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London: Hodder & Stoughton. 1922n.d.. 8vo., pp. xi 320, b/w plates, one stained & loose plate, missing f.f.e.p., inscr., tender hinges, or. cl. bds., rubbed edges, good, no d.j. Sir Basil Home Thomson, KCB (1861 – 1939) was a British intelligence officer, police officer, prison governor, colonial administrator, and writer. In 1913, Thomson was appointed Assistant Commissioner "C" (Crime) of London's Metropolitan Police, which made him the head of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) at New Scotland Yard. When World War I broke out in 1914, the CID acted as the enforcement arm for Britain's military intelligence apparatus. Thomson was involved in arrests in several high-profile espionage cases. One who he interrogated was ‘Mata Hari’ the Dutch exotic dancer later to be executed by the French as a spy. This is one of the numerous cases Thomson discusses in the book: others include Sir Roger Casement (the Irish…
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London: Hodder & Stoughton Limited, [1922]., [1922].. Fair. - Octavo, maroon cloth titled in gilt on the spine. The binding is heavily rubbed & bumped. xi & 320 pages. Illustrated with 13 black-and-white plates, including a frontispiece. A previous owner's name & address is penned on the flyleaf. The fore-edge is foxed & there is scattered light foxing throughout. The top page corners are bumped. There are a few pencil markings in the margins. Good only.
A detective in the Criminal Investigation Department of London's Scotland Yard writes a fascinating account of his work. Most of the book concerns espionage during the First World War with chapters on such cases as that of Roger Casement.
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London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1922. Hardcover. Good +. No date, c. 1922 (from preface). Maroon cloth with gilt spine lettering. Cloth a bit worn at head and heel of spine, boards rubbed, with two small stains to front board. Offsetting to endpapers, a few gatherings starting but overall a good reading copy. Numerous b/w photographic plates.
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Hardcover. Fair. FOXING THROUGHOUT PAGES OF BOOK NO DATE OF PUBLICATION..Offered by the U.K. charity Langdon: supporting young people with disabilities.
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