The Story of Scotland Yard
por Sir Basil Thomson
- Usado
- Bom
- Capa dura
- Condição
- Bom/Fair
- Livreiro
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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Sobre este item
New York, NY: The Literary Guild, 1936 The Literary Guild, New York. 1936. Hardcover. Reprint Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Good; fabric wear at head; soiling to boards. DJ: Fair; wear and missing pieces at head, tail, tips, and flap folds. Red cloth boards and spine with tarnished gilt lettering on the spine. Clean internals. Inner hinges are sound and not split. 347 pp 8vo. Here at last is the definitive history of Scotland Yard, greatest most legendary of the world's man-hunting organizations. Here is the true and absorbing inside story of its establishment and growth; an enthralling picture of its present structure and operations. The story is told by Sir basil Thomson one of Scotland Yard's most celebrated heads. This is a work of authority and a reference unique in the literature on the topic. A clean presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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Detalhes
- Livreiro
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 016752
- Título
- The Story of Scotland Yard
- Autor
- Sir Basil Thomson
- Formato/Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Bom
- Condição de sobrecapa
- Fair
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Edição
- Reprint Edition
- Editorial
- The Literary Guild
- Local de publicação
- New York, NY
- Data de publicação
- 1936
- Dimensão
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Palavras-chave
- Scotland Yard, Sir Basil Thomson, British justice, British police work, crime in Britain, criminologist, detectives, crimes, judgment, law, hanging, prison, police work, Bobbies,
- Catálogos de livreiros
- Autobiography;
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
Sobre Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
