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London: Harrison and Sons, 1891. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket. Octavo. In volume XLIX, pages 540 - 548, of Proceedings of the Royal Soceity of London. Galton, a cousin of Charles Darwin, was much interested in anthropometric classification. On 27 November 1890, he read a paper to the Royal Society, which was printed in its Transactions, on "The Patterns of Thumb and Finger Marks." In May 1891 Galton contributed to the Proceedings of the Royal Society, "A Method of indexing Finger-Marks" In these papers, his discovery of anthropometric classification of fingerprints were announced in print for the first time. In August of that year he wrote for The Nineteenth Century a popular account of the subject under the title "Identification by Finger-Tips." In 1892, in his book "Finger Prints" Galton gathered together all these earlier studies and recorded other experiments, illustrated from photographs and drawings. The outcome of this was the… Read More

New York: William Morrow, 1933. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Octavo. A very good copy bound in black cloth with red lettering spine and front cover, top edge stained red. 303 pp. Cover edge wear, mild stain lower edge.

New York: William Morrow & Co, 1934. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Octavo. Original black cloth, lettered in red. 282 pages. A beautiful copy, with no markings of any kind; about fine.

New York: William Morrow & Co, 1967. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. Octavo. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket, with price of $3.95 of front flap. 235 pp.

New York: William Morrow & Co, 1972. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Near Fine. Published posthumously, The Case of the Irate Witness is the only short story, featuring Perry Mason, that Gardner ever wrote. Bound in are a list of books by Erle Stanley Gardner and a "Publisher's Note." Octavo, price of $4.95 on front flap of dust jacket; neat owner name on FEP. A beautiful copy, with just a hint of wear at foot of spine.

New York: William Morrow & Co, 1959. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. Octavo. A fine copy, internally clean and bright, with no markings of any kind, in a fine dust jacket. 250 pp.

New York: G. P. Putnam, 1991. First Edition. Fine/Fine. Octavo, 303 pages. Dust jacket with $14.95 on front flap; INSCRIBED on title page "For Arthur / Nice to see you in Pasadena / John Gardner" -.

New York: William Morrow & Co, 1949. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Very Good. Octavo. A lovely copy in a very good dust jacket by Charles Lofgren; short closed tear on rear panel, with tape residue.

New York: William Morrow, 1962. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Near Fine. A fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket. Together with TV Guide for Feb. 21 - 27, 1959, with Raymond Burr and Barbara Hale on the front wrapper; together with clipped signatures of the two stars of the Perry Mason series.

New York: William Morrow & Co, 1939. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Octavo. 315 pages; a so near fine copy; internally clean and bright, with no markings of any kind. Edges of dust jacket lightly tanned; price of $2.00 on front flap.

New York: William Morrow, 1939. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. Octavo. A fine copy bound in black cloth with red lettering spine and front cover, top edge stained red. No dust jacket. 281 pp.

New York: William Morrow, 1962. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Fine. Octavo. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. A nice, clean, tight copy. 218 pp.

New York: William Morrow, 1965. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Very Good+. Octavo. A fine copy in a very good+ dust jacket; book is fine, with no markings of any kind.. 254 pp.

New York: William Morrow, 1960. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good+. Octavo. A near fine copy in a very good+ dust jacket with minimal chips, soil. 247 pp.

New York: William Morrow, 1934. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Octavo. A very good copy bound in black cloth with yellow lettering, top edge stained yellow. Armorial bookplate front pastedown. Mild cover edge wear, marginal staining. 296 pp.

New York: William Morrow, 1950. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. Octavo. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Slight crease to front panel of book. Dust Jacket art by J. Charles Lofgren. 275 pp.

New York: William Morrow, 1936. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+. Octavo. A very good+ copy bound in black cloth with red lettering, top edge stained red. Owner inscription front pastedown, minimal fading spine. 276 pp.

New York: William Morrow, 1941. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+. Octavo. A very good+ copy bound in black cloth with red lettering, top edge stained red. Mild wear spine edges, light fading spine. 281 pp.

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1942. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Octavo. 284 pages; first printing; publisher's black cloth, printed in red; ffep with 3 staple holes, small nick at head of front panel. Top edges stained red. No dust jacket.

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1954. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good. Octavo. 274 pages, first printing; very good dust jacket with $2.75 on front flap and a few short closed tears; small loss at head of spine. Internally clean and bright, with no markings of any kind.