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Hartford: J. B. Burr & Company. Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1874. Hardcover. Covers show considerable wear -- corners and spine ends worn through -- cloth spotted and rubbed. Spine title illegible. Owner name. Light foxing throughout. Binding is sound and text free of markings. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 665 pages .

J. B. Burr and Hyde, 1871. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1871. No Edition Remarks. 665 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated plates. Moderate thumb marking, foxing and tanning to pages. Much heaver and more prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Moderate cracking to gutters and hinges, exposing netting and causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have moderate corner bumping and edge-wear with visible tanning, staining and scuffing overall. Spine has similar tanning with minor pitting, fraying and crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is noticeably faded and darkened.

J.B. Burr and Hyde, 1872. Hardcover. Acceptable. . Fading/rubbing/shelf wear. Occasional foxing, most pages clean.

Hartford: J.B. Burr and Hyde, 1872. Hardcover. 665p. A brown cloth hardcover book in acceptable condition. Edges heavily worn. Spine faded. Cloth splitting along the spine. Pages foxed, but otherwise unmarked. Binding secure for normal handling, despite external damage. From the title page: "A narrative of marvellous experiences among all classes of society, -- criminals in high life, swindlers, bank robbers, thieves, lottery agents, gamblers, necromancers, counterfeiters, burglars, etc., etc., etc." Contains a few black and white engravings.

Hartford, CT: J.R. Burr and Hyde, 1871. xvi.665pgs. Good condition brown cloth hardcover. Case narratives of Civil War era New York police detective. Gilt decoration to front and spine, spine faded, edges and corners rubbed and frayed, with a one inch closed tear to upper left corner of front cover. Binding weakened but holding under front endpaper, sewn signatures remain sound. Light sporadic foxing to endpapers and margins, owner name in neat fountain pen on front endpaper. Extensive biographical notes of and about Officer McWatters are followed by narratives of case studies based on his experiences as a New York City police detective. Various historical events and commentary on the social climate of this era are interspersed throughout the book. Frontis portrait with an additional 29 woodcut illustrations throughout text. Illustrator unattributed. Contents: Publisher's Introduction, Biographical Notes, The Gambler's Wax Finger, Lottery Ticket No. 1710, Payne and the Counterfeiters, The… Read More

Hartford: J.B. Burr and Hyde. First. hardcover. good. Illustrated with numerous reproduction engravings. 665 pages. Thick 8vo, original tan decorative cloth (edgeworn and rather heavily spotted; some staining and foxing throughout). Hartford: J.B. Burr and Hyde, 1871. First edition. A good solid copy.<br/> <br/> Author was a detective of the New York Police.<br/> <br/>

Hardback. New.

Hartford: J B Burr. 1871. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good, all edges very worn, early pp lightly edge stained; Binding firm. .

Hartford, CT: J.B. Burr & Hyde, 1871. Hardcover. Good condition, cloth worn & faded. xx, 21-665 p. incl. plates. front. (port.) 22 cm.

McWATTERS, George S. Knots Untied: or, Ways and By-Ways in the Hidden Life of American Detectives. Hartford, 1871. 1st ed. 8vo. 665 pp., illus. Binding rubbed, else good in orig. cloth. "Criminals in high life, swindlers, bank robbers, thieves, lottery agents, gamblers, necromancers, counterfeiters, burglars, etc.

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 .

Hartford, Connecticut: J. B. Burr and Hyde. 1871. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Fading to spine and front and rear panels. Edge wear and soiling. .

J. B. Burr and Hyde. Publisher's maroon cloth with gilt titling on the front cover and spine ware. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1871.