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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No DJ. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: dj. First Edition. First Edition. Hardcover. Laid in mms letter, on Treasury Dept. letterhead, by John Wilkie dated May 1, 1901 (while he was the head of the United States Secret Service from. Famously, and using the name "Fred S. Ellmore" ("Fred Sell More") Wilkie wrote of the Indian Rope Trick (in 1890 while a journalist with the Chicago Tribune) to great review and acclaim-not bad for a hoax. He spent 14 years as the director of the Secret Service during a critical time in the Service's evolution. The letter discusses a short story he apparently wrote for consideration for publication in The Youth's Companion.and in a second hand is the notation, "This story, $100.00)" We have not been able to track down the title of the story.which is believed to have been published under a pseudonym and has not, to date, been credited to Wilkie. A handsome copy with interesting ephemera. Light shelf/edge wear, light toning at spine, light fraying at head and tail, small closed tear at the head, penciled owner signature (1872) at first blank, front hinge starting, else tight, bright, and unmarred. Red cloth boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, black endpages, advert tipped in at ffep (Heath's Infallible Counterfeit Detector), frontispiece, tissueguard. 8vo. 426pp. Illus. (b/w plates). Laid in letter.

Decorative Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. A solid, well-preserved copy of the 1875 1st edition. Tight and VG to VG+ in its decorative light-brown cloth, with bright gilt-design and titling at the front panel. 1878 former owner name and address in pencil on the front free endpaper, otherwise very clean internally. Octavo, all edges gilt. (From the title page: "Comprising Sketches of Noted Counterfeiters, and Their Allies; of Secret Agents, and Detectives; Authentic Accounts of the Capture of Forgers, Defaulters, and Swindlers; with Rules for Deciding Good and Counterfeit Notes, or United States Currency; a List of Terms and Phrases in Use Among This Fraternity of Offenders, &c, &c.".