From Athena Rare Books ABAA, Fairfield, CT, U.S.A.
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xvi + 216pp. + 16 plates (15 called for in the list of plates: the 16th plate is between pages 176 & 177). First Edition.The first book on finger prints, which led to their universal adoption by police forces throughout the world as the standard means of identification. Also contains substantial chapters on heredity and on race.PMM 376 Horizontally ruled mauve cloth with gilt-stamped spine and glazed green endpapers. Corners & spine tips moderately worn, hinges lightly cracked, joints rubbed and somewhat frayed, slight finger-smudging to the title-page, a good copy with art nouveau bookplate dated 1898. PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Seller Inventory # 489
Bibliographic Details
Title: Finger Prints.
Publisher: Macmillan and Co., London
Publication Date: 1892
Edition: FIRST EDITION
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