THE LIGHTER SIDE OF MY OFFICIAL LIFE

Hardback. An Autobiography. A Jack the Ripper associated title - the author was Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police CID and the officer in charge of the unsolved Whitechapel murder investigation involving Jack the Ripper, from October 6, 1888, (taking up his post at Scotland Yard on the day of Mary Ann Nichols' murder) until the file was closed in 1892. The excellent reference book 'The Jack the Ripper A to Z' by Begg, Fido and Skinner (signed copies of which can be obtained from my website) contains an extremely comprehensive entry for Dr (later Sir Robert) Anderson. With tissue-guard Frontis. Portrait of Sir Robert + Appendix. 295pp. lge. 8vo. h/back. Lightly browned edges and bep, v. light wear to head/tail of sp. o/w a Nr. F. copy (with bright gilt lettering to fr. cover and sp.) of a scarce Jack the Ripper associated title.