Author: NICHOLLS, ERNEST / WILLIS, JOHN (INTRODUCTION) .
Title: Crime Within The Square Mile. The History of Crime in the City of London. By Ex-Chief Detective-Inspector Ernest Nicholls... With an introduction by Ex-Chief Detective-Inspector John Willis of the City of London Police.
Description: London: John Long, Limited, 34, 35 & 36 Paternoster Row, 1935 . 0. Scarce First edition signed by the Author. A very good tight binding 8vo. pp.293/[3pp. - blanks]/pp.4 - Adverts . Well illustrated with 16 full-page black & white plates. Later blue cloth covered boards with printed title to spine. Recent endpapers. Newspaper cutting: "The Book That "Pinned Me To My Chair" (Daily Express) laid-down to loosley inserted sheet of paper . Light spotting to half-title and title-page. Frontis portrait with light brown stain to margins. Neat dedication to title-page: "My Dear Houston with my best thanks for your kind help. Ernest Nicholls 9th May 1935". Clean English text throughout, with just the odd brown spot to the margins. A very good copy of this scarce book.

Keywords: 45806 John Long, Limited Nicholls, Ernest / Willis, John Crime Within the Square Mile the History of Crime in the City of London Crime


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