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First Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire as to the Best Means of Establishing an Efficient Constabulary Force in the Counties of England and Wales
by [Policing]
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: W. Clowes and Sons, 1839. xii, 416pp, original cloth, gilt title to spine. Recased, with inner joints strengthened, board edges bumped, corners bumped and worn, internally lightly browned, folding chart browned to top edge, but generally clean. Interesting accounts of crimes and criminal behaviour, primarily by the criminals themselves. First Edition. Hardback. Good. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- Zetetic Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001149
- Title
- First Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Inquire as to the Best Means of Establishing an Efficient Constabulary Force in the Counties of England and Wales
- Author
- [Policing]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- W. Clowes and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1839
- Keywords
- Noisbn, Police, Policing, Cat Viii, Crime, Crime and Punishment, Travellers, Gypsies, Vagrants, Ebay
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nineteenth Century; Law;
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
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Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire
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