By George B. Mainwaring
London   The Pamphleteer
8" by 5" 30pp
A very scarce pamphlet of the police of Georgian London, the second edition of this work by George B. Mainwaring.
By George B. Mainwaring

1822 Observations on the Present State of the Police of the Metropolis

London   The Pamphleteer
8" by 5" 30pp
A very scarce pamphlet of the police of Georgian London, the second edition of this work by George B. Mainwaring.
£120.00
: 0.5kgs / : 949P36

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First Edition, Original Binding, Very Scarce

The second edition of this very scarce work.

An interesting study on the police of London in Georgian England, only a few years before the establishment of the Metropolitan Police as we know it today. The police in the city at the time of this work were the Bow Street Runners, and Bow Street Horse Patrol.

By George B. Mainwaring, a Tory MP for Middlesex.

Published by the Pamphleteer. 

Dual paginated as 30pp, and 533-560pp

Condition

Unbound, as issued. Internally, generally firmly bound, the final leaf of text working loose. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with scattered spots. Stamp to the verso of the title.

Good

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