The Complete Jack the Ripper

Rumbelow, Donald

ISBN 10: 0491017227 / ISBN 13: 9780491017220

Published by W. H. Allen & Co. Ltd, London, 1975

About this Item

First edition, first impression, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE in biro, in his characteristic manner, with signature next to printed name, which is crossed through. Very minor edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, ffep removed, slight page yellowing, not price clipped, no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall in vg+ condition. Lavishly illustrated with numerous b&w photos, 286pp. Donald Rumbelow, who conducts the immensely popular Ripper tours of the East End, is the foremost authority on the Whitechapel murders. His tour commences from Tower Hill, northwest of the Tower of London, and ends inside the Ten Bells, a Victorian public house frequented by Ripper victims Annie Chapman and Mary Kelly.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Complete Jack the Ripper
• Publisher: W. H. Allen & Co. Ltd, London
• Publication Date: 1975
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0491017227
• ISBN 13: 9780491017220
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

Discover the theories and facts surrounding the Whitechapel murders in David Rumbelow's "The Complete Jack the Ripper"...It is 1888 in London's Whitechapel district, where one by one a group of prostitutes are brutally murdered. Opium smoking Inspector Fred Abberline is called upon to investigate these horrific murders and through his visions track down and trap Jack the Ripper. David Rumbelow's casebook sets the crimes firmly in their historical setting, examines the evidence comprehensively and scrupulously, disposes of a number of theories and legends and relates the murder to popular literature and to later similar sex crimes. In addition he has had the advantage of access to some of Scotland Yard's most confidential papers.

About the Author

Donald Rumbelow lectures on crime and London history and is a former chairman of the Crime Writers Association. He is a London Tourist Board Blue Badge Guide. He is married and has two children. Among his interests are travel, theatre, collecting books and the English Civil War.