Hardback. 2nd US printing. The author delved into the archives of the great crime-hunting institutions of Europe, and has produced actual stories of celebrated crimes and their detection, showing the relentlessly scientific methods of the super-sleuths of London, Paris, Vienna and Berlin. 315pp. 8vo. h/back. With previous owner's neat name/date insc. to fep, browned edges, lightly browned eps, covers F. in chipped, frayed and notched (see images), scarce G. only dw.