Crieme Out of Hand

London England: Michael Joseph, 1963. Hardback.First edition Foxing to edge. Slight wear to edges of D/J. Price clipped to D/J. This book will shock, startle, and perhaps pffend. it tells the truth - with pictures - about sensational and sordid crimes, gives the inside view of forensic scientific investigations and the patient work of police, scietntists, doctors, chemists and other ranged against the forces of crime. This book exposes criminals' methods and will prove to the underworld that the forces of scientific investigation in the forensic laboratories are unbeatable. Leading forensic workers, chemical and armament groups, research establisments and leaders of Crime Squads opened their dossiers for the author, who is himself a member of the Forensic Science Society and a Middlesex Justice of the Peace. Many of the photographs have never been seen before outside Home Office and forensic laboratories. They may shock and surprise. But in conjunction with the text they prove that, despite the rising figures, crime rarely pays. Illustrated. 200 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.). First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Harback.