FAMOUS BANK FORGERIES, ROBBERIES AND SWINDLES.

Hopkins (R. Thurston)

Edité par Stanley Paul., 1936

A propos de cet article

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.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: FAMOUS BANK FORGERIES, ROBBERIES AND SWINDLES.
• Éditeur: Stanley Paul.
• Date de parution: 1936
• Reliure: Hardcover / Hardback
• Édition: First edition.
• État de l'article: Very Good
• État de la jaquette: No Jacket