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Detecting and Deciphering Erased Pencil Writing
by Ordway Hilton
Hardcover
Published by Charles C Thomas Pub Ltd
Publication date: March 1997

Book News, Inc., 11/01/96: Nickell, a former investigator for a detective agency, details the methods forensic experts use to detect forged handwriting and alterations in documents and identify the authorship of disputed writings. He looks at famous cases such as Clifford Irving's "autobiography" of Howard Hughes and the Mormon papers of document dealer Mark Hoffman, as well as cases involving works of art. Of interest to collectors and dealers, archivists, historians, and general readers. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Booknews, Inc., 02/01/91: Outlines the methods and techniques of obtaining information of forensic value from the examination of handwritten, typed, printed, or photocopied documents. Addressed to those who use the services of document examiners, such as lawyers, police officers, and other investigators, though it might serve as a basic introduction to someone just entering the field. Describes handwriting comparison and the detection of altered or counterfeit documents by the established techniques of chemists, physicists, and biologists, and reviews such new techniques as scanning electron microscopy. Also comments on the presentation of forensic evidence. Acidic paper. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.