MYSTERIES OF POLICE AND CRIME A General Survey of Wrongdoing and Its Pursuit (Two Volumes)

Hardback. Reprint (1st pub. 1898). A 2 volume comprehensive survey by the author, (who was formerly one of HM Inspectors of Prisons) of Crime and its Detection. Includes an observation on "Jack the Ripper"'. In 8 Parts : Police Past and Present; Judicial Errors; Captains of Crime; Crimes of the Highway; Murder Mysteries; The Poisoners; Crimes of Greed and Acquisitiveness; Associations of Criminals. Vol. I 495pp. + Cassell Publications; Vol. II includes Index + Cassell Publications. 483pp. 8vo. h/backs. Vol. II has uncut pp. 477-483. Lightly browned uncut edges, small light-coloured patch to fr. cover of Vol. I (see image). Blue cloth with bright gilt lettering to both. Vg+. Will require additional postage to accommodate weight and value.