THE STORY OF SCOTLAND YARD
by Thomson, Sir Basil
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket; Book is straight and clean with edge foxing and some scratches to red cloth boards.
- Seller
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Trumbull, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Literary Guild. Very Good with no dust jacket; Book is straight and clean with edge foxing . and some scratches to red cloth boards.. 1936. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Sir Basil Thomson took charge of the administrative branch of Scotland Yard, the Criminal Investigation Department, in June of 1913. The world, by comparison, was a quiet place then, but Scotland Yard had already won a world-wide reputation in its battle with crime. Here is the Yard from the inside, here are the men who made it and fought for it, and built it to enduring greatness. ; 9.1 X 6.3 X 1.5 inches; 347 pages .
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Details
- Seller
- Blackbird Bookshop (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 7952
- Title
- THE STORY OF SCOTLAND YARD
- Author
- Thomson, Sir Basil
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Book is straight and clean with edge foxing and some scratches to red cloth boards.
- Edition
- Book Club Edition
- Publisher
- The Literary Guild
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1936
- Keywords
- TRUE Crime
- Bookseller catalogs
- TRUE CRIME;
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About the Seller
Blackbird Bookshop
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Trumbull, Connecticut
About Blackbird Bookshop
Blackbird Bookshop is an internet-only bookstore specializing in Mystery and Suspense, and Modern First Editions. We have high standards for any book in our stock, regardless of the age of the book. If we wouldn't be proud to display it in our personal collection, we won't sell it.
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- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...
- Cloth
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