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Chris Scott
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Chris
Post Number: 1848
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, March 27, 2005 - 4:11 pm: | 
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This is an original St. Stephen's Review Presentation Cartoon dated August 17th 1889 by 'Tom Merry' with the title 'WHITECHAPEL AT WHITEHALL Attempted murder of Florence Maybrick. - "Save her," Mr. Matthews.' It shows the Home Secretary, Henry Matthews, sitting at his desk, pen in hand, with JACK THE RIPPER on one side representing 'Death' and a petition asking for Mrs. Maybrick to be hanged and on the other side 'Blind Justice' asking for a free pardon for the woman who, at that time, was in prison awaiting her death sentence (she was later reprieved) for the murder of her husband James Maybrick. This was a time, July 1889, when the two big crime cases of Jack the Ripper and the Maybrick poisoning were in the news, the former because of the recent murder of Alice McKenzie in Whitechapel (on 17 July 1889), regarded at first as another Ripper murder. This original print measures approx. 14 inches x 20 inches and is suitable for framing. It has some wear and chipping to the edges and vertical creases where it has been folded in the past. There is archival tape reinforcement on the back of two of the creases. The condition is reflected in the low starting price for this RARE RIPPER COLLECTABLE. It would look great framed.
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George Hutchinson
Inspector
Username: Philip
Post Number: 435
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 30, 2005 - 8:25 pm: |
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Hi folks. I'm sure many of you will know what I mean by this, but DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD!
You will be aware there was a woman on eBay who was trashing me and a lot of other Ripperologists (by implication, all of us) in her About Me page because she tried to rip me off after contacting me via Casebook, then DID start ripping off eBay sellers of Ripper-related items and I alerted eBay and other sellers to her.
She claimed we were all cranks who met up in sheds and wore silly costumes and tried to boast about our non-existant credentials and that by calling ourselves Ripperologists we were basically proving we knew nothing (this is a charming lady who asked me about the Royal Conspiracy before she turned ugly...)
Well, I had a phone call from an eBay seller tonight and her account has been terminated by eBay at last!
I'm avoiding using her name or eBay ID (many of you know it anyway) so she can't send me one of her frequent silly e-mails saying she has called her solicitors or even - on one occasion - the police!
Tonight I is a happy man!
PHILIP
Tour guides do it loudly in front of a crowd!
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Chris Scott
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Chris
Post Number: 1884
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, April 02, 2005 - 2:57 pm: |
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What we have here is the ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS FOR January 23rd 1892 featuring the death and funeral of the late DUKE OF CLARENCE AND AVONDALE
Prince Albert Victor Christian Edward (known as "Eddy" to his friends) is one of the most famous suspects in the Jack the Ripper case, figuring in no less than three major theories.
There are 30 pages – ALL are about Prince Albert Victor – the non - Prince Albert Victor content has been removed
There are numerous pictures of Eddy, his family and his associates through his life, including many I’ve seen before in the JTR texts
Loads of info in the articles not commonly available now
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Chris Scott
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Chris
Post Number: 1885
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, April 02, 2005 - 2:59 pm: |
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In the late 1980's, there was a fine series on late night tv called Secrets And Mysteries. It was sort of like In Search Of..that wonderful show that Leonard Nimoy hosted. Edward Mulhare hosted this show and in fact it explored the same mysteries that In Search Of..did but in a different way using modern computers and technology. Mulhare brought his own style and elegance and was a great host to this underated show that has been unfairly forgotten. The best show was this one where they explored the mystery of the most infamous serial killer of all time Jack the Ripper. The theory they proposed was pretty silly, but Mulhare was a wonderful host nonetheless and made it worthwhile.
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Chris Scott
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Chris
Post Number: 1886
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, April 02, 2005 - 3:04 pm: |
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This is a hardcover edition of , "Shades of Scotland Yard". Written by S. Theodore Felstead. Published by JohnLong Limited of London. No publication date or copyright given. " Stories Grave & Gay of the World's Greatest Detective Force". . Includes Jack the Ripper , Jim the Penman, Waiters as Spies, Vanishing Violet Charlesworth & many more. . Includes 19 black & white photos. The book has plain, green covers that are in good shape. They show very light edge & corner wear. The spine is tight, all pages intact. The pages are in good condition. There is a book plate inside the front cover, a price in pencil on the first white page , & an embossed notary seal on the title page. Fantastic book for the Scotland Yard historian.
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Chris Scott
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Chris
Post Number: 1888
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 06, 2005 - 11:18 am: |
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We are proud to present this unique limited edition ceramic figure of Jack the Ripper. Only 1,000 pieces were produced. Each piece is 6 inches (600mm) high and comes fully certificated and boxed. All pieces are in mint condition, as new.
Jack was commissioned in 1999 by S&A Collectables (of London), and appears in The Wade Collectors’ book (but not illustrated). The figure is shown in a typical “Jack” pose, after the murderous events, (of which there were six). This infamous serial killer is dramatically depicted holding his knife over the rim of his trusty Gladstone bag whilst looking over his shoulder for the police. The figure is portrayed wearing a black cape, top hat and shoes (with white spats) and blue trousers. His victims’ blood is shown dripping from the knife onto the brown bag and the grey ceramic cobblestone base beneath his kneeling shape.
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Chris Scott
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Chris
Post Number: 1889
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 06, 2005 - 11:18 am: |
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Days of My Years by Sir Melville MacNaghten C.B. Late chief of the Criminal Investigation Department Scotland. A rare book indeed, an absolute must for anyone with an interest in Jack the Ripper. Published by Edward Arnold 1914 1st Edition. First few pages loose.
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Chris Scott
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Chris
Post Number: 1890
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 06, 2005 - 11:26 am: |
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East End 1888: Life in a London Borough Among the Laboring Poor by W.J.Fishman
Hard to find title.
Hardback with dust jacket.
Shows what life was like for the labouring poor in the East End a century ago...in the year of Jack the Ripper & the matchgirls strike, when poverty, disease & social unrest were at their height.
Maps, bibliography, Index & Appendix.
Chapters on
The Image & the Reality
Housing, Health & Sanitation
The Unemployed
Paupers
Woman & Children
The Ghetto
Crime & Punishment
The Saints
Politics
Leisure
Currently on Amazon for £29.95
Second hand but in good clean almost as new condition.
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Chris Scott
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Chris
Post Number: 1891
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 06, 2005 - 11:50 am: |
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Vintage Victorian picture cover hardback edition of "Traditions of London, Historical and Legendary", written by Mr Waters and published in the 1870s by Weldon & Co of Southampton Street. Contents (all lost tales of London lore) are -
Andrew Layton, Herbalist
Colonel Silas Clarke, Cavalier and Roundhead
At the Sign of the Star, Fleet Street
The Devil's Gap
The Flower of Islington
The Three Jews of Aldgate
The Murder at the Swan Inn, Knightsbridge
No. 1, Bowling-Inn Alley
260 pages approx, fair condition - quite worn by the passage of time, spine is frayed but intact and all pages are still attached. Postage £2.50 UK, £4 Europe, £5 w/wide. Lovely vintage collectable book for London historians
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George Hutchinson
Inspector
Username: Philip
Post Number: 458
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, April 07, 2005 - 7:29 am: |
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Dear All
I have just received an e-mail telling me the banned nutcase is back on eBay under several IDs. Ones already noted all start with 'f'. Be very very careful!
eBay have been alerted by a few of us already.
PHILIP
Tour guides do it loudly in front of a crowd!
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Chris Scott
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Chris
Post Number: 1895
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Friday, April 08, 2005 - 3:21 pm: |
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JACK THE RIPPER
THE 21st CENTURY INVESTIGATION
by TREVOR MARRIOTT
NEW UK HARDBACK 1st EDITION / 1st PRINTING
Published by John Blake Publishing Ltd in April 2005
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Chris Scott
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Chris
Post Number: 1896
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Friday, April 08, 2005 - 3:22 pm: |
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THE LONDON NOBODY KNOWS rare 1967 documentary on DVD
With 60s footage of intact Jack the Ripper murder site
A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THIS CLASSIC OF BRITISH DOCUMENTARY-MAKING ON DVD, AS JAMES MASON UNEARTHS THE HIDDEN SIDE OF SWINGING LONDON IN THE STREET MARKETS, ABANDONED THEATRES, MISSIONS AND MURDER SITES OF THE DECAYING VICTORIAN CAPITAL. SUPERB CLEAR PRINT ON REGION-FREE DVD, BOXED WITH ARTWORK,
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David O'Flaherty
Chief Inspector
Username: Oberlin
Post Number: 807
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Friday, April 08, 2005 - 3:35 pm: |
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A rare first edition of the Marriot book, I see  "Marriott uses those skills skilfully. . ." Sounds like John Lennon wrote the blurb on the back.
Anybody have time to read it? From the cover, I gather there's a forensic angle.
Cheers,
Dave |
Christopher T George
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Chrisg
Post Number: 1414
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, April 09, 2005 - 2:16 am: |
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Hi David
There would have to be a forensic angle since Mr. Marriott is a former detective with the Berkshire police murder squad.
All my best
Chris
Christopher T. George
North American Editor
Ripperologist
http://www.ripperologist.info
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Chris Scott
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Chris
Post Number: 1897
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, April 09, 2005 - 9:48 am: |
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Up for sale is the bookplate of Mr. William Cameron Gull, barrister and baronet. He inherited the title from his father, Sir William Withey Gull, who was a physician and Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. Dr. Gull was "Physician in Ordinary" to the Prince of Wales", he was the primary physician to his Royal Highness during his attack of typhoid fever at the close of 1871. In acknowledgment of his great services on that occasion, he was created a baronet in 1872, and "Physician Extraordinary" to the Queen. An urban legend circulated during this period that relentlessly haunted the British community - Did William Gull really die in 1890 as his death certificate stated or did he live on until 1897 or beyond?? If his death was faked was it because this brilliant medical man had become the the insane killer Jack the Ripper?
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Chris Scott
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Chris
Post Number: 1898
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, April 09, 2005 - 9:49 am: |
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RYAN THORNSBERRY'S PRINCE RIPPER AND THE ROYAL FAMILY: AN ANALYSIS OF HOW THE MODERN MEDIA VIEWS THE ROYAL CONSPIRACY, PAPERBACK, EXCELLENT CONDITION, 27 PAGES, CHAPBOOK. BUYER PAYS $3.00 SHIPPING.
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Chris Scott
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Chris
Post Number: 1899
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, April 09, 2005 - 10:13 am: |
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Jack London PEOPLE OF THE ABYSS 1st/1st 1903!
Jack London, author of The Call of the Wild and White Fang, wrote a number of books that involved important social issues of his day and that are probably equivalent to what we would call "Investigative Journalism" today. This book is the product of a unique and daunting effort. London disguised himself and posed as an unemployed sailor in order to live on the street and become part of the slums of the city of London's East End. He called it going into "The Belly of the Beast". The experience changed Jack London in important ways and he said that no other book of his "took so much of my young heart and tears" as this expedition into the "Economic degradation of the poor". This volume is considered a masterpiece of this kind of writing and is still being read today. This rare copy (3,982 copies printed) has had a couple of repairs done and I have had my bookbinder create a custom case of high quality leather to house the book. The endpapers have been replaced, minor cosmetic repairs have been done to the spine and the gilt on the top edge of the book has been redone. The binding is tight and although the gilt on the spine has faded with age, the gilt on the front board is still bright and beautiful. There is a crease to the spine and two leaves of the preliminaries (the contents page and the list of illustrations) have small, identically shaped tears with missing paper at their lower corners, which do not interfere with the writing. The book has a number of full-page plates as well as many partial page photographs of the people and places where the action takes place.
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Chris Scott
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Chris
Post Number: 1906
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 12:05 pm: |
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Finger, Charles J. Historic Crimes and Criminals. Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius, 1922. [Little Blue Book No. 149] 61 page pamphlet. Pages begining to brown; brief notations [in pencil] on title page and on page 17; otherwise a clean, solid copy in G condition. Contents. 1. Historic Crimes and Criminals; 2. The Case of Jack Sheppard; 3. Jonathan Wild, Master Criminal; 4. Burke and Hare; 5. The Case of Wainewright; 6. Royal Criminals; 7. Jack the Ripper; 8. Pirates and Piracy; 9. Female Pirates; 10. Col. Blood and the Crown; 11. A Few Pretenders; 12. Poisoners. Alphabetical List of Criminals Mentioned in This Book.
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Chris Scott
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Chris
Post Number: 1907
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 12:08 pm: |
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"Jack The Ripper" Leonard Matters 1948
W.H.Allen London
One of the first and best books written about Jack The Ripper.
Hard to come by today.
Red Cloth.
Spine slightly damaged
No inscriptions throughout.
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Chris Scott
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Chris
Post Number: 1908
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 12:12 pm: |
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'Autumn of Terror Jack the Ripper: His Crimes and Times' by Tom Cullen. Second Prinitng of the first edition. Highly sought after true crime book about Jack the Ripper covering the murders and theories about the identity of Jack the Ripper with photographs and maps.
Good condition hardback with dust jacket. Inside pages are tightly bouond, bright and clean with some age spots. The dust jacket has two minor rips on the front near the spine. Overall a nice copy with a great cover.
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Andrew Spallek
Chief Inspector
Username: Aspallek
Post Number: 771
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Monday, April 11, 2005 - 2:48 pm: |
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On Cullen or any other books potential buyers would do well to check www.abebooks.com for used copies. I picked up a paperback edition of Cullen for $1 and a hardcover Farson less than $10 (plus shipping).
Andy S.
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Chris Scott
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Chris
Post Number: 1912
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - 3:57 pm: |
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TITLE: Jack the Ripper - A Bibliography and Review of the Literature of Alexander Kelly
AUTHOR :Colin Wilson
PUBLISHER: Asoociation of Assistant Librarians - London
DATE: 1984
CONDITION: This 83 page hardcover book is in very good condition.
COMMENTS: Fully revised and expanded edition including the original introduction to the murders and theories.
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Bob Hinton
Inspector
Username: Bobhinton
Post Number: 292
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Friday, April 22, 2005 - 5:56 am: |
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Rare Jack the Ripper book on Ebay.
Turnbulls 'The Killer Who Never Was' is offered on Ebay item number 830266912.
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Chris Scott
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Chris
Post Number: 1935
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Friday, April 22, 2005 - 5:26 pm: |
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For auction is another unusual book, the English magazine PUNCH, bound in leather and cloth for the months July through December 1888. Also known as THE LONDON CHARIVARI, PUNCH chronicled all of British life, and this volume covers the time of the Whitechapel Murders of 1888. Spine is a bit loos, but is still attached safely. Inside ffep has AMERICAN LIBRARY stamped on the right, and MATHEUS PAULO & C.A, LIVREIROS. RUA DE S, DOMINGOS NO. 2, MACAU on the left. Still in amazingly good shape, the volume is a valuable reference tool for any Ripper, Victorian or British historian. 8 3/4' by 11".
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Chris Scott
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Chris
Post Number: 1936
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Friday, April 22, 2005 - 5:29 pm: |
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CHESHIRE: FAMOUS FOR ITS PICTURE-POSTCARD VILLAGES AND BLACK-AND-WHITE COUNTRY HOUSES; AN ARISTOCRATIC COUNTY ONCE DUBBED 'THE SEEDPLOT OF GENTILITY'.
BUT THERE IS A DARKER SIDE TO THIS PICTURE. MURDER AND BRUTALITY, WITCHCRAFT, HIGHWAY ROBBERY, BODY-SNATCHING... THEY ARE ALL IN THIS FASCINATING, TRUE-CRIME ANTHOLOGY THAT RECALLS A PERIOD IN CHESHIRE'S PAST WHEN THE SHADOW OF THE GALLOWS LAY HEAVILY ACROSS THE LAND.
READ ABOUT: THE CROOKED COUNTRY 'SQUIRE'; THE MAD BUTCHER'S ASSISTANT; THE AXE-SLAYING OF A VICTORIAN TYRANT; PASSION AND POISON AMONG THE QUAKERS; THE CHESHIRE LINK WITH JACK THE RIPPER.
233 PAGES, ILLUSTRATED AND IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. PREVIOUS OWNERS NAME ON THE INSIDE FRONT COVER
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Chris Scott
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Chris
Post Number: 1941
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Monday, April 25, 2005 - 9:50 am: |
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Four letters by George R. Sims, a British author, playwright and reformer, to Sir Melville Macnaghten and his family, early 1900s. Macnaghten was assistant superintendent of Scotland Yard and had been head of the investigation into the Jack the Ripper murders, and early in the investigation Sims had been hauled in by the police as supposedly he resembled one of the Ripper sketches but was immediately released. That and Sims' interest in the downtrodden as well as the theatre apparently brought he and Macnaghten into a friendship. Two of the letters are on mourning stationery, dated 1906 and 1907. All in very good condition.
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Chris Scott
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Chris
Post Number: 1944
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, April 28, 2005 - 2:56 am: |
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I don't know this video - might be of interest
DESCRIPTION:
JACK THE RIPPER.
Narrated by Ray McGregor. Canyon Home Video. This video has only been viewed a few times and is in excellent condition, the box is likewise in excellent condition. Color. 60 minutes. Not Rated.
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John Savage
Inspector
Username: Johnsavage
Post Number: 369
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, April 28, 2005 - 5:56 am: |
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Hi Chris,
The video cover gives the full name "JTR The Final Solution". I have the video at home and have just checked, Ray McGregor interviews Stephen Knight and tells the old tale.
Rgds
John |
George Hutchinson
Inspector
Username: Philip
Post Number: 483
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, April 28, 2005 - 6:46 am: |
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I have a copy of this. I was told also that it is available on DVD on the US version of FROM HELL.
The documentary is cheap and rubbish, but it is notable for 2 short pieces. Firstly, of Mitre Square in 1980 when there was still a small semblance of how it once was, and secondly for some close-up footage of the doorway in Goulston Street when it was still complete - this gave me much the same feeling as that rare footage of James Mason at 29 Hanbury Street in The London Nobody Knows, and puts paid to the oft repeated error that the WMD interior was gutted in 1970.
In all other respects though, you feel you are watching that documentary on Cornwell and Sickert, but the shameless victim has been transplanted to Gull.
PHILIP
Tour guides do it loudly in front of a crowd!
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AIP
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Thursday, April 28, 2005 - 3:54 am: |
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It's the Stephen Knight 'Final Solution' video. |
Chris Scott
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Chris
Post Number: 1985
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Monday, May 02, 2005 - 12:44 pm: |
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Is This The Face of "JACK THE RIPPER"?
DESCRIPTION:
*****NO RESERVE!*****
This auction features a late 19th-century carte de visite photograph of an unknown, affluently-dressed gentleman who bears more than a passing resemblance to Montague John Druitt, considered by many (including Sir Melville MacNaghten, one of the chief contemporary investigators of the "Whitechapel Murders") to have been the infamous "Jack the Ripper." (There are photos of Druitt both with and without a mustache.) This CDV is on heavy card stock, typical of the 1880s rather than that of the 1860s-70s. There is no backmark.
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Andrew Spallek
Chief Inspector
Username: Aspallek
Post Number: 793
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Monday, May 02, 2005 - 12:58 pm: |
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O brother! This man looks nothing like MJD. Is there anything even to suggest that it is his CDV? I see no one has been gullible enough to bite.
Andy S.
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George Hutchinson
Inspector
Username: Philip
Post Number: 493
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Monday, May 02, 2005 - 7:23 pm: |
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I saw this when it went live and I thought it was a clever way of trying to sell on a completely innocuous old CDV. I agree with you Andy - nothing like MJD. He bears just as much resemblance to Chapman and Maybrick!
PHILIP
Tour guides do it loudly in front of a crowd!
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Chris Scott
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Chris
Post Number: 2022
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, May 19, 2005 - 5:40 pm: |
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Limehouse Days
A Personal Experience of The East End
by
Daniel Farson
PUBLISHER:Michael Joseph
Large format H/B with no D/W
SIZE: 10 x 77/8 inches appx. 182pp
DESCRIPTION: "In the late fifties, Daniel Farson moved to Limehouse, to a house in Narrow Street overlookig the docks and the tall warahouses, the barges, the cargo ships and the shimmering Thames.....He caught the last gasp of vitality before the developers moved in. This is a tribute to that vanished time.....he explored the East End's colourful neneteenth-century. He learned how the discovery of the Indies led to the development of the port of London, bringing an influx of immigrants that made the East End a melting pot of nationalities. The flourishing of the Music Hall... Marie Lloyd... Jack the Ripper...."
Well written, nicely illustrated interesting read.
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Chris Scott
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Chris
Post Number: 2023
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, May 19, 2005 - 5:47 pm: |
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A rare September 1888 program for the West End premiere production Richard Mansfield starring at the Lyceum Theatre in Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. This was presented while Jack the RIpper was active, and in some quarters Mansfield was considered a suspect. From the personal collection of Gerald Du Maurier's brother-in-law and annotated to from cover "September 26th 1888 [seen with] Guy Du Maurier." Mansfield had an extraordinary career that ranged from Gilbert and Sullivan to Shakespeare to George Bernard Shaw. Light wear and small file holes at left margin else fine. Buyer pays insured shipping.
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Chris Scott
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Chris
Post Number: 2024
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, May 19, 2005 - 5:50 pm: |
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This is an original signature and not a reproduction.
This June 25th, 1879 , 4.5" x 7" letter is written front and back and signed in the nand of Sir William Gull, suspect in the Jack the Ripper case. The content of the letter concerns a patient of Dr. Gull whose name has been cut from the letter. Otherwise in beautiful condition.
I'll include my own lifetime Certificate of Authenticity.
Actual item looks much nicer than the scan.
Please check my feedback rating and know that customer satisfaction is my first priority.
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thomas schachner
Detective Sergeant
Username: Thomas
Post Number: 55
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, May 19, 2005 - 9:33 pm: |
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hahaha...nice..
"I'll include MY OWN lifetime Certificate of Authenticity."
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Howard Brown
Inspector
Username: Howard
Post Number: 402
Registered: 7-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, May 19, 2005 - 10:40 pm: |
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Time to remind Chris that he is "The Man"
This effort of his in allowing those of us involved,like Tommy above,me,even the cheapskate Neil Bell, in Ripperology to see whats available for furthering research and augmenting our lives with materials from "the day" deserves a collective hearty handclasp from the guys and a big peck on the cheek from the wimmens....
You are the man,mi amigo ! Ayer,ahora,manana....
Por Su Salud !
El Gordo |
Chris Scott
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Chris
Post Number: 2028
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, May 21, 2005 - 5:54 pm: |
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How - thanks for the kind words, buddy :-)
TOYNBEE HALL: THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS
Asa Briggs & Anne Macartney
red gilt hard coverboards in illus dustjacket. Decorated endpapers. 208 page, numerous photographs. VG/VG
The story of the University Settlement, Commercial street, Whitechapel from its origins in 1884
A nice collectable book for those interested in the past and present of London's East End
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Chris Scott
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Chris
Post Number: 2066
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, June 02, 2005 - 12:34 am: |
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The Harlot's Curse by Rodney Archer and Powell Jones.
Published by Preston Editions London 1990. 1st ed. 59pp.
Please see my other books for sale
Description and Condition;
A copy of this award-winning play about the story of Mary Kelly, Jack the Ripper's last victim. Well reviewed at the time and winner of a London Weekend Television Award. In very good condition - only the slightest of wear. No inscriptions.
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Chris Scott
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Chris
Post Number: 2067
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, June 02, 2005 - 12:38 am: |
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A very rare first edition here, from 1914, of The Lodger, by Mrs. Belloc Lowndes, published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, the first American edition of this famous horror/fantasy novel about Jack the Ripper, made into an early film by Alfred Hitchcock. Haunting mystery tale that revolves around the Jack the Ripper murders, this novel was the basis for several films, including a 1927 Alfred Hitchcock silent featuring Ivor Novello in the title role, one of Hitchcock's first films. It was then remade in 1932 by Maurice Elvey, this time with sound, and Novello reprising his role. This copy is in orange/red ribbed and embossed cloth with bright gilt titles, virtually no wear at all. 7 and a half by 5, 306 pages. No extraneous writing, not even an owner name.
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Chris Scott
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Chris
Post Number: 2112
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Friday, July 08, 2005 - 12:29 pm: |
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For auction is GREAT UNSOLVED CRIMES. This is a very rare hardback with red boards, black titles to cover and spine. Published by Hutchinson. No date, but it was 1935. 351 pages, 72 photographic plates.
This is a compilation of various unsolved crimes. It includes a chapter by Dr. Harold Dearden - Who Was Jack the Ripper? After reviewing the murders, Dearden then relates a story first told him by a soldier in a dug-out on the Somme in 1918 about Jack the Ripper. This must make Dearden one of the first published theorists! [for fuller details see under Dr Harold Dearden in the Ripper A to Z]
The book covers over 40 murder cases including the Maybrick case, Julia Wallace, Oscar Slater, Adolf Beck etc etc.
There is slight rubbing and fading to covers and spine, the contents are clean and tight.
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Chris Scott
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Chris
Post Number: 2113
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Friday, July 08, 2005 - 12:37 pm: |
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A fourteen page issue of The Illustrated London News dated 13th October 1888 price sixpence. It features prints from engravings (often with descriptive articles) including :-
With the vigilance committee in the East End - FP consisting of 3 images one Half page entitled ' outcasts sleeping in sheds in Whitechapel ' another entitled ' Homeless ' and a third which is a little less than half page and is entitled
' A Suspicious character '
- This is the renowned picture of what was later strongly believed to have been Jack the Ripper - then of course only known as the Whitechapel murderer, the term Jack the ripper not yet having gained popularity ( though it had already been coined in a letter, written in red ink and sent to a London news agency in Sept, 1888, after the second of the five killings of East End prostitutes ascribed to the Ripper, is one of the most important surviving documents of the infamous case, and in this letter the term Jack the ripper was first coined - The letter widely believed to have been from the Killer himself
This image is the one pictured with this auction
The engraver was R Taylor and the artist signed the ' homeless ' section of the print - MB
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Chris Scott
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Chris
Post Number: 2135
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, July 30, 2005 - 1:38 am: |
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John O'London's Weekly February 28, 1931.
Vol XXIV. No. 619. Edited by Wilfred Whitten (John O'London).Published by George Newnes LTD. (publishers of The Strand Magazine,etc.) : London 1931. Popular British literary magazine similar to T.P's Weekly with the backing of the Newnes distribution network
"Thirty Years in the C.I.D." by Ex-Chief Constable Wensley with his comments on Jack The Ripper, |
Chris Scott
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Chris
Post Number: 2136
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Monday, August 01, 2005 - 6:47 pm: |
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Vintage Photographic Print. No reserve auction!!
Wonderful Britain 1928
This auction is for the Rare Vintage image of London Aldgate High street and the Bow Church. Aldgate is named after the city gate called Ale Gate. Ideal present for people or collectors.
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This is an original print taken from the book and is not a copy or reprint. The page approximately 8 inches by 12 inches. The print is in excellent condition and would look magnificent framed.
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Judith A. Stock
Sergeant
Username: Needler
Post Number: 46
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Monday, August 01, 2005 - 11:20 pm: |
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Chris..you just GOTTA love the "for people OR collectors" bit. Does this mean people aren't collectors or that collectors aren't people, or......oh, well, you get my drift! Sounds like this could be as convoluted as the Theseus' ship conundrum........
Cheers!
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George Hutchinson
Chief Inspector
Username: Philip
Post Number: 609
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 02, 2005 - 3:36 pm: |
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Oi! Chris! I already had the high bid on this, you rotter!
PHILIP
Tour guides do it loudly in front of a crowd!
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Chris Scott
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Chris
Post Number: 2137
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 02, 2005 - 5:27 pm: |
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Oops - sorry Philip!!! Hope you get the item... |
George Hutchinson
Chief Inspector
Username: Philip
Post Number: 610
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, August 02, 2005 - 6:54 pm: |
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That's fine Chris - seriously. Only joking; it is the whole point of eBay. The main reason I'm getting it is to post up the image for research on the boards anyway.
Though if you see an Abberline letter for sale with my name on it as high bidder...
PHILIP
Tour guides do it loudly in front of a crowd!
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Chris Scott
Assistant Commissioner
Username: Chris
Post Number: 2142
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Friday, August 05, 2005 - 6:18 pm: |
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T.P.'s Weekly December 31, 1927.
Vol IX. No. 218 . Edited by The Right Hon. T.P. O'Connor, M.P.Published by The Amalgamated Press LTD: London 1927. British literary magazine containing reviews, articles,fiction,author profiles, literary gossip,and more. . Contents include:"T.P.'s Table Talk-Jack The Ripper-the Inner History" ,"Pageant of an Ancient Mariner" by Radclyffe Hall,"The Magic of the Clown" by M.Willson Disher, "Mexico, Land of Oil and Turmoil" by John Heather , "On Board Ship" by Olive Low,"Modern Ghost Stories" reviews of Algernon Blackwood, E.F. Benson" ,"A Sensible Imperialist-Dr. Hose Made the Head-Hunters Loyal", "Cecil Rhodes" by Emil Ludwig,reviews of Willa Cather plus Gossip on T.F. Powys, Maurice Hewlett,etc.and more.Good condition.Covers have age toning with interior age toning. Some staple rust on inside margins
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