I Spy Blue. Police and Crime in the City of London from Elizabeth I to Victoria [signed] [first edition]

First edition, first impression. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR IN PENCIL ON TITLE PAGE 'To Roy Heywood, with best wishes Donald Rumbelow'. Edge wear, chipping, creasing and large closed tears to top and bottom of jacket and spine, small loss to top of jacket and spine, corners rubbed, some scratches to back jacket. Price clipped, no other inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg copy. 250pp. An entertaining history of policing in London. Donald Rumbelow is a former City of London Police officer, crime historian and ex curator of the City of London Police's Crime Museum. He is also a recognised authority on the Whitechapel Murders, he currently acts as a London Tourist Board Blue Badged guide of the Jack the Ripper Walk, a walking tour in London visiting the locations associated with the crime.