Baker, La Fayette C. History of the United States

Baker, La Fayette C. History of the United States Secret Service. Philadelphia: L.C. Baker, 1867. First edition. Blind-stamped cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Steel-engraved frontispiece under tissue, plates. 8vo. Very good, strong copy. Part of the book and several illustrations cover the manhunt for John Wilkes Booth and his conspirators in the assassination of President Lincoln. Other chapters deal with various types of frauds, crimes, and cons the author investigated.