Whitehall 1212. The Story of the Police of London

London England: Jarrolds No date but Introduction is dated as 1947. What I have endeavoured to do is to present a bird's-eye view of Police work in all its phases. All cases mentioned are real, with the exception of that in the chapter on 'The Case for the Crown' and that can be fairly described as composite rather than fictitious. Murder receives quite undue prominence, as I am well aware. The average number of murders in England each year is round about a hundred, but murder arouses an interest that burglary or fraud can never do, and the public follows keenly every step taken by the Police to apprehend the perpetrators. There are three classes to whom I hope this work, with all its imperfections and omissions will appeal: the reader who takes a normal and healthy interest in the efforts of the Police to prevent crime and accident, and to bring to justice those who have offended against the Law; the student of crime in fact and fiction to whom fuller details of Police and legal procedure will bring ability to 'read between the lines' of what appears in the Press and in novels; and lastly (and most rashly) to those who would cater for the public taste in detective fiction in order that they may be saved from pitfalls and inaccuracies such as I have been fortunate to escape myself. Chiefly for them I have included a full index. 22 Illustrations. Previous owners name and address to inside cover. Slight foxing to end pages. Corners of cloth slightly bumped. Very slight wear to cloth through age. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.). First Edition. Cloth. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardback.