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- Author:
- Wade, John
- Title:
- A Treatise on the Police and Crimes of the Metropolis; Especially Juvenile Delinquency, Female Prostitution, Mendicity, Gaming, Forgery . . Also an Account of the Courts of Justice and Prisons of London; And . . . the Causes of the Increase of Crime &c.
- Publisher:
- Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, London, 1829.
- Description:
- Only edition of a work written by one of the foremost early 19th century radicals and reformers, John Wade, grouped in importance with William Cobbett and 'Orator' Hunt, and a great admirer of Bentham, who provided funds to establish Wade's newspaper
- Condition:
- Modern green cloth, ex-library, one preliminary leaf loose, else a good usable copy
- Book No.:
- W-77344
- Price:
- $ 650.00
- Category:
- criminal law, Police, women's law, Gambling, Forgery, prisons
- Author:
- Saunders, Thomas William
- Title:
- Counties Police Acts, (2 & 3 Vict. c. 93; 3 & 4 Vict. c.88; and 19 & 20 Vict. c. 69) Together with An Analysis of the Statutes; the Rules and Regulations of the Secretary of State, &c. &c
- Publisher:
- John Crockford, Law Times Office, 29, Essex Street Strand, London, 1856.
- Description:
- A rare work, written by the Middle Temple barrister and Thames Police Court magistrate who had long followed (and written upon) the Police Acts, marking with the third act "a great step forward in the movement for police reform"; one copy in OCLC
- Condition:
- Original cloth, worn but sound, a few notations, presentation "To Valentine Goold Esq / Chief Constable of Somersetshire / with the Author's compts"
- Book No.:
- W-77175
- Price:
- $ 350.00
- Category:
- Police, Acts
- Author:
- Knutsson, Johannes, et al.
- Title:
- Police and the Social Order, Contemporary Research Perspectives
- Publisher:
- National Council for Crime Prevention, Stockholm, 1979.
- Description:
- Condition:
- Wraps; 387 pages
- Book No.:
- W-90312
- Price:
- $ 25.00
- Category:
- law and sociology, Police
- Author:
- Adam, Hargrave L.
- Title:
- The Police Encyclopaedia. With a Preface by Sir Robert Anderson, K.C.B., L.L.D., Late Chief of the Criminal Investigation Department, New Scotland Yard. Eight Volumes [complete]
- Publisher:
- The Waverley Book Company, Ltd. 7-8, Old Bailey, E.C., London, 1910?].
- Description:
- A work containing "a mass of information about the origin, growth and present organization of our British Police Forces [written] with a literary freshness" and extensively illustrated, each volume with two dozen or more plates
- Condition:
- Original light-blue cloth, gilt, somewhat worn and some volumes spotted, else a good usable set
- Book No.:
- W-91426
- Price:
- $ 450.00
- Category:
- Police
- Author:
- Cedermark, Gunilla and Hans Klette
- Title:
- Polis, Myndighet - Manniska
- Publisher:
- Studentlitteratur, 1973.
- Description:
- Inscribed on the title page to Gilbert Geis, noted criminologist and authority on all aspects of deviant behavior, and his wife: "...with best regards from Gunilla Cedermark"
- Condition:
- Printed wraps; 170 pages
- Book No.:
- W-90332
- Price:
- $ 25.00
- Category:
- Police
- Author:
- Title:
- Royal Commission on the Police, 1960. Interim Report
- Publisher:
- Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1960.
- Description:
- Condition:
- Stapled wraps, worn but quite usable; 77 pages
- Book No.:
- W-90318
- Price:
- $ 45.00
- Category:
- Police
- Author:
- Wicks, Robert J.
- Title:
- Applied Psychology for Law Enforcement and Correction Officers
- Publisher:
- McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1974.
- Description:
- Condition:
- Printed boards, very slightly soiled, but a sound copy
- Book No.:
- W-90363
- Price:
- $ 25.00
- Category:
- law and psychology, criminal law, Penology, Police
- Author:
- Title:
- Report and Recommendations of the Commissioners' Committee on Police Arrests for Investigation
- Publisher:
- N.p., District of Columbi, 1962.
- Description:
- Condition:
- Sewn wraps, a bit stained, but still a good copy; 130 pages
- Book No.:
- W-90319
- Price:
- $ 35.00
- Category:
- Police
- Author:
- Colquhoun, Patrick
- Title:
- A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis; Containing a Detail of the Various Crimes and Misdemeanors By which Public and Private Property and Security are . . . injured and endangered: and Suggesting Remedies for Their Prevention. Sixth Edition
- Publisher:
- Printed by H. Baldwin and Son . . . for Joseph Mawman [etc.], London, 1800.
- Description:
- The penultimate, much enlarged edition of Colquhoun's pioneering treatise, "a major work of permanent value [and] the first in the English language . . . on the subject of police", leading to the establishment of London's professional police force
- Condition:
- Modern 1/4 mottled calf over marbled boards, light browning, else a very good copy; the variant first printing with the colophon at index end only
- Book No.:
- W-77078
- Price:
- $ 250.00
- Category:
- criminal law, FRANCE, Police, London
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