THE HARLOT KILLER: JACK THE RIPPER

Hardback. 1st US edition. From the files of contemporary London newspapers and the later writings of crime specialists, the author selected the most notable first-hand evidence and considered opinion of this 'greatest' of murder mysteries. In his Intro', the author describes something of the motivation for all murder, and especially anger between the sexes. 13ss. whose contributors include : Alan Hynd, Donald Henderson, William Sansom, Anthony Boucher (The Stripper), Richard Barker (The Jack the Ripper Murders), Kay Rogers, Thomas Burke, Theodora Benson, Mrs. Marie Belloc Lowndes (The Lodger), Edwin M. Borchard, Edmund Pearson (Jack the Ripper), Robert Bloch (Yours Truly). Of the 13ss contained in this anthology, 9 are fictional. 248pp. 8vo. h/back. V.v. lightly browned edges o/w Nr. F. in Vg+ protected pcdw.