Description:

In the front of this book a letter is pasted from the Author, John Wilson Murray to the then Mayor of Concord, NH. Charles R. Corning. Corning also has his ownership of the book noted on one of the front pages. Murray has a fascinating history which started as a Union sailor aboard the USS Michigan, which sailed on the Great Lakes during the Civil War and guarded the Confederate prison Camp on Johnson's Island. A conspiracy to overtake the ship by the confederacy, and then to burn the cities of Detroit and Cleveland and to free the prisoners was foiled. 484 pages of great reading of Murrays life as one of the first famous detectives. He later became one of the main law enforcement officials for Canada, working in the Department of Attorney Generals Office, Ontario (which letterhead the enclosed letter is written on). We describe all items to the best of our ability as we are not experts on everything. Please ask specific questions on details or condition prior to bidding, ALL ITEMS ARE SOLD AS IS. We box and ship to keep costs low. We do not use a packaging service, unless the costumer prefers us to use them. We can ship either USPS or UPS

    Condition:
  • Dark brown cloth cover with some age wear to spine edges, otherwise very good without any major foxing or dark yellowing to pages. A hard to find clean example

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May 22, 2017 5:00 PM EDT
East Rochester, NY, US

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