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| 1 |  | Horan, James D. and Howard Swiggett. The Pinkerton Story. Hardcover. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1951. Edition: 1st Edition. VG+/VG+ Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Name and date written front endpaper, dustjacket price clipped with mild edgewear, a clean copy in protective mylar. History of the Pinkerton detective agency with 16 pages of photographic illustrations. Index. 366 pp.
Book #MCN12682
$20.00 |
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| 2 | | Kuhne, Frederick. The Finger Print Instructor. Hardcover. New York: Munn & Co. , 1917. VG/No Jacket Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall
Green cloth boards with gilt stamping light rubbing on points, endpapers age toned with previous owner's name and date front endpaper. Else internally sound with all 11 plates present in rear pocket. A text book for the guidance of Finger Print Experts and an instructor for persons interested in the study of Finger Prints. 155 pp.
Book #MCN10813
$20.00 |
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| 3 | | Prejean, Helen. Dead Man Walking An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States. Hardcover. New York: Random House, 1993. Edition: 1st Edition. VG+/VG+ Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10"
Name and date written front endpaper, dustjacket lightly rubbed with mild wear head of spine, in protective mylar. First edition copy with number line 23456789 and stated First Edition. 278 pp.
Book #MCN12588
$25.00 |
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| 4 | | Thompson, George. Prison Life and Reflections: Or A Narrative of the Arrest, Trial, Conviction, Imprisonment, Treatment, Observations, Reflections, and Deliverance of Work, Burr and Thompson. Hardcover. Oberlin: James M. Fitch, 1847. Edition: 1st Edition. Fair/No Jacket Size: 12mo 7" - 7½" tall
Condition only fair with brown embossed cloth boards very worn with loss at all edges, cracking along spine and hand-stitched at spine, masking tape remnants on front board. Heavy foxing throughout, gift inscription front endpaper with some pencil markings on both front and rear endpapers. Binding cracked but no loose pages, a complete copy of an early account of Missouri abolitionists and prison life. "Work, Burr and Thompson Who Suffered an Unjust and Cruel Imprisonment in Missouri Penitentiary, for Attempting to Aid some Slaves to Liberty. Three Parts in One Vol." 417 pp.
Book #MCN10991
$100.00 |
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