Persons In Hiding (first edition in scarce original dust jacket)
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1938. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, with "First Edition Published February 1938" on copyright page and matching date om title page. Hardcover in black cloth lined and lettered in yellow. xix+ 325 pp. A tight, bright fine example, small tasteful vintage bookplate front pastedown. In the strikingly designed (and virtually never seen) original dust jacket in black, gray, and yellow; shallow chips and creases about the edges but still bright, Hoover, who was instrumental in the founding of the modern FBI in 1935 and served as its director until his death in 1972, here offers stories of famous criminals with whom he had dealings, like Ma Barker, "Doc" Moran, John Dilliger, Machine Gun Kelly and many others. Fine / very good. Item #E28111x
Price: $225.00