first edition
(1958) · Springfield, IL
by [CRIME & UNDERWORLD] NELSON, Alfred T. and Howard E. Smith
Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, (1958). First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 156pp. Fine copy in crisp, clean dustwrapper, lightly toned at margins else Near Fine. Uncommon thus. In the publisher's "Police Science" series.
A treatise on the crime of theft from motor vehicles, which in 1958 the authors estimate to have resulted in more than $50,000,000 in losses nationwide. Includes sections on surveillance techniques, criminal demographics, problems of apprehension, etc. Illustrated throughout from photographs and diagrams. Uncommon. (Inventory #: 83973)
A treatise on the crime of theft from motor vehicles, which in 1958 the authors estimate to have resulted in more than $50,000,000 in losses nationwide. Includes sections on surveillance techniques, criminal demographics, problems of apprehension, etc. Illustrated throughout from photographs and diagrams. Uncommon. (Inventory #: 83973)