SOBER TRUTH A Collection of Nineteenth-century Episodes, Fantastic, Grotesque and Mysterious

Hardback. 2nd impression, same year as 1st. With a Preface by Osbert Sitwell. Cases featured include : Burke and Hare, the murder of the Duchess de Praslin, the Road Hill murder, the Tichborne Case, Lola Montez, Madeleine Smith, Cannibalism at Sea, Capt. Dreyfus, the Druce-Portland Case, and notably Jack the Ripper (p.237-247) plus much more. With 17 Illus. 280pp. 8vo. h/back. Lightly browned and foxed edges and eps. o/w Vg.