London: Staples Press Ltd., 1957 Book. Very Good + +. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good -. 224 pp, foreword, acknowledgments, Part I: The Historical Outline (the tradition - 1944), Part II: The Prefecture of the Police Today, appendices and refferences. Price clipped with small owner's book plate on front pastedown. Minor edgewear to dj with lightly rubbed front panel and slightly soiled rear panes. Only slightly foxed edges and endpapers, else, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Red cloth..

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Bookseller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 002672
Title: The Police of Paris
Author: Stead, Philip John
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good + +
Jacket Condition: Very Good -
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Staples Press Ltd.
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1957
Keywords: TRUE CRIME FRANCE PARIS PREFECTURE HISTORY FRENCH POLICE
Bookseller catalogs: TRUE CRIME;
Size: 8vo

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First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Price Clipped: When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Soiled: Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Marginalia: Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...