THE WORLD OF CRIME. True Detective Stories.

Hardback, 2nd edn. First published in the USA as 'The Truth About the Case.' The author was Chief of the Paris Detective Police. Chapter headings include : The Scar; The Soiree at the Rue de Prony; Tracked by a Dream; The Lightning Flash; Fighting the Ghosts; The Lotus Flower; The Soiled Collar; A Queer Couple; An Hotel Mystery; Hunting the Gang + much more. 327pp. 12mo. h/back. Lightly browned eps, and edges, lightly foxed, v. small label on fpd, head/tail of sp. sl. worn. Red cloth/gilt lettering. Vg. V. scarce UK edn.