Nov 10, 2015 - Sale 2397

Sale 2397 - Lot 252

Price Realized: $ 1,300
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
PINKERTON, ALLAN. Group of 5 First Editions from the "We Never Sleep" Series. Illustrated. 8vo, publisher's pictorial cloth, condition varies, generally very good plus copies, see notes below. Vp, vd

Additional Details

The Expressman and the Detective. Surface scratches and edgewear; occasional soiling. HQ. Chicago, 1874 Claude Melnotte as a Detective. Spine faded, contemporary publisher's advertisment tipped to front free endpaper. Chicago, 1875 The Gypsies and the Detectives. 6-page publisher's catalogue at rear. News agency ink stamp on first free endpaper; scattered foxing. NY, 1879 Bucholz and the Detectives. 6-page publisher's catalogue at rear. Binding mottled; plate at p. 181 nearly detached, scattered foxing. Inscribed by the author. NY, 1880 The Rail-Road Forger and the Detectives. 8-page publisher's catalogue at rear. Few stains to cloth, two tiny chips to front joint; printed complimentary slip tipped-in. NY, 1881.