The Expressman and the Detective -by Allan Pinkerton ( 1874 1st Edition )

Chicago, Illinois: Chicago, IL: W B Keen, Cooke and Co.,, 1874, 1st Edition, First Printing, 1874. ----------( 1st Printing of the First Edition ) ---hardcover, a solid Good example, overall wear and rubbing to the brown cloth, lettering and gilt design, some looseness to the binding resulting in some pages sticking out from the edges of the text block, ink name, some foxing spots and marks, sounds worse than it is ---a 150 year old book, ---front cover sports the PINKERTON logo "The All Seeing EYE ' (later to become the basis for The Private Eye ), t Pinkerton's first book in the true 1st edition, very popular when released as this went to additional printings by the following year, 278 pages, b&w illustrations, ---"All history proves that no one can hug a secret to his breast and live (...) This is especially noticeable in persons who have committed criminal acts." When a trusted employee is suspected of stealing from the Adams Express Company in Alabama, the organization reaches out to the Pinkertons, the world's first private detective agency. Recounting true events, 'The Expressman and the Detective' tells a fascinating and suspenseful story of an investigation in which all that can prove a person's guilt is a confession. Allan Pinkerton, the founder of the agency, assigned agents to shadow the suspect, others to gain his trust and he was among the first to hire a female detective. ---", ---, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)---AVAILABLE. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good (see description)/No Jacket as issued. Illus. by Uncredited Cover Art. 5w x 7.75h Inches.