The Finger Print Instructor: A Text Book for the Guidance of Finger Print Experts and an Instructor for Persons Interested in the Study of Finger Prints

Originally published in 1916 by the Detective Publishing Company, this reference guide to the reading of fingerprints was the first published in the U.S. and is based on "the Sir E. R. Henry System of Classifying and Filing with the Modification and Extension devised by the United States Bureau of Investigation." Frederick Kuhne was a Sergeant in the New York Police Department's Bureau of Criminal Identification. xvi + 182 pages; profusely illustrated with diagrams, photos, drawings and tables; 6 x 9 inches. In a pocket attached to the back board are 8.5 x 11 inch folded plates which mimic an old police fingerprint card. Index.