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United States Secret Service in the Late War Comprising the Author's Introduction to the Leading Men at Washington, With the Origin and Organization of the United States Secret Service Bureau ..
by BAKER, General La Fayette C
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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About This Item
Chicago: L. P. Miller & Company, 1889. Hardcover. Very Good. F. B. Schell, E. B. Bensell, J. M. Butler and others. 4to. Pp. [4], 5-398. Frontis. engraved portrait of the author. Title page printed in red and blue. With a profusion of magnificent full-color and two-color illustrations. Decorated endpapers. In the original elaborate pictorially-decorated blue-gray cloth, stamped in black, red, silver, and gilt. Top edge dust-soiled; one loose plate; a few small stains to preliminaries. Slight wear to corners, head and tail of spine. Ownership signature of W. E. Humphry. An notably well-preserved copy. Published the same year as the Philadelphia edition; priority unknown. Baker was the first head of the U.S. Secret Service Bureau.
Of notable interest to Civil War scholars is the plate depicting the autopsy of John Wilkes Booth. A photo was taken of the autopsy and entered into evidence, but was lost. As such, two engraved depictions of the autopsy exist; the plate included here, in which the slab on which he lay is supported by two barrels, and a variant, published in Harper's Weekly.
The pictorial cloth binding is a fine period example of the art, depicting everything from a sidewheeler, horsebound men firing pistols, a spiderweb, licking flames, and Old Glory amid bursting bombs.
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- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7371
- Title
- United States Secret Service in the Late War Comprising the Author's Introduction to the Leading Men at Washington, With the Origin and Organization of the United States Secret Service Bureau ..
- Author
- BAKER, General La Fayette C
- Illustrator
- F. B. Schell, E. B. Bensell, J. M. Butler and others
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- L. P. Miller & Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1889
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About the Seller
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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Seattle, Washington
About Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books was established in 1996 as a natural progression of proprietor Jeffrey Long's historical and bibliophilic interests. We are located in West Seattle and can be visited by appointment only.
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