Forensics

Equal parts true crime, twentieth-century history, and science thriller, The Poisoner's Handbook is "a vicious, page-turning story that reads more like Raymond Chandler than Madame Curie" (The New York Observer) A fascinating Jazz Age tale of chemistry and detection, poison and murder, The Poisoner's Handbook is a page-turning account of a forgotten era. In early twentieth-century New York, poisons offered an easy path to the perfect crime. Science had no place in the Tammany Hall-controlled... Read more about this item

Washington, D. C.: G. P. O.. Very Good. 1937. Softcover. Small numerals 1004 in pen under front cover decorative device; owner name in pencil inside front cover: "Clyde W. Boso". Soil and toing to cover along spine. ; Printed, stapled gray wrappers. Laid in are two folding charts, it appears, not Issued with the book but issued by the Miller Studio, Chicago in 1939.: Lightning Check - O - Chart, and the "Diagrammatic Fingerprint Classification Chart". Both unfold to 11" x... Read more about this item

Sydney: Ironbark. 1994. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Previous owner's details to preliminary pages. Small stain to fore edge. Insides of covers a little age-toned. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 152 pages. Ten famous cases through the eyes of the NSW Coroners Office. . 1st Edition. Softcover.

Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Crows Nest, 1991. reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: photographs. second-hand copy with ageing of the margins of the pages, no other damage to describe. In this compelling book the author presents 14 real-life mysteries, of murder, extortion and terrorism, and of the vital role played by forensic scientists in solving the perfect crimes – paraphrasing the rear panel blurb Size: 8vo - over 7¾" -... Read more about this item

6 pics-thick glossy covers with french-folded flaps; light shelf wear; spine uncreased; binding tight; pages pristine; nice copy

Rochester, NY and San Francisco, CA: The Lawyers Co-Operative Publishing Co / Bancroft-Whitney Co, 1989. First Edition. Staplebound. Very Good. First Edition. 341 pages. Self wrappers. Staple bound. Wear at the corners, last few pages with torn/bumped corners. Contains supplements to Chapters Two through Five and Nine through Thirteen to the regularly published update. Issued Feb 1989. Staplebound. Fitzgerald is a member of the Massachusetts Bar. Hume was Professor Emeritus Chemistry at MIT.

Rochester, NY and San Francisco, CA: The Lawyers Co-Operative Publishing Co / Bancroft-Whitney Co, 1988. First Edition. Staplebound. Very Good. First Edition. 119 pages. Self wrappers. Staple bound. Wear at the corners, last few pages with torn/bumped corners. Contains supplements to Chapters Two through Five and Ten through Thirteen to the regularly published update. Issued Feb 1988. Staplebound. Fitzgerald is a member of the Massachusetts Bar. Hume was Professor Emeritus Chemistry at MIT.

Kent State University Press, Kent, OH, 2009. First Edition. Softcover. Fine Condition. First impression. Size: Large Octavo 8VO. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. In fine unread condition. The book is available and will be PACKAGED professionally, DISPATCHED promptly and a TRACKING NUMBER will be advised by Australia Post.. Before there was CSI, there was one man who saw beyond the crime and... Read more about this item

Butterworth-Heinemann. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1983. Hardcover. 0407002448 . 1983. Hardcover in fine condition. Dust jacket has toning of spine and light shelfwear, else very good. 418 pages. Barristers copy from Hong Kong stamped on endpaper. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 418 pages .

Boulder, Colorado. Very Good; Covers show minor signs of edge wear and handling. Binding is . still tight and the contents are free of tears and markings. ; Paperback; . Paladin Press; 2006. 1581604904 . Glossy color covers and color photographs and illustrations throughout. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 129 p. .