THE CRIME ANNUAL 1931. A Complete and Authoritative record of the Most Notorious Crimes Committed During the Past Year.

Hardback, 1st edn. actually published in 1932. A selected summary of more than 50 interesting cases that came before the English criminal courts during 1931, with only precise facts being presented and no attempt at embellishment, so the book can be regarded as a faithful and historical record. Contents include : William Podmore, Sidney Harry Fox, Alfred Harrison (Skipton), Fred Gill, Clarence Hatry (Company frauds), T.W. Mullholland (Blackmailer), A. O'Connor (Confidence Trickster), Douglas Newton Potts, Margery Wren, Carrie Whitehouse (poisoned by Cocaine on Roadside), Who Murdered Miss Learoyd? (Ilkley) + much, much more. with Biographical Index. 320pp. 12mo. V.v. lightly foxed fore-edge, o/w Nr. F. Extremely scarce in h/back.