Hello all, I have only been able to find this book on a couple online stores but I'm thinking it's the same book from both as the description is the same. (Front endpaper missing, decent clean VG copy with a couple of slight marks to cover, and blind stamp of the Bureau of Criminal Identification, New York. 8vo. Original publishers blue grey cloth lettered gilt on spine and in black on cover. pp 147. Frontispiece.) If someone can find more I would like to compare prices before i list mine. The one i have has no missing pages, no blank stamp, I think very good condition with only some dis-colorization of the pages from age. Mikey
Very interesting book. I especially like that it was published in Chicago during the "roaring twenties" (and probably for good reason during that particular time period and in that particular city ). No offense meant to any "Antiquers" posters who may be from or still living in Carl Sandburg's "Hog Butcher for the World" city.
I think the seller of the on-line copy is a bit hopeful at that price ($84.43.) And scarcity doesn't equal value in the book world. Still, if it were mine and I were selling it on eBay, for instance, I'd set a high BIN and be prepared to accept a best offer. Debora
