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THE DIARY OF Jack the Ripper: the Discovery,the Investigation,the Debate.

THE DIARY OF Jack the Ripper: the Discovery,the Investigation,the Debate.

THE DIARY OF Jack the Ripper: the Discovery,the Investigation,the Debate.
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THE DIARY OF Jack the Ripper: the Discovery,the Investigation,the Debate.

by HARRISON, SHIRLEY:

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9781562827045
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US,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/VG+.No owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,clean,facsimile red+white lettering to black+grey background illustrated upper wrap,subject,red+black photographic portrait to rear wrap; with negligible shelf-wear and minimal creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Both head+foot of spine/backstrip minimsculely bumped with reciprocal creasing,and minimal creasing to top edges.Top+ fore-edges bright and generally clean; contents bright,tight and very clean.Clean,plain black paper-covered boards and black cloth blind spine,with bright,crisp,stamped red gilt letters to spine/ backstrip,and clean,plain red endpapers.US,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn ,1-323pp [paginated] includes Pts 1-3 comprising 21 chapters+ postscript,16pp b/w, contemporary illus/photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece between pp76/7 and pp172/3 respectively,64pp b/w facsimile pages from diary,transcript of same,acknowledgements, principal sources,debate,report on diary (summary),rebuttal; plus [unpaginated] blank,half-title+title pages,contents list/table, introduction,4 b/w maps/plans,victims list/table and 6pp blanks to rear. The identity of Jack the Ripper,history's first and most notorious serial killer,has confounded experts for decades.The subject of the greatest manhunt in police history,the case has been one of endless speculation, with a wide variety of suspects' names over the years (including,even,one theory naming the Duke of Clarence,the grandson of Queen Victoria).Here,at last,may be the answer to this compelling mystery.A diary found recently in Liverpool,England,is signed "Yours truly,Jack the Ripper," and it describes in grisly detail the murders of 1888-89.The diary is filled with clues that identify its author as James Maybrick,a cotton merchant from Liverpool who died in 1889 of suspected arsenic poisoning.In another celebrated case of the day,Maybrick's wife Florie was accused of his murder.But as we read in the diary, Maybrick's poisoning was probably the result of his own arsenic addiction,an addiction that contribute to a secret life in London - as Jack the Ripper. The diary is the subject of considerable controversy,and a report questioning its authenticity is included here,along with a rebuttal to that report.Certainly,whatever one concludes after reading these reports, there are many questions still unanswered: If Jack the Ripper was not James Maybrick,who was he? And if this is not Maybrick's diary,who wrote it,and why? 'The Diary of Jack the Ripper' presents one of the most fascinating puzzles in crime history,and as we follow the detective work that overlays the diary with what is known about James Maybrick and Jack the Ripper,we can each decide: Were they one and the same?
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Title
THE DIARY OF Jack the Ripper: the Discovery,the Investigation,the Debate.
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HARRISON, SHIRLEY:
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illus with b/w maps,plans.
Book Condition
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US,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
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ISBN 10
1562827049
ISBN 13
9781562827045
Publisher
US.NY,HYPERION,1993.
Place of Publication
New York
This edition first published
October 1993
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