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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…
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Method of Indexing Finger-Marks, In Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. From Dec. 11, 1890 to May 28, 1891
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The Case of the Lucky Legs
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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.
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THE CASE OF THE SULKY GIRL
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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.
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The Case of the Singing Skirt
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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.
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The D. A. Draws a Circle
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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.
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THE CASE OF THE TROUBLED TRUSTEE
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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.
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THE CASE OF THE CURIOUS BRIDE
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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.
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THE CASE OF THE HAUNTED HUSBAND
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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.
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The Case of the Runaway Corpse
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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.
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The Case of the Drowning Duck
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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.
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THE CASE OF THE STUTTERING BISHOP
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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.
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The Case of the Beautiful Beggar
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New York: William Morrow and Company, 1965. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Very Good+. Octavo. 253 pages, first printing. Pictorial dust jacket, with price of $3.50 on front flap. Owner name and date on ffep.
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THE CASE OF THE MUSICAL COW
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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.
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THE CASE OF THE ICE-COLD HANDS
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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.
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THE BIGGER THEY COME
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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.
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The Man from Barbarossa (Inscribed)
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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" -.
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The Case of the Irate Witness and Other Stories
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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.
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The Case of the Careless Cupid
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New York: William Morrow & Co, 1968. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Near Fine. Octavo. A fine copy, in a so near fine price-clipped dust jacket. 224 pp.
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The Case of the Queenly Contestant
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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.
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The D. A. Breaks an Egg
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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.
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