Details
Object ID 000360
Object Name Some Crime Stories by Charles Windust
Object Desc A5 softcover book 'Some Crime Stories' by Charles Windust, Crime Investigator. The book features many stories 'the careers of one hundred clevel and cunning criminals' and includes DSS. Arrived in the collection wrapped in brown paper.
Collection Donald Sutherland Swanson Collection
Accession # L2021.01.97
Alternate ID E0034
General Category History
Category Police Service
Source Bill Swanson
Source Category Loan
Accession Date FEB 11,2021
Credit/Acknowledgement Kindly on loan from the Swanson family
Location A&L - G.01
Object Date 19th Centry Policing
Start Year Range 1896
End Year Range 1900
Status In Store
Object Keywords Detective,Swanson,Police,Victorian,Stories,Fiction,Magazine,Crime,
Images
Image Caption Front cover (without brown paper)
Description Binding tape has been placed along the spine in an attempt to secure. Yellowing tape has been used around the edges of the page, presumably to protect the volume, however this has aged and begun to degrade. It is coming away in places.The name 'Julia Swanson' is that of Donald Sutherland Swanson's wife.
Image Caption Back cover
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Image Caption Front page/frontispiece
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Image Caption Contents page
Description Breakage along the spine/stapling can be seen in this photo.
Image Caption Publication information
Description The volume includes very little information relating to its provenance (only what is shown here)
Image Caption Illustration
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Image Caption Example of a story
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Image Caption Example of a story
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Image Caption Illustration
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Image Caption
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Image Caption Binding
Description This photo highlights the state of the binding and the degrading state of the staples.
Image Caption Volume with brown paper backing sheet
Description This brown paper wrapping was found covering the volume, almost like a dust sheet.
Image Caption Brown paper dust cover
Description
Conditions
Date FEB 11,2021
Summary POOR
Assessor HR
Notes Paperback volume bound by staples and repaired various times (crudely). The volume is visually very tatty with tears and creasing on both the front and rear pages. There is minimal discolouration/light damage thanks to a makeshift dustcover made from brown wrapping paper, presumably added by the family. The cover has an edging of yellowing cellotape which has degraded and is now yellowed and brittle, coming away from the page in areas. It is assumed that this was attempted in a good-willed act to protect the edges of the fragile paper. The binding has also shows some signs of attempted repair, yellow tape running vertically down the length of the spine. The spine also has 5 individual strips of woven tape going from back to front (across spine) to maintain some stability. This appears to have held the volume together over the years.
Date FEB 11,2021
Summary POOR
Assessor HR
Notes The binding appears to be via staples and internally the block is coming away from the spine, this can be seen on some of the internal pages where tearing has begun around the staples themselves. The staples have also begun to rust and this can be seen throughout. The internal pages are very yellow with some foxing and marking throughout. Certain stories have pencil marks suggesting a reader has marked out important or interesting elements of stories. The front cover also features the name 'Julia Swanson' in pencil.