The Branch; A History of the Metropolitan Police Special Branch 1883-1983
by Allason, Rupert
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0436011654
- ISBN 13
- 9780436011658
- Seller
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Campbellcroft, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Secker & Warburg. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1983. Hardcover. 0436011654 . 180 p. 24 cm. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. Slight fading along the top edges. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. Otherwise, inside pages are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has wear to the edges, particularly the top edge and the spine ends, with some colour loss. Moisture staining along bottom rear edge and upper flap corner on rear, mostly visible from the reverse side. A few tiny edge tears. The story of the first hundred years of the British Special Branch. Illustrated with a section of black and white photographs. .
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- Bookseller
- Homeward Bound Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6109
- Title
- The Branch; A History of the Metropolitan Police Special Branch 1883-1983
- Author
- Allason, Rupert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0436011654
- ISBN 13
- 9780436011658
- Publisher
- Secker & Warburg
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- 0436011654
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
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Campbellcroft, Ontario
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