LOST LONDON The Memoirs of an East End Detective

Leeson (Ex-Det. Sergeant B.)

Published by Stanley Paul/Treasure Library, 1934

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Hardback. 1st edn. later issue in the Treasure Libraries Series. The author was an East End detective who figured prominently in the most notorious crime episodes of the previous quarter of a century. Leeson, known as "the man who was shot at Sidney Street", penetrated the haunts of London's worst criminals. He knew them as suspects, prisoners and as condemned men. Includes a chapter on Jack the Ripper + Lenin, Trotsky, Stinie Morrison, the bare-knuckle bruisers of London markets, the Odessian gang leaders, the Anarchists etc., etc. A documentary account of an underworld that was gradually disappearing. With Frontis. and Index. 223pp. 8vo. h/back. Red cloth with black lettering to a v. sl. faded sp. Small, neat name insc. to ffep o/w a Vg+ copy of a scarce Jack the Ripper related title. Seller Inventory # 19370

Bibliographic Details

Title: LOST LONDON The Memoirs of an East End ...

Publisher: Stanley Paul/Treasure Library

Publication Date: 1934

Binding: Hardcover / Hardback

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: First edition.