The following year he joined the Metropolitan Police and began patrolling the streets of the capital as a uniformed constable. Covering celebrated cases of the day such as the Maybrick murder, poisoner William Palmer and the notorious burglar-turn-killer Charlie Peace, Famous Crimes was a true crime periodical which ran for three years, under the editorship of Harold Furniss. Read more about the condition Very Good: A book that has been read and does not look new, but is in excellent condition.

The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. Readers are advised to check with the venue or event organiser before relying in any way on the details published here. Set against the backdrop of the developing Metropolitan Police, this book tells the story of a life and career which included railway murderers, grave robbers, fraudulent mediums, Jack the Ripper, the Philosopher’s Stone, Fenian dynamite campaigns, shocking revelations about the aristocracy and a crazed captain with sea serpents in a bottle. with b/w photos - green cloth - light soiling to lower edge - AUTHOR'S INSCRIPTION to first blank page - endpapers and content edges lightly foxed - dustwrapper is rubbed and soiled/stained - spine tanned - chipping and wear to edges with several short tears and a few small losses - SCARCE DUSTWRAPPER ON THIS SCARCE FIRST EDITION INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR.c. to maintain of raise the wages of labour, before the High Court of Justiciary, at Edinburgh, on the 10th and 27th November, 1837. Trials provides unfiltered narrative into the lives of the trial participants as well as everyday people, providing an unparalleled source for the historical study of sex, gender, class, marriage and divorce.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins. As the official arrived at the window, he saw that the passenger’s face and neck were smeared with blood, and there was a clot beside an ear. Following in the same format, this collection of twelve true crime cases relates the stories of murders and other dreadful deeds in Coventry dating from 1820 to 1872. com/ppo-prod-storage-1g9rkhjhkjmgw/uploads/2020/11/F3812-19-Death-of-Mr-Colin-Barker-in-hospital-Gartree-08-03-2019-NC-60-74. Very slight crease marks on the cover, and a coffee stain on the back cover, otherwise a good clean copy.