THE FACE FINDER

by GERASIMOV, M. M. ( Translated By Alan Houghton Brodrick )

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Book description: London: Hutchinson. 1971. Cloth, Gilt Lettering. Very Good/Good. First U.K. Edition. Tall 8vo. pp: xxiii, 199. Sixteen b&w plates. Index. Lacks ffep. Stamp to contents page " Specimen copy not for resale". 1 1/2" closed tear to front panel of dust jacket, two 1/2" tears to rear panel and small stain. Written by Gerasimov, a few years before his death in 1970, tells of his pioneering work in the reconstruction of faces from bare skulls. Most of his work was concerned with the reconstruction of the face of early man , but he also reconstructed busts of early historical personages including Tamerlane and Ivan the Terrible. His work was also used in forensic medicine and led to the solution of several murders. His pioneering techniques are now standard archaeological and forensic methods.. FORENSICS, ARCHAEOLOGY. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.

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