[True Crime] [Fingerprint Archive] The Finger Print Instructor . . . Based upon the Sir E. R. Henry System of Classifying and Filing. A text book for the guidance of Finger Print Experts and an instructor for persons interested in the study of Finger Prints

KUHNE, Frederick

Published by Munn & Company, New York, 1917

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Second Printing of the first authoritative American book on fingerprinting, profusely annotated and with an archive of related emphemera. Demy 8vo (227 x 143mm): vii,[1],155,[1]pp, with frontispiece, all eleven double-page plates of fingerprint examples inserted in rear pocket, and numerous line drawings and plates from half-tones in the text. Publisher's green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, covers paneled in blind with large gilt-stamped palm print to front. Ink stamp (twice) of Henry Y. Ostrander, M.D. to fly-leaf and title page, as well as his manuscript ex-libris and those of three other owners. The archive includes: four-page leaflet "Learn the Language of Fingerprints," advertising a 16-week course at the Delehanty Institute in New York; brochure and price list from Fingerprint Laboratories in New York, offering FBI Identification Kit, finger print powders, and other supplies; printed flyer and two mimeographed diagrams from the W.P.A. Adult Education Fingerprinting Program in New York; 22 loose pages and two index cards of handwritten class notes, and three fingerprint classification forms (one unused). A fascinating survival, insightfully annotated, tightly bound and clean throughout. First published in 1916. Kuhne worked at the New York Police Department's Bureau of Criminal Identification. Ostrander is listed as residing in Brooklyn, N.Y. in the 1901 edition of the Standard Medical Directory of North America. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.). Seller Inventory # BB2192

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Title: [True Crime] [Fingerprint Archive] The ...

Publisher: Munn & Company, New York

Publication Date: 1917

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Near Fine+

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