THE THIEF TAKERS by Pringle, Patrick - 1958

London: Museum Press Limited, 1958. X2 - DJ has price clipped, open tears on the top and bottom spine and front bottom, wrinkling and chipping on the edges and corners, soiling on the upper spine, front bottom and top of the back inside flap, some chipping/peeling on the middle spine, crease on the back inside flap, some discoloration and shelf wear othewise good. Book has previous owners name & address stamped on the fixed endpapers 3 times, blue tape stain on the copyright page, foxing, moderate discoloration mostly on the loose endpapers, and shelf wear otherwise good. The cases given, many of them extraordinary almost beyond belief, are related in great and fascinating detail and with the most scrupulous regard for fact, even the dialogue being the actual words spoken at the time.. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Museum Press Limited, 1958. HC. very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover). B&W illustrations. 224pp.

London: Museum Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Text is clean. Some uneven toning to endpapers. Cover shows light shelfwear. Dust jacket shows minor edgewear, mostly at spine ends. States First Published..1958.; 224 pages .

London: Museum Press, 1958. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 224 pp. Red boards lettered in black on the spine; illustrated with black and white plates. Light edge and corner wear on the dustjacket with a short tear on the upper left of the front panel; price intact; no interior markings. The Contents are: The Policeless State; The City Marshal and His Man: Charles Hitchin and Jonathan Wild; Police Magistrate: Sir Thomas de Veil; High Constable: Joseph Cox; Semi-private Detective: Mr Denovan; and The Defeat of Private Enterprise: Sir Lionel Heald; followed by an index..

Museum Press Limited, London, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Illustrated. list of illustrations, list of sources and index. Black-and-white illustrated frontispiece, showing Jonathan Wild, the father of the C. I. D. Within the text there are another four contemporary black and white illustrations. Dark maroon coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Purple coloured tint to the top textblock edge. Illustrated dustwrapper with black coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. In this book the author looks at four 'private detectives', who plied their trade, roughly between 1750 to 1850, till the formation of Britain's C. I. D. As the front fold over panel blurb states of the private detectives, they "... were the most effective agents are discovering and arresting (and sometimes making) criminals until the formation of the C. I. D." The detectives studied are: – Jonathan Wild, the City Marshall; Sir… Read More

Museum Press Limited, 1958. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket.

London: Museum Press, 1958. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. original cloth hardcover,illustrated,224 pages,very good in very good unclipped dustwrapper.Shelf N3.

hardcover. illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. London: Museum, (1958). vg<br/><br/>

London: Museum Press, 1958. First edition. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. (3807). Octavo, Hardcover. Account of crime prevention in England during the period 1750-1850 focusing on the "private detective.

London; Museum Press, 1958,. 1958. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 1st edition, hardback, 8vo, 224pp, illustrated, page edges slightly browned, purple cloth, corners bumped, Good / no dustwrapper .