JACK THE RIPPER (SIGNED)

Hardback. 2nd impres. 1 month after 1st. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Foreword by Prof. Francis Camps. The first publication of the police photographs of the Ripper's victims, along with a portrait of the man who was 'Jack the Ripper'. Regarded as a criminological scoop of the time. Illus., Index. Map eps. 144pp. 8vo. h/back. WITH A VERY, VERY RARE DANIEL FARSON INSCRIPTION TO DAVID (McCleave) AND SIGNATURE, together with TWO LOOSELY INSERTED HANDWRITTEN POSTCARDS BY DANIEL FARSON addressed to David McCleave, one of which declares, 'The Diary is a flagrant hoax as I wrote in the Standard'. With lightly sunned and foxed edges, o/w Vg+ in Vg+ dw.