Notes on Criminal Classes in the Bombay Presidency with Appendices.

Kennedy, Michael, Editor

Date d'édition : 1908

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The "Criminal Classes" of the Bombay Presidency [Kennedy, Michael, Editor]. Notes on Criminal Classes in the Bombay Presidency with Appendices Regarding Some Foreign Criminals Who Occasionally Visit the Presidency, Including Hints on the Detection of Counterfeit Coin. Mumbai (Bombay): Printed at the Government Central Press, 1908. 340 pp. Plates. Original cloth, black-stamped frame and gilt title to front board, gilt title to spine, small black-stamped printer device to rear board. Light rubbing and spotting to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, corners and spine ends bumped. Moderate toning to interior, light foxing in a few places. $450. * First edition. A remarkable artifact of the British colonial mentality, this book is not a guide to criminal behaviors or individuals, but ethnic groups deemed to be criminal by nature. In almost all cases, criminality is based on a deviation from contemporary British social, economic or sexual standards. A second edition was published in 1910, then two editions in local languages in 1911 and 1913. All are scarce. OCLC locates 1 copy of the first edition in a North American law library (Harvard). Not in the British Museum Catalogue.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Notes on Criminal Classes in the Bombay Presidency with Appendices.
• Date de parution: 1908
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Édition: Edition originale
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Antiquarian & Scholarly