From Loretta Lay Books, London, United Kingdom
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Hardback. 1st edn. Inspector Dew was the first policeman on the scene of the Mary Jane Kelly murder (allegedly) and tells how clue after clue was followed up and how near the police were 'to laying their hands on the probable murderer.(pp. 85-163 incl. 'The Hunt for Jack the Ripper'). Dew's other claim to fame of course was the fact that he was the man who caught Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen. He was in charge of the case from the time Belle Elmore disappeared up to the time of Crippen's arrest and trial. Also includes shorter accounts of many other crimes - fraud, blackmail, coining, burglary etc. A vivid account of Dew's life at Scotland Yard. With 4 b/w plates, 242pp. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true crime writer, James Morton, and includes a loosely inserted handwritten card from Peter Lovesey to James about Dew's home in Worthing. (see image). Small faint mks. to sp., v.v. lightly foxed fore-edge o/w a Vg+ copy (with no foxing or browning to eps), of a scarce Ripper associated title. Seller Inventory # 19114
Bibliographic Details
Title: I CAUGHT CRIPPEN
Publisher: Blackie & Son
Publication Date: 1938
Binding: Hardcover / Hardback
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First edition.
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