The Illustrated Story of Crime

Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. Qui'excuse, post script, bibliography, acknowledgements and index. Photographic endpapers, showing a montage of newspaper headlines of crimes. The text is illustrated with numerous black-and-white photographs, contemporary illustrations and cartoons. Black coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Photographic dustwrapper, showing The Chamber of Horrors at Madam Tussaud's in London, with white and red coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. " The lure and fascination of crime is perennial. The criminal, the outlaw from society, however fail all repellent his crime, is still an irresistible figure. Some great criminals are being transformed into folk heroes: Ned Kelly, for example or Al Capone. So what quality is it that gives the criminal an a heroic stature and a unique all of glamour and notoriety ? In this book one of the world's leading authorities on crime and the criminal mind explores and elucidates the infinite perspectives of the subject of which he has devoted a lifetime of study." -- from the front fold over panel. Bumping to the head and to the heel of the backstrip. Dust marks to the top text block edge. Rubbing and creasing to the dustwrapper corner and edges. Rubbing and marking of the dustwrapper panels. This is the first UK edition. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. VIII, 224 pages, last page blank,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Law & Criminal Studies; ISBN: 0297771965. ISBN/EAN: 9780297771968. Inventory No: 0106012. . 9780297771968