FAMOUS STORIES OF POLICE AND CRIME

Hardback. A collection of famous stories in the annals of international crime, ranging over a wide field - from an incredible bullion robbery to a manhunt in the Frozen North, from a modern banknote swindle to a curious case of sudden death in Australia, from the theft of a famous portrait in London to an investigation on a Pacific island where every inhabitant was fingerprinted. The author also includes a classic case of mistaken identity as well as a great hunt to capture the last of the bushrangers, a clever trap set by Interpol as well as a raid on one of the world's largest airports, an account of the man who was the greatest 'fence' of his time and the grim story of a family of gangsters who were chased across the United States by agents of the unrelenting F.B.I. Featuring amongst others : Albert Johnson (Canada, 1931); Tai Shek (Ocean Island, 1953); The Bonnot Gang (France, 1912); Ned Kelly (Australia); The Touhy Gang (Chicago), and Brian Donald Hume. 160pp. 8vo. h/back. Lightly foxed and browned edges, tiny label to fpd o/w Vg+ in Vg. protected pcdw. which has a closed tear to fr. cover (see image).