Famous American Detective (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Fair+ Hardcover. ORIGINAL 1889 PRINTING. Pages are clean and unmarked. Slightly tanned. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing and soiling. Hinges cracked and binding loosening slightly but still intact.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Fair to good condition. Two names and date on front fly leaf. Bookseller's stamp at bottom of back fly leaf. Spotting on page fore edges. Spine tips and corners are worn. Bottom cover edges are rubbed. Covers are dull.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Very Good condition. Chicago, Illinois:: Laird & Lee, 1889. A square, reasonably tight copy. Near Very Good condition. Bound in the original brown pictorial cloth, stamped in black on the spine and front cover. The inner hinges have been neatly, and securely, reglued. The subtitle is embossed on a scroll on the front cover which also features the gilt-stamped image of a mustachioed man's head inside a gold diamond. The gilt on the spine has mostly flaked away, but the lettering remains distinct and legible. Original yellow gold patterned endpapers. Pages are clean and unmarked. NO foxing. This is a detailed study of the 1889 murder of a Chicago physician, Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin, in a conspiracy involving the Irish revolutionary group Clan-Na-Gael. Cronin's funeral attracted some twelve thousand mourners. The subsequent trial of Dan Coughlin, a Chicago police detective, and two other men was one of the most highly publicized in the city's history and made headlines nationwide. This book traces the case's detective work, step-by-step, including the search for the murder suspects, their capture, presentation of evidence and testimony during the trial, and the verdict and sentences. Full title: The Great Cronin Mystery or the Irish Patriot's Fate, A Complete and Accurate History of the Assassination of Dr Patrick Henry Cronin, the Search for the Murderers, the Inquest, the Trial, and the Verdict by One of America's Most Famous Detectives, Illustrated with nearly one hundred original engravings of scenes and incidents in the case." McDade 230 [THE ANNALS OF MURDER, A BIBLIOGRAPHY]. 1st ed? (No additional printings listed). Hard Cover. Near Very Good condition. 8vo. 527pp. 1st ed? (No additional printings listed).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Minus. No Jacket. Rep[rint. Boston: A.E. Wilson & Co., 1889. " A Complete and Accurate History of the Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin, the Search for the Murderers, the Inquest, the Trial, and the Verdict." Illustrated with many engravings. Cronin, an Irish patriot, was murdered for political reasons in what was known as "the crime of the century" (actual title of a competing volume of popular history by a rival publisher). This is a Very Good (Minus) copy of a reprint of Laird & Lee's First Edition by a different publisher. Brown decorative cloth binding. Blindstamped portrait of Dr. Cronin and the motto "Or the Irish Patriot's Fate. A Complete History of the Greatest of Modern Crimes" on the front cover. Clean text; 527 pages. POS on the Title Page. Rubbed at the margins. A Very Good (Minus) copy, as ther gutters are cracked, giving a loose feel to the book. Quercus notes that interest in this murder mystery was comparable to the Lindbergh kidnapping or OJ Simpson; a fascinating nook of American Irish history, and surprisingly scarce. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Rep[rint. Decorative Cloth. Very Good Minus/No Jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Minus. No Jacket. First Edition. Chicago: Laird & Lee, 1889. " A Complete and Accurate History of the Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin, the Searcxh for the Murderers, the Inquest, the Trial, and the Verdict." Illustrated with many engravings. Cronin, an Irish patriot, was murdered for political reasons in what was known as "the crime of the century" (actual title of a competing volume of popular history by a rival publisher). This is a Very Good (Minus) copy of the First Edition. Green cloth binding, now darkened, with a blindstamped portrait of Dr. Cronin and the motto "Or the Irish Patriot's Fate. A Complete History of the Greatest of Modern Crimes." The volume shows some wear, with moderate soiling and bumped corners. 527 pages; the text is generally quite clean and supple. Three tiny and mysterious stampings, perhaps refering to a private library. There is a split starting at the rear gutter. No dustjacket. The late-19th Century interest in this mystery was comparable to the Lindbergh kidnapping or OJ Simpson; a fascinating nook of American Irish history, and surprisingly scarce. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Minus/No Jacket.