Knots Untied: Or, Ways And By-ways In The Hidden Life Of American Detectives 1872
by McWatters George S
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Vars, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Hartford: J. B. Burr And Hyde. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1871. Hardcover. Brown cloth covers, spine ends are very bumped with cloth separating. Cover is faded in spots, with heavy rubbing, some fraying along the front edge. Light staining on end covers. Webbing showing back hinge. Interior text clean, tightly bound. " A narrative of marvellous experiences among all classes of society, criminals in high life, swindles, bank robbers, thieves, lottery agents, gamblers, necromancers, counterfeiters, burglars, etc, etc, etc,...; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 655 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bytown Bookery (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2072
- Title
- Knots Untied: Or, Ways And By-ways In The Hidden Life Of American Detectives 1872
- Author
- McWatters George S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- J. B. Burr And Hyde
- Place of Publication
- Hartford
- Date Published
- 1871
- Keywords
- Detectives
- Bookseller catalogs
- United States; Crime & Prisons;
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- Hinge
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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- Cloth
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