Collectible - Good First Edition With Dust Jacket

New York: J.H. Sears & Company, Inc., 1926. 1st edition. 8vo hardcover. Maroon cloth with gilt lettering. xii+248pp. Illustrations. Good book and poor dust jacket. Small rub to the lower rear board and a 1" tear to the cloth at the head of the spine. A small bookplate to the top of the front pastedown. Age toned with lightly offset free endpages. The dust jacket is quite worn with heavy browning to the edges. The rear panel and flap are both detached, additionally to one another. (criminology, police, detectives) Inquire if you need further information.