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KNOTS UNTIED: OR, WAYS AND BY-WAYS IN THE HIDDEN LIFE OF AMERICAN DETECTIVES.
BY OFFICER GEORGE S McWATTERS, LATE OF THE METROPOLITAN POLICE, NEW YORK.
A NARRATIVE OF MARVELOUS EXPERIENCES AMONG ALL CLASSES OF SOCIETY, - CRIMINALS IN HIGHLIFE,SWINDLERS, BANK, ROBBERS, THIEVES, LOTTERY AGENTS, GAMBLERS, NECROMANCERS, COUNTERFEITERS, BURGLARS, ETC., ETC., ETC.
HARTFORD: J. B. BURR AND HYDE, 1872, FIRST EDITION.
LIGHT MAROON CLOTH, WITH GILT TO COVER AND SPINE, OCTAVO, 8 1/2” x 6”, 665 PAGES, ILLUSTRATED WITH A FRONTISPIECE PORTRAIT OF McWATTERS, AND TWENTY-NINE FULL-PAGE PLATES.
BOOK IS IN VERY GOOD, CLEAN AND TIGHT CONDITION, EXCEPT FOR FADING OF TITLE ON SPINE, FRONT AND BACK INNER HINGES REINFORCED WITH BINDER’S ARCHIVAL TAPE AND AGE TONING TO PAGES.
