THE CONCISE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CRIME AND CRIMINALS

Hardback. Book Club Reprint. (1st pub. 1961). The Editor was former Chief of Scotland Yard. He has produced a comprehensive history of crime, criminals and criminology in a single volume, which provides the general reader with authoritative information on every aspect of crime including such widely diverse subjects as arson, Common Law, crime reporting, embezzlement, espionage, highwaymen, juvenile delinquency, kidnapping, libel, murder, penology, pornography, rackets, robbery, smuggling and war crimes, as well as articles on more unusual areas of crime such as piracy, treason and witchcraft. Law enforcement from the days of the Bow Street Runners is dealt with as well as a number of notorious criminal organisations including the Camorra, the Crime Syndicate, the Mafia and Murder Inc. Among the many biographies of well-known criminals are those of Al Capone, Crippen, Dillinger, Haigh, 'Lucky' Luciano, Ned Kelly, Capt. Morgan, Jack Sheppard, Dick Turpin. A distinguished list of contributors include : Ian Fleming, J. Edgar Hoover, the Earl of Longford, Rebecca West, Donald McCormick, H.T.F. Rhodes, Sir Harold Scott + many others. The Jack the Ripper entry is thought to have been penned by Donald McCormick. With 96 plates, Notes on the Contributors and Further Reading. 351pp. 4to. h/back. With previous owner's small b/plate to ffep, browned pp., fr. hinge beginning to show. Red cloth with bright gilt lettering to sp. Vg. in protected Nr. F. dw. A heavy book which may require additional postage if shipped overseas.