Allan Pinkerton

Criminal Reminiscences and Detective Sketches

New York: G. W. Carleton & Co., 1879.

First edition. 324 [2] pp. 12mo. Publisher’s dark green cloth boards, gilt-lettered spine with Pinkerton “We Never Sleep” eye emblem stamped to front board; decorative floral borders in blind; toned deckled edges. Heavy foxing to tissue guard, title page, and several prelim leaves; general rubbing and shelf wear.

Published in 1879, this is an early Pinkerton detective narrative collection. A classic 19th‑century American true crime collectible in original publisher’s cloth, with the iconic “We Never Sleep” motif appealing to Pinkerton, crime history, and detective‑fiction collectors.

For collectors of true crime, detective history, and Americana,