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Turn of the Century Publishers; ISBN: 0966593839; (October 1998) This intriguing and meticulously-researched book examines police equipment of yesteryear. The curious will find it a readable and nostalgic link with the past. Serious collectors will find a wealth of information to identify the age, maker, history, and value of numerous pieces of equipment. The historian will find a trove of new research and original source documents including early patent drawings, advertisements, and more.
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Turn of the Century Publishers; ISBN: 0966593855; (August 2000) This follow-up to AMERICAN POLICE COLLECTIBLES provides detailed information about early police equipment that was manufactured and sold in this country. It is filled with new material, photographs and in-depth profiles of the individuals who invented the equipment and the companies that manufactured or sold police products. This book contains extensive photographs of common and rare pieces of early police equipment. It is filled with period advertisements as well as pages from police equipment catalogs from the 1880s through the 1920s illustrating the evolution of restraints, clubs and lanterns designed for police use. It provides insights into what it took to be a police officer a century ago, where the term "cop" came from and how American policing evolved from the British police system.
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A small format book based on the authors extensive exerperience with collecting and dealing handcuffs and related restraints. The information consists of line-drawings of the items along with short descriptions and an estimated street price. The prices should be taken with a grain of salt, though. At the end of the booklet there is a short section with representative graphics and inventor information from the patent papers for many handcuffs.
A full format soft cover book detailing a rather impressive collection of cuffs. Pictures are large and detailed. Content include, for each cuff, marks used to identify the cuff, when it was likely made and where, how the lock works. A glossary is also included with a rather extensive list of terms used in describing cuffs and locks. There is also a conservative but pretty accurate price guide.
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Short booklet on the subject; Production values are high and text detailing history of handcuffs and other metal restraints over the years make this book a short and interesting exposition on the subject.
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A tiny booklet detailing how to pick and shim modern ("Peerless" patern) handcuffs as well as the S&W Model 94. There is also some generally useful information on other handcuff locks. Most interesting is the text and diagrams explaining how a simple ball point pen can be used to unlock both the double-lock and the main lock of a "standard" cuff.
"A bilingual Guide to the exhibition of TORTURE INSTRUMENTS from the Middle Ages to the Industrial Era presented in various European cities."
This books has not been in print for many years and is rather scarce.
The most complete text to date on the subject. Basically a catalog of the kinds of restraints a collector is likely to find, a picture (with scale information), some historical notes and other relavent information.
A well done, though somewhat outdated, "how too" book on the various lock mechanisms employed in handcuffs over the years and how to defeat them. Includes many illsutrations on both the workings and general look of many cuffs. A section at the end lists ALL the patents issued in the US on handcuffs and other restraining devices.
A "how to" on the USE of modern swingthrough handcuffs by police forces. Of interest is the introduction which includes a brief history of shackles and handcuffs and a list of patents along with thumbnails of the associated graphic.
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