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FINGER PRINTS SIMPLIFIED: A Handbook of the Science of Finger Print Identification
by Holt, James
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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BERKELEY, California, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Frederick J. Drake & Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket. (1920). First Edition. Hardcover. Publishers green cloth with black lettering, frontispiece and additional illustrations. ; 5" x 7-1/2"; 134 pp; Covers worn esp at corners and spine ends, front hinge well cracked (nearly detached), signatures are loose. The entire (sewn) binding is still holding together but must be handled carefully or repaired. Prior owner name in pencil to FFEP, another stamped to rear flyleaf, pencil notes inside rear cover and briefly on one other page. Otherwise clean and unmarked. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Andrew Langer, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5187
- Title
- FINGER PRINTS SIMPLIFIED: A Handbook of the Science of Finger Print Identification
- Author
- Holt, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Frederick J. Drake & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- (1920)
- Bookseller catalogs
- Miscellany;
Terms of Sale
Andrew Langer, Bookseller
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About the Seller
Andrew Langer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
BERKELEY, California
About Andrew Langer, Bookseller
Member ABAA, Member IOBA
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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