CORNISH OF THE 'YARD' His Reminiscences and Cases.

Hardback. A book of reminiscences spanning over 38yrs. in the Police Force. From the garrotters of Whitechapel, 1895 to the Blazing Shed Murder of 1933. In between was the story of the Great Pearl Robbery, the unsolved murder of Dora Alicia Lloyd (with the nightlife of Piccadilly Circus for its background), the Great Turf Fraud, The Charing Cross Trunk Murders (1 and 2), the Murder of Nora Upchurch, the Murder of Vera Page, and much more. Illus., Index. 343pp. 8vo. h/back. With clean eps, v.v. lightly foxed edges, sunned sp., light wear to corners, lightly marked covers o/w a Vg. copy of a Scarce police memoirs title.