THE COMPLETE DETECTIVE The Life and Strange and Exciting Cases of Raymond Schindler, Master Detective

Hughes (Rupert)

Verlag: Sheridan House (New York), 1950

Beschreibung

Hardback. PRESENTATION COPY. With Foreword by Erle Stanley Gardner. As one of America's leading American detectives at the time, in his 40yrs as a pioneer in scientific detection, Raymond Schindler handled more than 10,000 cases covering almost every crime recorded on the police blotter. In this full length study of Schindler's outstanding cases of criminal detection, the author has produced a masterpiece of biography. During the many years that he knew Ray Schindler, the author made a hobby of recording the most fascinating of his cases, as a faithful "Dr. Watson." As President of International Investigators, Inc. and Director of The Schindler Bureau of Investigation, and Scientific Evidence, Inc. Schindler worked on the great crimes of the world. He solved several of the most difficult murder cases of the timne, many of which were brought to him by governmental authorities when routine police methods failed to find the solution. With a panel of scientific criminologists, he helped to develop many of the scientific aids which made crime detection so exact a profession. Most famous case - the murder of Sir Harry Oakes. 319pp. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY RAYMOND SCHINDLER TO LORD AND LADY MARLEY. V. lightly browned pp. and eps. Vg+ in frayed and a little shelfworn Nr. Vg. dw.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 15800

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: THE COMPLETE DETECTIVE The Life and Strange and Exciting Cases of Raymond Schindler, Master Detective
• Verlag: Sheridan House (New York)
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1950
• Einband: Hardcover / Hardback
• Auflage: First edition.
• Zustand: Very Good
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good
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