Curiosities of Crime in Edinburgh during the last thirty years.

McLEVY, James.

Verlag: Edinburgh: William Kay. 1861, 1861

Beschreibung

FIRST EDITION. Front. port.; prelims sl. foxed, e.ps rather browned. Sl. later half blue calf, raised bands, red morocco labels; extremities sl. rubbed. Not in Glover & Greene. Hubin p.273. From the preface: 'The cases of detection contained in this volume are only a part, and a very small part, of the experiences of Mr James M'Levy, taken from among no fewer than 2220 instances, where he almost uniformly got convictions. The strange adventures will speak for themselves, and will at once suggest the great difference between a species of literature which can be safely read, as being a true account of what happened, and another which, pretending to be true, is only fiction, with a few and sometimes no grains of truth at the bottom.' James McLevy, 1796-1875, was a detective in Edinburgh for thirty years, during which time he worked on over 2000 cases, earning a reputation for his incredibly high rate of captures and convictions. This is his first collection of stories from his illustrious career, but he wrote at least five more similar works before his death. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 101649

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Titel: Curiosities of Crime in Edinburgh during the...

Verlag: Edinburgh: William Kay. 1861

Erscheinungsdatum: 1861

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