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Auction No 370, Tag: Police

3 Lots (displaying 1 - 3)

Detective memoirs & police history including Frederick Wensley "Detective Days", 1931;

Lot: 69

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £46
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Detective memoirs & police history including Frederick Wensley Detective Days, 1931; William Chadwick Reminiscences of a Chief Constable Manchester, c.1900 (2 copies, orig. gilt cloth); Whitbread The Railway Policeman, 1961, in fine d/jkt; Herbert Fitch Traitors Within, 1933, 3rd Impression; plus later titles in d/jkts. Fair to VF (11)

Jerome Caminada "Twenty-Five Years of Detective Life", Manchester, 1895-1901, 2 Vols, orig.gilt cloth, foxing to prelims;

Lot: 73

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £42
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Jerome Caminada Twenty-Five Years of Detective Life, Manchester, 1895-1901, 2 Vols, orig.gilt cloth, foxing to prelims; Charles Arrow Rogues and Others, 1926, front endpaper partly torn away; and others on crime. Fair to fine. (13)

G.T. Crook "The Complete Newgate Calendar", Navarre Society, 1926, set of 5 volumes, original gilt cloth, VG;

Lot: 83

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £58
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G.T. Crook The Complete Newgate Calendar, Navarre Society, 1926, set of 5 volumes, original gilt cloth, VG; some browning to endpapers; uncut, spotting to prelims and edge of text blocks; fine engravings. Together with Gilbert Armitage The History of the Bow Street Runners 1729-1829, Wishart & Co [1932] orig. printed cloth, VG. (6)