Fred Cherrill (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Reprint . Complete with all plates. Reprint, 2nd edition 1954. Publication of 248 pages. Frontispiece. The boards are a little shelf rubbed and minor marks. There is foxing around the block of the book, little within the body of the book. The text is legible. The Spine has neatly been repaired. The binding is strong. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. unmarked.

Condition: Good. 1954. Reprint. 248 pages. Blue pictorial dust jacket over red cloth. Pages are lightly tanned at the edges, with light foxing. Occasional thumb marks to pages edges. Binding has remained firm. Inscriptions to front pastedown and endpaper. Boards have slight shelf wear with bumping to corners. Spine ends are a little crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Boards are slightly bowed. Slight forward lean to text block. Light wear to unclipped dust jacket with tears, nicks and creases to spine, edge and corners. Considerable loss to spine ends.

No damage or markings to pages, apart from browning, and only light wear to cover. Dustjacket in fair/good condition with tears and small loss to top and bottom edges of the front (see photo). Popular Book Club hardback edition 1955. The photo is of the actual book you will receive. Fast dispatch, normally within 24 hours, by UK seller.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good to Very Good. First US Edition. 1954. First American edition (the work was published in the UK under the title 'Cherrill of the Yard'). 248pp., frontispiece, 23 black and white illustrations and 3 line illustrations in the text. Fred Cherrill was widely known as "The Fingerprint Man". He joined the police in his early twenties, and ended his career as Chief Superintendent of the Fingerprint Bureau at New Scotland Yard. The history of this valuable branch of forensic science in Britain is inextricably linked with Fred Cherrill's life, for it was not long before the young policeman had gravitated to what was then the relatively unimportant section covering fingerprints. As he increased in professional stature, so did the science to which he was devoted increase in value and significance. Cherrill became involved in many famous cases as the years went on, and he is able to show how fingerprints have been used to prove innocence as well as guilt. The book is bound in the original red cloth covered boards with black titling on the spine and front board. The case of the book is in very good condition with light bumping to the top corners and spine ends. The contents are tight and clean with no inscription. The unclipped dustwrapper has shelf wear with some soiling and the spine is noticeably faded. Small pieces are missing from the corners and a large piece is missing from the bottom rear edge near the spine. Pieces of up to about 1" are missing from around the top of the spine. There are small tears on the fore edges and a few tears of up to about 1" on the edges. Some of the tears have been repaired on the reverse with tape.

Condition: Good. 1954. Reprinted. 248 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Pages and plates are lightly tanned throughout. Water marking to rear free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Light tanning to spine and edges. Water marking to spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 258pp, b/w illustrated, grey and blue decorative d/j with title in white to spine. Shelfwear including small chips and tears to d/j edges front and rear, toning to eps and pages. Inscription to previous owner at fep. Mild foxing. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.