ISBN10: 1861056877, ISBN13: 9781861056870, [publisher: Robson Books] Hardcover A few light scratches and slight shelf wear on jacket. Also a name has been handwritten on inside of front cover. Content is fine.
[Hay-on-Wye, HEREF, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2004]

Paperback. Very Good. ISBN 1861056877 9781861056870 [GB]

ISBN10: 1861056877, ISBN13: 9781861056870, [publisher: Pavilion Books] Hardcover Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
[Dunfermline, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2006]

ISBN10: 1861056877, ISBN13: 9781861056870, [publisher: Robson Books] Hardcover Heavy hardback book illustrated with black and white plates. Inscription to front endpaper with signature love Paul. Top corner creases to two pagesotherwise contents in very good condition. Top right corner of board creased and slightly creased jacket edges otherwise very good price clipped jacket. 550 pages.
[ludlow, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2004]
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ISBN10: 1861056877, ISBN13: 9781861056870, [publisher: Robson Books] Hardcover Hardback. SIGNED. In the autumn of 1888 a series of prostitute murders in London's poverty-ridden East End caused a sensation around the world. The killer was never caught, perhaps never identified, but became known to posterity by the chilling nickname 'Jack the Ripper'. This book is the story of those murders, free of theories and speculation, by one of the world's most respected authorities on the subject. Paul's fascinatingly detailed history makes extensive use of contemporary sources to bring the reader as close as possible to the times of the crimes. The murders, police investigation and reaction of the press and the people are reconstructed chronologically, and what is known of the lives of the tragic victims is fully discussed. The crimes' social background is examined in some detail, as are the reactions of ordinary people, the growing terror, what was happening on the streets, the pressures on the police and the political crisis the crimes nearly caused. Sticking to facts and avoiding speculation and theorising, Paul takes a coolly objective look at leading police suspects, providing the reader with a meticulous analysis of what is known or can be deduced about Tumbelty, Druitt, Ostrog and particularly Kosminski, thought to be the Ripper by the head of the CID at the time. The earlier edition of this book, published in the 1980s, was regarded as ...

ISBN10: 1861056877, ISBN13: 9781861056870, [publisher: Robson Books] Hardcover First Edition Type: Book pp X, 550. 1st printing. DJ shows light use. Book unread.
[Rotherfield, East Sussex, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2004]