Loretta Lay Books

Softcover / Paperback. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Softcover. Reprint. Pitkin Guides. A book which gives a glimpse of the terrifying deeds relating to the Whitechapel murders of Jack the Ripper, their background and their impact. It also looks at the main theories and suspects. Profusely Illus. 21pp. 8vo. softcover. Vg.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Fine. Four page publication. One of the earliest and worst examples of the "modern" malaise of child abuse and murder, coupled with official indifference. Featuring Nurse Elizabeth Brownrigg. Based on a one act play 'Murder At St. Dunstan's' was specially written for Barbara Miller by the author, who played the supporting roles of the Beadles and Overseers. Elizabeth Brownrigg was found guilty of murder and executed at Tyburn on Monday September 14, 1767. With one Illus. 4pp. V. sl. sunned o/w Nr. F. with no creasing.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Good. First edition. Softcover. The 38th edition of the Whitechapel Society Journal, the house magazine of the Whitechapel Society 1888 (formerly known as The Cloak and Dagger Club), and holds meetings every 2 months. Illus. A4 size magazine. With beverage stains to fr. cover (see image). G. only.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Good. First edition. Softcover. The 27th edition of the Whitechapel Society Journal, the house magazine of the Whitechapel Society 1888 (formerly known as The Cloak and Dagger Club), and holds meetings every 2 months. Illus. A4 size magazine. With beverage stains to back and fr. covers. (see images) G. only.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First edition. Booklet, 8pp. The Index for Volume 17, Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter 1993. F.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Fine. 2nd edition. Paperback. The Uncovered Editions series are historic official papers which have not previously been available in a popular form. The series has been created directly from the archive of The Stationery Office in London, and the books have been chosen for the quality of their story telling. In 1895, Adolph Beck was arrested and convicted of the crimes of deception and larceny. The account given here is one of the strangest true stories in British legal history. With Appendix. 235pp. p/back. F.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Fine. 2nd edition. Paperback. The Uncovered Editions series are historic official papers which have not previously been available in a popular form. The series has been created directly from the archive of The Stationery Office in London, and the books have been chosen for the quality of their story telling. In 1895, Adolph Beck was arrested and convicted of the crimes of deception and larceny. The account given here is one of the strangest true stories in British legal history. With Appendix. 235pp. F. paperback.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Paperback. 1st UK edn. The second in the author's anthology series, which contains one book-length new case (featuring one of Florida's most shocking criminals, Tim Harris) and 5 cases from her files. Illus. 461pp. mass market p/back. Lightly browned pp. o/w Vg+.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Paperback. After more than 10yrs' silence, one of the key figures in the sensational Kray trial tells his remarkable story. As a young East End tearaway, Chris Lambrianou was in a class of his own. Armed robbery, safe blowing, protection rackets, fraud, even attempted murder - the big brash Cockney did the lot. Then he was lured to the party that ended in the murder of Jack 'The Hat' McVitie. Lambrianou describes what really happened to McVitie's body and exposes a side of the Kray twins none of their so-called 'Firm' had the courage to face. Caught up in the Krays' downfall, Chris was jailed for life in 1969. In deep despair he tried to kill himself, before an amazing vision transformed him fundamentally, prompting him to become a Christian. Illus. 343pp. mass p/back. Vg.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Paperback. 506pp. p/back. V. lightly creased fr. cover o/w Vg+.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Paperback. When Pearl Gamble rejected Robert McGladdery, lust turned to rage. this is the story of her cruel, vicious murder. On a cold, damp January night in 1961, 19-year-old Pearl Gamble made the final adjustments to her appearance, said goodbye to her mother and set off excitedly with two friends to the local dance. Little did Mrs Gamble know, it was the last time that she would see her daughter alive. The following day, the naked body of Pearl was discovered in the fields surrounding the small rural hamlet. She had been ferociously attacked: there were stab wounds on her body and she had been severely beaten around the face. A post-mortem revealed a shocking list of injuries: one of the stab wounds had punctured her heart and would have led to her death had the perpetrator not finished the job by strangualtion. This-in-depth and intriguing book investigates all aspects of the murder: it looks at the police investigation as it unfolded; it traces the last known movements of Pearl and her friends at the local dance and it analyses the character and strange behaviour of the murderer, Robert McGladdery. McGladdery has been described as a Walter Mitty character who managed to lead the police on a merry dance once he was confirmed as their prime suspect. Strangely, almost everyone in Newry Town knew that he was the only suspect and watched while he was tailed by plain clothes police in an attempt to catch him returning to vital evidence which was concealed away from the murder scene. 256pp. p/back. With signs of b/plate removal inside fr. cover, v. lightly browned pp., faint mk. across fore-edge o/w Vg+ with no creasing to covers.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 2nd edition. Paperback. 19 deadly recipes whose essential ingredient is - poison. Cases featured include : Mrs Maybrick (Arsenic); Adelaide Bartlett (Chloroform); Madeleine Smith (Arsenic); Doctor Cream (Strychnine); The Hoop-La Murder Trial (Cyanide); Angel-Makers of Nagzrev (Arsenic); Dr. Pritchard (Antimony); Graham Young (Thallium) + many more. Contributors include : John Dunning, Q Patrick, Charles Franklin, Harold Eaton, Leonard Gribble, Edmund L. Pearson, Sidney Horler, Alan Hynd, Bernard O'Donnell, Judge Gerald Sparrow etc. With Sources. 254pp. mass market p/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Lightly browned pp. o/w Vg+ with no creasing to covers.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 2nd edition. Softcover. A sequel to 'Encyclopaedia of Murder'. Includes amongst others : The Moors Murderers, 'Jack the Stripper', Manson, Donald Neilson, Lee Harvey Oswald, Jack Abbott, Mary Bell, Baader and Meinhof, Bundy, Alice Crimmins, Albert DeSalvo, Son of Sam, Hanratty, Dean Coril, Juan Corona, Gacy, Archibald Hall, the Krays, James Earl Ray, Charles Sobhraj, Richard Speck, Peter Sutcliffe, Michael X, Graham Young, Zodiac, etc., etc. Illus., Select Bibliog., Classified Index + Name Index. 376pp. soft cover. From the library of Paul Daniel, ex-editor of the 'Ripperologist' magazine (December 1996 No. 8 - February 2000 No. 27) with his name and date rubber stamp inside back cover. Browned pp., sl. sunned covers o/w Vg.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Fine. First edition. Paperback. Divorce is the blade that cuts the still-beating heart out of a marriage. What's left is a gaping wound that festers and can all too quickly become infected. Where once was love, now comes hate, where once was purity, now comes corruption. Dreams of happy ever after are replaced by visions of revenge. The collapse of marriage creates a monster that feeds on the basest of our emotions - greed, jealousy, hatred, bitterness. The people in this book weren't born evil, but in the heat of a relationship break-up, all restrain melted and violent passions spiralled out of control. What makes a model father murder his estranged wife, then go on TV pleading for her to come home? How does a devoted wife and mum walk into a beauty salon and shoot her ex-husband's pregnant lover in cold blood? No one ever knows what really goes on behind the closed doors of a marriage in freefall. But, as these shocking real-life tragedies reveal, there are some people who take the words ''til death us do part' all too literally - with devastating results. Illus. in colour. 261pp. p/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. V. lightly browned edges, Nr. F. with no creasing to covers.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Paperback. Corgi Reprint. Featuring Craig and Bentley. On November 2, 1952, Christopher Craig aged 16 and Derek Bentley aged 19 were trapped on the roof of a Croydon warehouse by police. What had begun as a petty robbery was to end in tragedy with the shooting and killing of PC Miles. The 2 teenagers were tried before Lord Goddard, and found guilty of Miles's murder. The armed Craig was too young to hang, but the unarmed Bentley was not. Derek Bentley was hanged as an example to the youth of the country, to check the frightening rise in post-war teenage crimes of violence. A terrible miscarriage of justice. Illus., Appendices, Sources and Index. 415pp. Insc. on first few pp. with names and 'phone nos. Vg.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Good. First edition. Paperback, 1st edn. 180 true crime stories, quirky, gory, ingenious, bungled, or just plain horrifying, arranged in diary form. Illus. Quite well read. G+ with minimal creasing to covers.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Softcover. Bernie Goetz and the 1984 shootings on a New York subway train, when he was allegedly attacked by 4 black youths. Overnight, he became America's personification of the vigilante hero: one prepared to stand up against subway terrorism. With Afterword. 265pp. trade size softcover. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Lightly browned pp., sl. sunned covers o/w Vg+.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Good. First edition. Softcover, 1st p/back edn. The author maintains that there was not one Ripper but two, colluding in blood, and that the reason for their deadly spree goes all the way to the top of Victorian society - touching even the Queen herself. He reveals the address of Edward VII's rented East End love-nest in the area where the killings took place - and we learn how the monarch, when Prince of Wales, along with his Establishment cronies, took prostitutes there. Was Mary Kelly killed to save the British Royal Family from scandal? And were the other murders part of a cover-up? Illus., Select Bibliog. and Index. 214pp. Trade size softcover. John Wilding was a contributor to the Grey House Books publication 'Who Was Jack the Ripper? A Collection of Present-Day Theories and Observations'. With signs of b/plate removal inside fr. cover. Due to poor storage, the book has a vertical 'curve', but no creasing to covers. G++.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 2nd edition. Paperback. Revised Edn. Eight 'spooks' (7 men, 1 woman) stories of 20th century espionage, some spies featured having had a real and lasting, if generally unknown, influence on world history. Includes amongst others : Richard Sorge and the beautiful 'Cynthia'; the Double Cross Agent, Tate; Stashinsky, a KGB assassin; the Venlo Incident and John Vassall, Geoffrey Prime etc. Illus., Bibliog. + Index. 299pp. p/back. Lightly browned pp. o/w Vg.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First edition. Softcover. Featuring sixteen gruesome murders, all Hampshire based and ranging in date from 1628 to 1964. Drawing largely from reports of the inquests, magistrates' proceedings and trials printed in the local press, the author ranges from the murders of Galley and Chater, and James Parker, to Mrs Chapman and Yvonne Laker, all nothing if not shocking in their depravity, whilst the murder of Fanny Adams must rank as the most horrible of all Victorian crimes. The murder weapons were as varied as the motives for committing the deeds: guns, razor, broken bottle, hammer, knife, iron pipe, woodworking tool, lead stick, dagger, bill-hook, bayonet and sheer brute violence. In most of the cases the verdict of guilty was a foregone conclusion, in some the evidence was circumstantial and in one the murderer was never found. Illus. + Bibliog. 117pp. trade size p/back. F. with no creasing to covers.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Paperback. On the night of July 22, 1995, 'I love you and I'm going to bed,' were the last words Elyse Pahler ever said to her parents, little did she know that she was about to begin a walking nightmare that would end in her grisly stabbing murder. Later than night, Elyse slipped out of her parents' house for a bit of forbidden fun. She never suspected that three local boys, (Joseph Fiorell, Jacob Delashmutt and Royce Casey) - two of whom rode the school bus with her - were outside in the dark waiting.waiting to perform a human sacrifice - in the name of Satan. Prosecutors say the three boys dragged a terrified Elyse to a deserted area they believed was the devil's altar, where, after being drugged, tortured and raped, she died of multiple stab wounds. For 8 months Elyse's body lay hidden in a eucalyptus grove until an unexpected tip to police revealed the ghastly crime. Illus. 216pp. mass market p/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. F.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Paperback. 458pp. (+ first chapter of 'The Chamber') mass market p/back. V. lightly creased covers o/w Vg+.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Softcover. Dartmoor offers the setting for fictional mystery which few writers would attempt to place on Exmoor. Three of the stories in this book concern the discovery of bodies - one (established as murder) down a mine shaft, a second (self-destruction) in that Exmoor lake, Pinkery, a third in a bog. Chapter headings include : The Blood of a Priest; Who Killed the Conibeers?; Gibbet on the Common; A Shroud for little Anna; Plug-pull for a Body; With Malice Aforethought; Sudden Departure; The Footsteps of Fear; Killer in a Crack; The Bones of Kinsford; Phantoms Afoot: Spectres Awheel; 'Watch the Wall, My Darling'; The Dog it was that died. 80pp. of tension and terror. Illus. trade size softcover. From the library of true-crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. F.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Fine. First edition. Paperback. The author explains the word 'vintage' refers to the tales of murder, not invariably the vehicles that play such an important unanimate part in these tales. 13 classic cases, some British and some American, which include : Rouse, Evelyn Foster, the murder of Frederick Morton by Ernest Brown, Valerie (Kim) Newell, Bonnie & Clyde, Baby-Face Nelson, James Ronald Robertson, Henry Wainwright, Nan Patterson etc. In 13 classic cases, the editor shows just how lethal the internal combustion engine is a lethal weapon. Illus. Lightly browned pp. o/w Nr. F. with no creasing to covers.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Paperback. By sifting through the theories and legends which have shrouded the Whitechapel murderer, the authors unveil seemingly inept behaviour on the part of the investigating authorities. Why were so many files missing? Who was protecting whom? The authors focus on one of the principal murder suspects - a man whose own untimely death became one of the most closely guarded secrets of the age. With Bibliog. and Index. 209pp. Lightly browned pp., general shelfwear Nr. Vg.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First edition. Paperback. Featuring the explosive story of 4 talented and charismatic young men - best friends whose bond was shattered when one among them was consumed by lethal greed and twisted desire. They lived charmed lives among the evergreens of Washington state: Kevin, the artist; Steve, the sculptor; Scott, the nature lover and unabashed ladies' man; and Mark, the musician and poet. With their stunning good looks, whip-sharp minds, athletic bodies - and no lack of women who adored them - none of them seemed slated for disaster. But few knew the reality behind the leafy screen that surrounded Seven Cedars, Scott's woodland dream home - a tree house equipped with every luxury. From this idyllic enclave, some of these trusted friends would become the quarry for a vigilant Seattle police detective and an FBI special agent who unmasked clues to disturbing secrets that spawned murder, suicide, million-dollar bank robberies, drug-dealing, and heartbreaking betrayal. When the end came in a violent stand-off, the ringleader of the foursome - the fugitive dubbed "Hollywood" for his ingenious disguises and flawless getaways; the persuasive talker who turned his friends into accomplices - faced a final chapter no one could have predicted. In a blast of automatic gunfire, the highest and lowest motives of the human heart were, at last, revealed. Includes 3 other cases. Illus. 523pp. mass market p/back. From the library of true-crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. V.v. lightly browned pp. o/w Nr. F. with no creasing to covers.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First edition. Paperback. Featuring one of the most infamous cases in the Pacific Northwest - that of Randy Roth, a man who married for profit, and the women who were his victims, and other compelling true crime accounts from the author's personal case files. She delves into the personalities and backgrounds of the criminals, their families, and the circumstances that brought about the crimes. Packed with shocking details, vivid characters and twisted secrets, this is a unique collection of true crime stories. Illus. 513pp. mass market p/back. From the library of true-crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. V.v. lightly browned pp. o/w Nr. F. with no creasing to covers.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 2nd edition. Paperback. Arrow Reprint. Special Revised Edn. From Jack the Ripper onwards - a riveting analysis of 50 murders committed between 1870 and 1970, illustrated with a wealth of photographs, based on research in Scotland Yard's famous Black Museum. A book which also raises several important questions about murder, execution and the law. Illus., Appendices, Select Bibliog. + Index. 608pp. paperback. Lightly browned pp., sunned sp. with minimal creasing to covers. Vg.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Softcover. Foreword by John Dickson Carr who wrote : "The best reconstruction of the Bravo Case I have ever read". Murder by a little known poison, 3 obvious suspects with at least 4 possible motives, the dying man's puzzling insistence that he had swallowed nothing lethal - these all feature in the famous Bravo case of 1876. Illus., Index. 219pp. softcover. Lightly browned pp. o/w Vg. with minimal creasing to covers.

Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Fine. First edition. Small p/back. Almost everything you need to know in one essential guide. As well as an introductory essay, this book considers many of the Ripper's proposed identities, a summary of his crimes, victims and the ill-fated investigation, plus a guide to the Ripper's many fictional outings, from Alfred Hitchcock's 'The Lodger', to Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell's 'From Hell'. 96pp. small format p/b. With a personal b/plate o/w Nr. F.