1961 "First Edition" stated on copyright page; illustrated with photographs; J.B. Lippincott Company publishers, Philadelphia; hardbound; very good condition with unmarked pages; dust jacket very good with very minor rubbing on back jacket - see pic.
 
Description (from dust jacket) -
Who are the men behind the headline stories of criminals captured, vice rings broken, gangsters brought to justice and murder mysteries solved? Who are the men without whose aid no modern police department can do its job? CRIME SCIENTISTS