Knots Untied: Or, Ways And By-ways In The Hidden Life Of American Detectives. by George S. McWatters
1871. No Edition Remarks. 665 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white illustrated plates. Moderate thumb marking, foxing and tanning to pages. Much heaver and more prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Moderate cracking to gutters and hinges, exposing netting and causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have moderate corner bumping and edge-wear with visible tanning, staining and scuffing overall. Spine has similar tanning with minor pitting, fraying and crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is noticeably faded and darkened.