New York: Whittlesey House / McGraw-Hill Book Company, (1942) dj. Hardcover first edition - The Autobiography of a World-famous Locksmith. From the jacket: "Charles Courtney's fingers (which have been insured for $100,000.00) have led him into adventures as fantastic, entertaining, and nerve-tingling as any in our day. Mr. Courtney is the world's highest paid 'legal Jimmy Valentine' [a safe-cracker.] His jobs take him wherever there is a safe no one else can crack. The safes of Kaiser Wilhelm, the chests that held the crown jewels of the Romanoffs, the strong-boxes that ex-King Alfonso of Spain brought with him when he escaped to France, are but a few which have yielded to Mr. Courtney's fingers. Some of his most spine-chilling adventures have been on the floor of the sea. he unlocked the safes of the Egypt, topedoed during WWI with a cargo of gold and diamonds, and was hired by sir Basil Zaharoff to work on the wreck of the British cruiser Hampshire. The team of divers found the gold she was carrying but met a catastrophe that killed his companions." Illustrated with photographs. 335 pp.