CURIOSITIES OF CRIME IN EDINBURGH with THE SLIDING SCALE OF LIFE; Or, Thirty Years' Observations of Falling Men and Women in Edinburgh

by James M'Levy, James McLevy

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First edition

Edinburgh: William Kay; William P. Nimmo, 1861. First editions of two volumes of the Edinburgh detective's tales of Victorian crime and punishment. Very good plus. Item #40859 Collected tales of crime by Edinburgh's legendary first police detective, famous for his high rate of captures and convictions over an illustrious 30-year career before turning his hand to these memoir-adventures. Vigorous, brisk, allegedly true,

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