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WOOLDRIDGE, Clifton (1854-1933). A group of 3 books. Including: The Devil and the Grafter. Chicago: 1907. Frontispiece with illustrations. Publisher’s blue cloth stamped in red, black, and white (rubbing). Includes variant edition of same book with different binding and title. – Hands Up! In the World of Crime. Chicago: Stanton and Van Vliet Co., 1906. Frontispiece with illustrations. Publisher’s red cloth stamped in black and yellow (sunning to spine, corners bumped). Clifton Wooldridge was a Chicago police officer known for his passionate crusades against the forces of corruption, gambling, insurance scams, and human trafficking, with one commenter even calling him the “incorruptible Sherlock Holmes of America.” Over the course of a 20 year career he claimed 19,500 arrests, 3,200 criminals put away, and $100,000 worth of recovered property.