THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JACK THE RIPPER.**

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn, and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,black+red photographic illustrated dw/dj with white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners. Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright, tight and pristine - an unread copy.Bright,clean,publisher's original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine/backstrip, a black+red striped headband and immaculate plain red endpapers.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,ix-xvpp+7-297pp [paginated] includes a note on provenance by Alan Hicken,introduction by Paul Begg (a crime historian),explanatory remarks (H.B - Hulme Beaman)a ,preface,Pts 1-3, 8pp contemporary b/w photographs+illustrations in one block,between pp144/5, appendices(3),picture acknowledgements an index; plus [unpaginated],half-title+title pages,contents list/table, double-page b/w Whitechapel 1888 map,separator page,a dedication,Pts separator pages,notes on Hicken+Begg,and 4pp blanks at rear. In Whitechapel in 1888 at least five women were horribly murdered and mutilated.Their killer quickly became known as Jack the Ripper.Though there were many suspects,no one was ever caught,and over a hundred years later the world is still fascinated by the mystery.This book introduces a new suspect.It is a recently discovered memoir written in the 1920's by James Willoughby Carnac,a man who claims to have been Jack the Ripper.It covers his life from childhood to death,including his account of those few terrible months in 1888.There is information in this memoir that does not appear to be derived from contemporary newspapers or other publications,and the events of the time and the intricate geography of Whitechapel in 1888 are described with pinpoint accuracy.James gives a credible motive for becoming the murderer Jack, as well as for ending the murders.These all point to this account being genuine. This is a fascinating and intriguing piece of writing.Ultimately it is for you, the reader,to decide whether you believe the mystery has been solved at last,or whether this is one of the very earliest imaginings of the Ripper case.If so,as it was written in the 1920's,it is a fascinating piece of period writing and a worthy addition to the Ripper canon. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,for correct shipping/P+p quotes. ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,that stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included or FREE.
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