Book #86112
The Fatal Caress... and other accounts of English murders...
Barker, Richard Hindry, [1902-1968], Editor. Boucher, Anthony, [1911-1968], Preface. The Fatal Caress... and other accounts of English murders from 1551 to 1888. New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, [1947]. First printing. xii, 210 pp. Publisher's quarter blue buckram over textured boards very good, in moderately worn dust jacket. Internally clean. A very good copy. $50. * This book is a collection of diverse accounts detailing English murder cases from 1551 to 1888, from historical pamphlets and legal records. It tracks the evolution of true crime reporting in England, from early 16th-century accounts to the era of Jack the Ripper in 1888.
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