Adventures of the World's Greatest Detectives by George Barton - 1909

Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Co., 1909. Hardcover. Acceptable. the binding of the book is loose; there are soil marks on the inner pages; the printing on the cover and spine is faded and scratched;

USA: THE JOHN C. WINSTON COMPANY, 1909 NICE LOOKING GREEN COVER WITH DETECTIVE ON FRONT, GREEN PRINT AND DESIGN SPINE. CLEAN AND TIGHT THROUGHOUT, 15 STORIES, 12 ILLUSTRATIONS.
GREAT STORIES BY GEORGE BARTON. AS YOU SEE FROM THE PREFACE BARTON TAKES TRUE FACTS OF TOP DETECTIVES AND AND STORIES AND MAKES THEM INTO VERY ENTERTAINING STORIES
CHIEF WILKIE AND THE GOLD CERTIFICATES, VIDOCQ AND THE LOCKSMITHS DAUGHTER, COLONEL FRASER AND THE RAILWAY MYSTERY, GENERAL TREPOFF AND THE RUSSIAN STUDENTS, INSPECTOR BYRNES AND THE HANIER MURDER, ROBERT PINKERTON AND THE GREAT SAFE ROBBERY, CHIEF KELLY AND THE DESERTED HOUSE, CHIEF BROOKS AND THE MAN WITH THE LAZY EYES, INSPECTOR SWEENEY AND THE STOLEN GEMS, CAPTAIN LINDEN AND THE MOUNTAIN MYSTERY, CAPTAIN DONAGHY AND THE WHITE CASE, SUPERINTENDENT FOREST AND THE VERSATILE ROGUE, THE HEADQUARTERS MAN AND THE BURGLARY THAT FAILED, CAPTAIN OBRIEN AND THE MYSTERY OF THE HALLWAY, CHEF KELLY AND THE OPIUM SMUGGLERS.
ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.

USA & Canada: The John C. Winston Company, 1909. Clean green cloth on boards, dark green titles and decorative surrounds. Spine: light bumping to head & foot. Edges: moderate foxings and couple of faint smudges. Eps: few only foxings. Just a few pages with few only foxings, albeit mostly to the margins. B/w illustrations. Binding is As New. 252p Dj: moderate soiling, rubbings and marks. Spine: head & foot with open wear of small sections missing, tears and chips. Head & foot of flaps spines with small open wear, tears & chips. Top and bottom edge with a few tiny splits and chips.. First Edition. Hb. VG/VG-.

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