RECOLLECTIONS OF FORTY YEARS Being An Account At First Hand of Some Famous Criminal Lunacy Cases, English and American; Together with Facsimile Letters, Notes, and Other Data Concerning Them (SIGNED)

Hardback. 1st Edn. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED. The author was an expert on insanity who appeared as an expert witness in many trials both in this country and in America. He described himself as a medical theorist and practical detective. In 1889 he boasted to the press that he had not only identified Jack the Ripper but singlehandedly chased him from England. A complete chapter (251pp-283pp) is devoted to the subject of Jack the Ripper. Also features : The Balham Mystery (Bravo Case); The Penge Mystery (Staunton Case); The Mainwaring Case; The Case of Percy Lefroy; The Otley Murder; Mrs. Maybrick's Case; The Case of Mrs. Pearcey; Murder By Epileptics - Drant and Treadaway; Mrs. Dyer: The Reading Mystery; The Case of Mary Ansell; The Trunk Murder: Devereux's Case; The Case of David Hannigan; The Case of H.H. Holmes; The Case of William Henry Theodore Durrant etc. Illus. 384pp. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true crime writer Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. A number of pages 'edgy' from poor cutting, browned eps, sl. faded sp., small split to head of sp. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. A very, very, scarce Jack the Ripper associated title. Vg. A fairly heavy book which may require additional postage if shipped overseas.