Bound Volume of Six Pinkerton Booklets

New York and Chicago; New York: [William A. Pinkerton and Robert A. Pinkerton / Pinkerton Detective Agency], 1904-1907. 6-5/8 x 5-3/8 inches. 84pp; 52,[4]pp; [6],41,[1]pp; 44,[4]pp; 10pp; [12],23pp + illustrations. Blue cloth with maroon and black spine labels stamped in gilt; original blue or grey wrappers printed in black for each booklet bound in. B&w illustrations. Minor wear to board corners and spine ends; light sunning to some bound-in wrappers; slight scuffing to title page and archivally repaired corner of one leaf in first booklet. Very Good or better overall. A bound volume of addresses by William A. Pinkerton on various types of crime, as well two booklets on individual criminals by Pinkerton and from the archives of the Pinkerton detective agency. Contains the following, in the order bound in: - Train Robberies, Train Robbers and the "Holdup" Men. Address by William A. Pinkerton. Annual Convention International Association Chiefs of Police. Jamestown, VA. 1907. Chicago and New York: Copyrighted by Wm. A. Pinkerton and Robert A. Pinkerton, November 1907. - Bank "Sneak" Thieves. Paper Read by William A. Pinkerton. Annual Convention International Association Chiefs of Police. Hot Springs, Ark. April 11th, 1906. [Chicago and New York]: Copyrighted by William A. and Robert A. Pinkerton, Nov. 1906. - The "Yeggman": Bank Vault and Safe Burglar of To-Day. Paper Read by William A. Pinkerton. Annual Convention International Association Chiefs of Police. St. Louis, MO. June 6th, to June 11th, 1904. [Chicago and New York]: [William A. Pinkerton and Robert A. Pinkerton], August 1904. - "Forgery". Paper Read by William A. Pinkerton. Annual Convention International Association Chiefs of Police. Washington, D. C. May 22nd, 1905. [Chicago and New York]: [William A. Pinkerton and Robert A. Pinkerton], August 1905. - Timothy Webster, Spy of the Rebellion. [Chicago and New York]: [William A. Pinkerton and Robert A. Pinkerton], November 1906. - Adam Worth, Alias "Little Adam." Theft and Recover of Gainsborough's "Duchess of Devonshire." Third Edition. New York, [Pinkerton's National Detective Agency], January 1904. Of varying degrees of scarcity in OCLC, all uncommon in commerce.