DESIGNS IN SCARLET
first edition
1939 · Boston
by Cooper, Courtney Ryley
Boston: Little, 1939. Octavo, pp. [1-10] [1-3] 4-372 [373-374: blank] [note: first and last leaves are blanks], cloth. First edition. An investigative report on the increase in criminal activity by youthful offenders which Cooper concludes is largely due to interstate traffic in pornography and prostitution. Top edge of text block foxed, a clean, tight, very good copy. (#74407) (Inventory #: 74407)