Questioned Document Problems, The Discovery and Proof of the Facts, inscribed by Osborn to Harry Sabbath Bodin
Albany: Boyd Printing Co., 1944. First Printing. Large 8vo, publisher's red cloth gilt, very good, light wear and rubbing, contents tanning. Inscribed by Albert D. Osborn to a prominent attorney and prolific author on legal matters including a treatise on presenting evidence to juries, Harry Sabbath Bodin. Albert S. Osborn is considered the father of questioned document examination and forensics in America; he was involved in a number of high profile cases, including the Lindbergh kidnapping. A rare book, especially inscribed (in this case by Albert D. Osborn, not Albert S.). In 1942, the American Society of Questioned Document Examiners was founded with Mr. Osborn as its first president, a position he held for four years. Mr. Osborn remained active and influential up to the time of his death in 1946. He was a wide and constant reader of both literary and scientific books. With his keen analysis and penetrative understanding of author's ideas, combined with his retentive memory, he pushed to the very heights of learning. He could discourse intelligently on a wide variety of subjects and was an educated man in the fullest meaning of the word. His books Questioned Documents, The Problem of Proof, The Mind of the Juror and Questioned Document Problems master and codify the information necessary for identifying styles of handwriting and typescript, and for dating papers, inks, and writing instruments. Mr. Osborn's son, Albert D. Osborn, followed him into the practice of questioned document examination, as did his grandsons, Paul A. Osborn and Russell Osborn. Today, his great grandson, John P. Osborn, is Vice President of the ASQDE and continues the practice begun by his great grandfather. Very good. Item #H26338
Price: $350.00