FAMOUS BANK FORGERIES, ROBBERIES AND SWINDLES.

Hopkins (R. Thurston)

Verlag: Stanley Paul., 1936

Beschreibung

Hardback. With an Intro' by Vincent J. Seligman. The author had been connected with the banking world as a banking officer for 35yrs. and as a result was able to supply "inside" knowledge when recounting his fascinating collection of stories. Many of them based on personal encounters with the criminals concerned. Chapter headings include : Banking Days and Banking Ways; "Shooting Up" the Bank; London Coiners; The Uncrowned King of Crime; The True Facts of the D.S. Windell Fraud; Murder in the Fog; A £50,000 Bank-Note Forgery Plot; The Josephine O'Dare Gang; Cavalcade of Forger; Safe-Crackers; The Case of the Missing Lady (Dougal and the Moat Farm Murder); The Kennaway Brothers; Bank Bandits; Bank-Note and Cheque Forgers; The Confidence Trick etc. With 23 Illus. + Index. 288pp. 8vo. Sl. bowed covers, lightly foxed edges. Red cloth/gilt lettering. Vg.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 4312

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: FAMOUS BANK FORGERIES, ROBBERIES AND SWINDLES.
• Verlag: Stanley Paul.
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1936
• Einband: Hardcover / Hardback
• Auflage: First edition.
• Zustand: Very Good
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • Frauds/Forgers/Conmen