The Cunning Mulatto And Other Cases Of Ellis Parker American Detective. Told By Fletcher Pratt (Parker, Ellis) Pratt, Fletcher

Octavo, pp. 295, illustrations, rebound in red cloth and black boards with printed paper spine label and marbled endpapers. First edition. A record of some of the cases investigated by Ellis H. Parker, a real detective who was commonly called America's Sherlock Holmes during his lifetime. He solved 288 of the 300 major crime cases he investigated. He also handled thousands more in his career as the Chief of Detectives in Burlington County, New Jersey. A very good copy. (#173713)