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HENRY, E(dward) R(ichard) (1850-1931):
Classification and uses of finger prints.
London, George Routledge, 1900, gr. in-8°, IV + 112 p. illustrated + 8 pl. + 3 folding pl., original cloth-binding. Fine clean copy.
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First edition ot this renowned work, with over 200 diagrams to illustrate the letterpress. "E.R. Henry had reported to the Commission his own use of the system as Inspector-General of Police in Bengal, and in 1900 he published ‘Classification and uses of Finger Prints’, on which the system now used throughout the world is based. Henry was a Police Commissioner at Scotland Yard from 1903 to 1918." (Printing and the Mind of Man, no. 376). "In 1901 Henry's system of fingerprint identification of humans was officialy adopted in England." (Garrison-M. 4. Aufl. 189).
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3 book(s) with the same title
Classification and Uses of Finger Prints (Third Edition) Twentieth Thausend.
London, Darling & Son, 1905. Orig. full cloth. Spine ends a bit frayed. Faint stamp on title. VI,127 pp., 5 folded plates and 8 plates with illustr. of finger-prints.
The work was first issued in London 1900. In 1901 Henry's system of fingerprint identification of human was officially adapted in England. (Garrison & Morton No 189). - See also Printing and The Mind of Man No. 376.
Classification and Uses of Finger Prints.
1905 (3rd ed.) vi, 127 p., 42 figs, 13 pls, frontispiece, publisher's cloth. With small library stamp.
A STUDY OF FINGER PRINTS. Their Uses And Classification.fourth edition,bound with;Secret intelligence Service:concise instruction,
University of Applied Science, Chicago, Ill.: 1921.Semi-hardcover. 8vo - over 73⁄4" - 93⁄4" tall. fourth edition, 5 lesson booklets total, illustrated. The introduction notes "the science of finger print identification is a new one. Although finger prints have been used for over a thousand years, the present practical system of classifying finger prints was perfected only a few years ago. In taking up the study of finger print identification you are allying yourself with one of the most rapidly progressing of the the modern professions,bound with;Secret intelligence Service:concise instruction in modern methode,fourth edition,47p. ALL ARE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION.
