Fabian of the Yard: An Intimate Record by ex-Superintendent Robert Fabian.

Publisher: Naldrett Press, London, 1950, First Edition. No other dates listed in book, however the jacket says 6th impression (approx 1954), so not sure if they are both 6th impression or just the jacket.

Good hardback with jacket, binding firm, some rubbing, bumping, fading and marks, spine quite faded with small chip, no inscriptions, pages very good, light foxing, minor marks, long vertical crease to ffep. Jacket has some chipping, creasing and tears, fading and loss to spine.

First 4 chapters: By way of Introduction. Mad Emile and Charles the Acrobat. The Demob Suit. The First Cat-Burglar. PAGE 136: The Wrotham Hill murderer Hagger was sentenced to death. He was hanged at Wandsworth on 18th March 1947. PAGE 80: The Antiquis Murder. Extract from newspaper: GALLOWS FOR BOYS WHO KILLED SENSELESSLY* Christopher James Geraghty (20), Charles Jenkins (22), and Terence Rolt (17), a tough trio, well-known to the police, each led a life of crime that ended in brutal murder. Their senseless killing of Alec de Antiquis in April, 1947, was done in broad daylight, and for no other reason than that he was blocking their escape from a robbery attempt. Many witnessed it, yet Scotland Yard's keenest brains had the devil's own job sheeting the crime home. A british TV series was aired in 1954 -56 based on this book. Fabian of Scotland Yard is a British police procedural television series based on the real-life memoirs of Scotland Yard detective Robert Fabian, and broadcast between November 1954 and February 1956. It is considered the earliest police procedural to be shown on British TV. 208 pages, illustrated.

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