals to prison, plans to take down robbers, and fake lottery schemes. Author George McWatters… Read more about this item

Hartford: J.B. Burr, Publishing, 1880 Hardcover. 8vo. 848pp. Gilt titles a trifle less than bright. Tight. Illustrated throughout including frontispiece of the author. No names or other markings. A few pages roughly opened. Trace of fraying headband. No mention of Sherlock Holmes of course but merits inclusion in a relative collection. V.Good

Hartford : The J.B. Burr Publishing Co., 1880. Unknown. Hardcover. Very good copy in half aniline calf over ribbed boards; gilt-blocked title to spine with raised bands. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed as with age. Pages slightly tanned. Lacks title page. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description; 848 pp., 40 leaves of plates. Subjects; Detectives. Secret service.… Read more about this item

Hardback. New.