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Book# 30816

Byrnes, Thomas

Professional criminals of America. By Thomas Byrnes, Inspector of Police, New York City.

Ort   New York, NY
Verlag   Cassell & Company
Auflage   first edition
Einband   1/4 gilt-lettered morocco
Illustration, Ausstattung   204 heliotype reproductions on 34 plates
Medium   Buch

 

Artfully illustrated with sepia heliotypes of captured criminals, this classic of crimonology was written and compiled by New York's chief of detectives, and includes a chapter entitled "Why Thieves are Photographed." - Nur Kurztitelaufnahme 06.2006.
Cat. auction Swann Galleries, New York, 18.05.2006 (sale 2080, lot 346): Estimate 500-750 $ (morocco corners worn, rear cover scratched; contents clean).
Photographie USA 19. Jahrh. Sozialgeschichte 
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