Stringer's Books and Ephemera
Rare and Fine Books and EphemeraPolice History (3 items)
- TODAY’S RUC. A CAREER IN THE ROYAL ULSTER CONSTABULARY (Belfast) Royal Ulster Constabulary no date (circa late 1970100.00Condition is near fine with slight wear to corners and spine ends.
16 pages with colour photos throughout.Staple-bound booklet, size is 7 ½” x 9 ½”.Recruitment book for the Northern Ireland based Royal Ulster Constabulary which was founded in 1922 and dissolved in 2001.01743View Full Details
"In 1970 the security of Northern Ireland became the responsibility of the RUC, the British army, and the Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR). The British government has tried to keep the RUC as the chief peacekeeping force in Northern Ireland, while the army and the UDR play as minor roles as possible. Frequent complaints of RUC mistreatment of suspects and prisoners have led to investigations and some changes in procedures, such as closed-circuit monitoring of interview rooms at the Castlereagh interrogation centre at Belfast. As part of the reform implemented following the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement (1998), the RUC was renamed the Police Service of Northern Ireland in 2001." [Britannica]
Scarce. - CONSTABULARY GAZETTE (RUC)75.00
February 1954 The Constabulary Gazette Belfast (1954)Condition is good+ with slight edge wear, slight wear to corners and spine ends, a few small dimples (indents) to the journal that evident to about the first 10 pages (not holes, no loss of text).
32 pages.Staple-bound journal, size is 5 1/2" x 8 1/4".Official voice of the infamous Northern Ireland Royal Ulster Constabulary which was founded on 1 June 1922 as a successor to the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) following the partition of Ireland and lasted until 2001.01724View Full Details
Includes sections on "Around the Counties", "Special Constabulary Notes", "RUC Athletic Notes", "Our Legal Page", and more with related ads. - AN EYEFUL OF PARIS125.00
18TH LOS ANGELES ANNUAL POLICE SHOW SHRINE AUDITORIUM
MAY 1st to 14th incl (1952).
(Original Program) (Los Angeles) no publisher (1952)Condition for the program is very good+ with slight edge wear, slight wear to corners and spine ends, a few small smudges to the back cover.
16 pages with local area ads.Wrappers, size is 8 1/2” x 11”.Original program for the LAPD's annual police show held at the Shrine Auditorium. With a special LAPD band and motorcycle drill team present by the then infamous chief of police William H. Parker. Includes a "In Memoriam" page with officers who died in the line of duty and during time in Korean. Two page centre spread on the show "An Eyeful of Paris" featuring many of Hollywood's finest, Jack Benny, Dennis Day, Gene Autry, Liberace, and Bob Hope.01726View Full Details
Also, includes 3 page article "Your Freeway Responsibilities", some interesting sponsor ads (1/2 page with a single word "dragnet", for example).
A scarce program.
