The United States Secret Service in the Late War: Comprising the Authors Introduction to the Leading Men at Washington, with the Origin and Organization of the United States Secret Service Bureau

Lafayette C. Baker

Bardwell, Blackmer & Co., 1890

Bound in publisher's pictorial binding. Gorgeous binding. [5]-398 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits. Title page and frontispiece appears to be a facsimile.  "[...] A graphic history of rich and exciting experiences, North and South; perilous adventures, hairbreadth escapes, and valuable services of the detective police [...]; embellished with a profuse galaxy of magnificent full-page illustrations of exquisite beauty, engraved on steel, wood and stone by our special corps of artists." Sabin 2841.