Queer People
by Thomson, Basil
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
London: Hodder & Stoughton. 1922n.d.. 8vo., pp. xi 320, b/w plates, one stained & loose plate, missing f.f.e.p., inscr., tender hinges, or. cl. bds., rubbed edges, good, no d.j. Sir Basil Home Thomson, KCB (1861 â 1939) was a British intelligence officer, police officer, prison governor, colonial administrator, and writer. In 1913, Thomson was appointed Assistant Commissioner "C" (Crime) of London's Metropolitan Police, which made him the head of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) at New Scotland Yard. When World War I broke out in 1914, the CID acted as the enforcement arm for Britain's military intelligence apparatus. Thomson was involved in arrests in several high-profile espionage cases. One who he interrogated was âMata Hariâ the Dutch exotic dancer later to be executed by the French as a spy. This is one of the numerous cases Thomson discusses in the book: others include Sir Roger Casement (the Irish revolutionary executed in 1916) and Carl Hans Lody (executed as a spy 1914). 1st edition. Cloth Boards.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Muir Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 68691
- Title
- Queer People
- Author
- Thomson, Basil
- Format/Binding
- Cloth Boards
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1922n.d.
- Keywords
- Autobiography, Economics, England, Germany, Government, History, Politics, Sociology
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About the Seller
Muir Books
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Perth, Western Australia
About Muir Books
MUIR BOOKS. Western Australia's largest and leading rare, secondhand, antiquarian and out of print bookshop, established in 1973 and managed by Rob & Janet Muir together with Tara Surry. We have over 50,000 books in stock. We are located in Perth (precinct of Northbridge), walking distance from the State Library, Art Gallery and Museum.
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