FAMOUS BANK FORGERIES, ROBBERIES AND SWINDLES.

Hopkins (R. Thurston)

Published by Stanley Paul., 1936

About this Item

Hardback. With an Intro' by Vincent J. Seligman. The author had been connected with the banking world as a banking officer for 35yrs. and as a result was able to supply "inside" knowledge when recounting his fascinating collection of stories. Many of them based on personal encounters with the criminals concerned. Chapter headings include : Banking Days and Banking Ways; "Shooting Up" the Bank; London Coiners; The Uncrowned King of Crime; The True Facts of the D.S. Windell Fraud; Murder in the Fog; A £50,000 Bank-Note Forgery Plot; The Josephine O'Dare Gang; Cavalcade of Forger; Safe-Crackers; The Case of the Missing Lady (Dougal and the Moat Farm Murder); The Kennaway Brothers; Bank Bandits; Bank-Note and Cheque Forgers; The Confidence Trick etc. With 23 Illus. + Index. 288pp. 8vo. Sl. bowed covers, lightly foxed edges. Red cloth/gilt lettering. Vg.

Seller Inventory # 4312

Bibliographic Details

• Title: FAMOUS BANK FORGERIES, ROBBERIES AND SWINDLES.
• Publisher: Stanley Paul.
• Publication Date: 1936
• Binding: Hardcover / Hardback
• Edition: First edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket