[Russell (William)] "Waters". Recollections of a Detective Police-Officer, Second Series, title and front endpaper lightly spotted, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, W. Kent & Co., 1859; Recollections of a Detective Police-Officer, early re-print, endpapers renewed, cloth repairs to hinges, original half calf, rebacked with portion of original backstrip laid down, extremities rubbed, J. & C. Brown & Co., [c.1860]; Traditions of London, Historical and Legendary, bookplates, contemporary calf, gilt, cracking to joints, W. Kent & Co., 1859; and another,12mo and 8vo (4)

⁂ The first edition of Recollections... (English, 1856) is listed as No.2 in the Queen's Quorum, preceded only by Edgar Allan Poe's, Tales (1854). "Waters" is identified as a detective in the Metropolitan police and many of his cases are reported in this book, recounted in an engaging and readable style. The book is a result of the publicity and public relations during the development of the new Metropolitan Police during the 1820s, officially founded with the Metropolitan Police Act of 1829. An interesting and early historical book in the early days of crime and mystery fiction.