Cooke, T.G

Finger Prints: Secret Service: Crime Detection

Chicago: Finger Print Publishing Association, (1936). (1936). Chicago: Finger Print Publishing Association, (1936). (1936). Very good. - Octavo, light blue cloth printed in black. The covers are lightly bumped. 80 pages, with profuse illustrations. There is a previous owner's elaborate signature on the front endpaper. Very good.

Eleventh edition. History and method of finger printing, as well as several true crime stories resolved through the use of finger printing. Very good .

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Book number: 12647

Catalogue: True Crime

Keywords: TRUE CRIME; LAW; FINGER PRINTING; CRIME DETECTION; FINGER PRINTS; T.G. COOKE; DETECTIVE; DETECTING; SECRET SERVICE; SCIENCE.

Hunt, William R

Dictionary of Rogues

NY: Philosophical Library, (1970). (1970). NY: Philosophical Library, (1970). (1970). Fine. - Octavo, cloth, in dw. The dw is lightly soiled. 140 pp. B&W textual illustrations. Near fine in a very good dw. Fine .

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Book number: 5981

Catalogue: True Crime

Keywords: TRUE CRIME; CRIMINALS; DICTIONARY; REFERENCE; WILLIAM R. HUNT; ILLUSTRATONS. (True Crime). DICTIONARY OF ROGUES. Hunt, William R.

Larsen, Egon.

The Deceivers: Lives of the Great Impostors.

London: John Baker, (1966). (1966). - Octavo, brown cloth titled in silver on spine, in orange dw. The covers are lightly bumped.The dw is lightly chipped & soiled. 240 pp. Illustrated in B&W. Very good in a good dw.

First edition.

A rogues' gallery of successful impostors who plied their trade over the last 200 years. Very good .

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Book number: 1367

Catalogue: True Crime

Keywords: TRUE CRIME; IMPOSTURE; IMPOSTORS; IMPOSTERS; SWINDLERS; EGON LARSEN; ILLUSTRATED; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

(Lindbergh, Charles)

Press Photograph of the Lindbergh Baby, Distributed at the Time of the Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping

New York: Cameo Photo Studio, [1932]. [1932]. New York: Cameo Photo Studio, [1932]. [1932]. Good. - sc A 10 inch high by 8 inch wide sienna-toned black & white news photograph reproduced in the early 1930's by Cameo Photo Studio, 536 West 145th St. [New York] from an original of the baby's photograph. The photographic studio's name and address are stamped in red on the verso. The photograph is soiled and creased with a couple of red crayon stains. Good.

Photographs of Lindbergh's baby were reproduced and distributed to news media and others throughout the country at the time of the baby's kidnapping in 1932. Good .

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Book number: 25323

Catalogue: True Crime

Keywords: AMERICANA; TRUE CRIME; PRESS; NEWS; PHOTO; LINDBERGH BABY KIDNAPPING; CHARLES LINDBERGH; PHOTOGRAPH; PHOTOGRAPHY; EPHEMERA; MEDIA; CAMEO PHOTO STUDIO; VINTAGE.

Nelken, S

Publikum Und Verbrechen: Praktische Ratschlage Fur Den Selbstschutz. Mit Einem Vorwort Von Dr. Weiss, Polizeivizeprasident Von Berlin

Berlin: Rudolf Mosse Buchverlag, 1928. 1928. Berlin: Rudolf Mosse Buchverlag, 1928. 1928. Good. - Octavo, yellow & tan cloth titled in red & tan. The covers are bumped & soiled with a small area of staining to the rear cover. The spine is slightly faded. The endpapers are darkened & the rear hinge is just starting. The book is cracked at the title & there is a small piece out of the half-title. Black-and-white illustrations. Good.

Advice on how members of the public can protect themselves from crime. The text is in German. Good .

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Book number: 3709

Catalogue: True Crime

Keywords: TRUE CRIME; CRIME; LAW; MURDER; FORGERY; ROBBERY; LOCKS; SAFES; CRIMINOLOGY; S. NELKEN.

Quimby, Myron J

The Devil's Emissaries

South Brunswick and New York: A.S. Barnes and Company / London: Thomas Yoseloff Ltd. (1969). (1969). South Brunswick and New York: A.S. Barnes and Company / London: Thomas Yoseloff Ltd. (1969). (1969). Fine. - Octavo, gray boards titled in black on the spine in a pictorial dust wrapper. The dust jacket is slightly soiled with 1 tiny tear to the bottom edge. 303 pages, illustrated with photographs. Near fine in a very good dw.

Bootleggers and racketeers. Ma Barker, Pretty Boy Floyd, Bonnie & Clyde, Alvin Karpis, John Dillinger, etc. etc. etc. Fine .

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Book number: 5305

Catalogue: True Crime

Keywords: TRUE CRIME; GANGSTERS; BANK ROBBERS; KILLERS; MURDERERS; AMERICANA; HISTORY; THE DEVIL'S EMISSARIES; MYRON J. QUIMBY; MAR BARKER; PRETTY BOY FLOYD; BONNIE & CLYDE; ALVIN KARPIS; JOHN DILLINGER; BIOGRAPHICAL; LAW; ADAMS SIX-GUNS.