FROM THE CITY TO FLEET STREET : Some Journalistic Experiences

Hardback. With an Intro' by W.L. Courtney. Recollections. The author was a crime reporter on the 'Daily Telegraph' and was known to, on various occasions, pretend to be a 'Yard' man to gain access to crime sites and obtain a good story. He described his 45yrs of reporting about crime as 'press-detective work'. Includes a chapter on Jack the Ripper (pp216-223), 'Mysteries Still'. Also features criminal trials at the Old Bailey; the Baccarat Case, Adelaide Bartlett, the Briggs Murder, George Edalji, Harry Furniss, Percy Lefroy Mapleton, Lipski, the murder of Miriam Angel, "Peter the Painter", Phoenix Park murders, Sidney Street, Turf Frauds, the "Big Four"+ much, much more. Illus. + Illus. in the Text, Frontis. Portrait and Index. 302pp. lge. 8vo. h/back. From the library of Paul Daniel, ex-editor of the 'Ripperologist' magazine (December 1996 No. 8 - February 2000 No. 27), with a tipped-in post-it note written by Paul to bep. V. lightly browned and foxed edges and eps, lettering to sp. dull, head of sp. rubbed o/w Vg.