THE SACK-'EM-UP MEN. An Account of the Rise and Fall of the Modern Resurrectionists

Hardback. Chapter headings include : Anatomical Study in Ancient Times; Anatomical Study in the Middle Ages; Resurrection Days; The Resurrectionists at High Tide; The Edinburgh Murderers: Burke and Hare; Robert Knox, the Anatomist; Crimes of the London Resurrectionists; Sir Astley Cooper and the Resurrectionists; Respectable Resurrectionists; A Resurrection-Man's Resurrected Diary; Stratagems and Anecdotes of the Resurrectionists; Some Fugitive Resurrectionist Literature; The Resurrectionists in General Literature; Passage of the Anatomy Act; Early Anatomical Instruction in the United States. Profusely Illus. + Index. 216pp. 8vo. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Blue cloth/gilt lettering, uncut edges. A lovely copy of a scarce 1st edn. F. This book weighs approx. 1kg.