Author: General Charles Hervey
Title: Some Records of Crime (Being the Diary of a Year, Official and Particular, of an Officer of the Thuggee and Dacoitie Police)
Description: London, Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1892. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this investigative work on crime in India in the latter half of the nineteenth century. The first edition of this work.Complete in two volumes.A very scarce work.An account of various crimes that took place within the jurisdiction of the Thuggee and Dacoitie police over the period of around thirty years.The crimes detailed in this book include poisonings, robbing, blackmail, plunderings, and more, as well as discussing trials that were undertaken during this time period."Some Records of Crime" is a very interesting snapshot into a brief period of Indian history, when the police were still a new institution, as the Police Act of 1861 established the principles of organization for police forces.Written by General Charles Hervey, who was the sometime General Superintendent of the Operations for the Suppression of Thuggee and Docitie in India.Rebound in a cloth binding.Bookplate to the front pastedowns, 'East India United Service Club, 1849, Concordia Crescimus&apos. Rebound in a cloth binding. Externally, smart. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine. A small amount of rubbing to the boards and spines. Fading to the spine. Bookplate and stamp to the front pastedowns. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with some odd handling marks. Newspaper clipping of a book review for this work bound in before the index to Volume I. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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