A CASEBOOK OF MURDER The Changing Patterns of Homicidal Killings.

Hardback. 1st US Edn. A compelling study of the world's most macabre murder cases, in which the author traces the history of violence from its beginnings right up to the 'present day'. Features : Jack the Ripper (this chapter, pp. 131-152, contains some underlining to text and marginalia), Dr. Thomas Neill Cream, Sawney Bean, Andrew Bichel, the Bavarian Ripper; Peter Kurten, the Dusseldorf Vampire; Brady & Hindley, the Moors Murderers; Lucian Staniak, 'The Red Spider'; Jeffries the Monster; Ed Gein the Wisconsin Necrophile + much more. With Select Bibliog. and Index. 288pp. Ex-lib. with several discreet rubber stamps on pp. + the remains of brown glue on eps. G. only in G. only dw.