Detecting Forgery : Forensic Investigation of Documents

Nickell, Joe

ISBN 10: 0813119537 / ISBN 13: 9780813119533

Published by The University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, 1996

About this Item

Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 1996. Very Good condition in a Very Good dust jacket. NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. The Dust Jacket is protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. NOT a library discard. Bound in the original gray cloth, lightly soiled at the edges. A square, tight copy. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are clean and crisp. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Illustrations throughout. List of chapter notes/sources. Bibliography. Index. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by King, Glenda (jacket design). 8vo. vii, 228pp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Detecting Forgery : Forensic Investigation of Documents
• Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky, Lexington
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0813119537
• ISBN 13: 9780813119533
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: King, Glenda (jacket design)
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good condition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good dust jacket

About this title

Synopsis

Clifford Irving's "autobiography" of Howard Hughes. Han Van Meegeren's brilliant reproductions of Jan Vermeer's seventeenth-century paintings. The sensational Mormon papers of document dealer Mark Hoffman. All were important discoveries - until, that is, the tools of forensic investigation revealed each to be a remarkable work of forgery that would send the worlds of literature, art, and history reeling.
In a book that's as difficult to put down as a good mystery, Joe Nickell explores the world of questioned documents. He reveals the mission of forensic sleuths and their often nearly impossible tasks: to detect forged handwritings, uncover alterations in documents, and identify the authorship of disputed or anonymous writings - to use the eye and the tools of science to make evident the often imperceptible and to expose the cunning art of the forger.
Detecting Forgery covers the essential aspects of forensic document examination and illuminates the scientific with historical information on famous forgers, as well as captivating case studies and numerous illustrations from the author's own files, explaining how forgers ply their nefarious trade and how document examiners uncover the subtly clever deceptions. This enlightening book focuses primarily on documents yet provides considerable information on uncovering forged prints, paintings, and other works of art. Nickell reveals the complete arsenal of forensic techniques used in uncovering forgeries of modern as well as historical documents and provides an invaluable source for collectors and dealers, professional document examiners, archivists, and historians.

About the Author

Joe Nickell is Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Inquiry in Amherst, New York.