* Detective Materials

Here is a collection of texts published before 1950 that include the word "detective" (or one of its variants) somewhere in their contents.

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Ashton-Kirk, special detective / by Jihn T. McIntyre ; frontispiece by Ralph L. Boyer

Published
1914
Author
McIntyre, John Thomas, 1871-1951.
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The Beadle collection of dime novels given to the New York Public Library by Dr. Frank P. O'Brien

Published
1922
Author
New York Public Library.
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Biennial report of the Auditor of Accounts of the State of Vermont for the two years ending ... 1913/1914

Published
1914
Author
Vermont. Auditor of Accounts.
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A bogus detective, by Harry L. Newton. A comedy sketch with awkward situations for male and female

Published
1904
Author
Newton, Harry L. b. 1872.
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Claude Melnotte as a detective : and other stories / by Allan Pinkerton

Published
1875
Author
Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884.
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Cleek the man of the forty faces, or Cleek, the master detective / by Thomas W. Hanshew

Published
1918
Author
Hanshew, Thomas W., 1857-1914.
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Confessions of a detective, by Alfred Henry Lewis ... Illustrated by E. M. Ashe

Published
1906
Author
Lewis, Alfred Henry, 1857-1914
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A cowboy detective, a true story of twenty-two years with a world-famous detective agency; giving the inside facts of the bloody Cœur d'Alene labor riots, and the many ups and downs of the author throughout the United States, Alaska, British Columbia and old Mexico, also exicting scenes among the moonshiners of Kentucky and Virginia, by Chas. A. Siringo ...

Published
1912
Author
Siringo, Charles A., 1855-1928.
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The detective instructor / by F. Dalton O'Sullivan ...

Published
1925
Author
O'Sullivan, Frank Dalton, 1878-
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The detective possibilities of lip-reading. Why not lip-reading? by Edward B. Nitchie

Published
1915
Author
Nitchie, Edward Bartlett, 1876-1917.
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A double barrelled detective story / by Mark Twain ; illustrated by Lucius Hitchcock

Published
1902
Author
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.
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The Dutch detective, a farce in three acts; by Walter Ben Hare

Published
1914
Author
Hare, Walter Ben, 1880-1950.
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Every man his own detective, a study of glandular criminology, by George Antheil

Published
1937
Author
Antheil, George, 1901-
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Fifty years a detective, by Thomas Furlong. 35 real detective stories

Published
1912
Author
Furlong, Thomas, b. 1844.
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Forty years of Scotland yard; the record of a lifetime's service in the Criminal investigation department

Published
1931
Author
Wensley, Frederick Porter, 1865-1949.
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The girl and the detective; a novel founded on the melodrama of the same title

Published
1908
Author
Blaney, Charles E.
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The grafters of America : who they are and how they work / by CLifton R. Wooldridge

Published
1906
Author
Wooldridge, Clifton R. 1854-1933
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Hands up! in the world of crime, : or 12 years a detective / by Clifton R. Woolredge

Published
1906
Author
Wooldredge, Clifton R. 1854-1933.
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In search of a villain; a story of detection, by Robert Gore-Browne

Published
1928
Author
Gore Browne, Robert.
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Industry society and the human element : a few true detective stories that are interesting and instructive / Sherman, [Lewis L. Warren]

Published
1917
Author
Sherman Detective Agency.
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Investigation concerning law enforcement and crime conditions in the Territory of Hawaii / submitted by Seth W. Richardson v.11

Published
1932
Author
United States. Department of Justice
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Joe Muller: detective : being the account of some adventures in the professional experience of a member of the imperial Austrian police / by Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta Groner

Published
1917
Author
Colbron, Grace Isabel, 1869-1948.
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The merry cobbler : an original comedy drama in four acts / by J.A. Fraser, Jr.

Published
1895
Author
Fraser, John Arthur.
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A millionaire's folly : or, The beautiful unknown, a sensational tale of criminal life from facts appearing on file in the records of Mooney & Boland's detective agency / by "Le Jemlys" [i.e. S. M. Jelley]

Published
1888
Author
Jelley, S. M.
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Miss Frances Baird, detective; a passage from her memoirs, as narrated to and now set down by Reginald Wright Kauffman ... with a frontispiece in colour by William Kirkpatrick

Published
1906
Author
Kauffman, Reginald Wright, 1877-1959.
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Modern police work : including detective duty : a book for police officers of all ranks / by James J. Skehan

Published
1947
Author
Skehan, James Joseph, 1873-
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Mr. Enloe, from the Committee on War Claims, submitted the following report : To accompany H. R. 2904. February 11, 1892. - Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed

Published
1892
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Papers and proceedings of Committee on the police problem, City of New York, 1905

Published
1905
Author
New York (N.Y.). Committee on the police problem.
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Personal and business protection : complete secret service course

Published
1922
Author
Interstate Secret Service Bureau. Minneapolis.
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Philo Gubb : correspondence-school detective : with illustrations / by Ellis Parker Butler

Published
1918
Author
Butler, Ellis Parker, 1869-1937.
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Poe and Balzac in the detective story and the tale of the grotesque and arabesque. By Florence Marguerite Carpenter ...

Published
1918
Author
Carpenter, Florence Marguerite.
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Practical instruction for detectives; a complete course in secret service study, by Emmerson W. Manning

Published
1921
Author
Manning, Emmerson Wain.
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The reminiscences of Detective-Inspector Christie / Related by J.B. Castieau

Published
1910
Author
Castieau, J. B.
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Report of the departmental committee on detective work and procedure 1

Published
0000
Author
Great Britain. Home Office. Committee on Detective Work and Procedure.
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Shadowed by a detective, or, The woman in wax / by Virginia Champlin

Published
1885
Author
Champlin, Virginia, -1885.
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Shadowed to Europe : a Chicago detective on two continents / by "Le Jemlys" ; illustrated by True Williams

Published
1885
Author
Jelley, S. M.
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The somnambulist and the detective. The murderer and the fortune teller

Published
1882
Author
Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884.
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The technique of the mystery story, by Carolyn Wells ... introduction by J. Berg Esenwein ...

Published
1913
Author
Wells, Carolyn, -1942.
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True detective stories : from the archives of the Pinkertons / by Cleveland Moffett

Published
1897
Author
Moffett, Cleveland, 1863-1926.
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True detective stories / by A. L. Drummond ; illustrations by Louis F. Grant

Published
1909
Author
Drummond, Andrew Lewis, 1844-
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Violations of free speech and rights of labor ... Preliminary report, [Report[s] and Interim report] <Pursuant to S. Res. 266, 74th Cong.> ... v.13

Published
1938
Author
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Education and Labor.
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Violations of free speech and rights of labor : report pursuant to S. Res 266 (74th Congress) ... industrial espionage

Published
1937
Author
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Education and Labor.
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The War detective, or, The plotters at Washington : a tale of Booth's conspiracy / by Major A.F. Grant

Published
1883
Author
Harbaugh, T. C. 1849-1924
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Wonder Jack, the detective; or, The witch of Manhattan, by Old Sleuth [pseud.] ...

Published
1894
Author
Old Sleuth, 1839?-1898.
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