Loretta Lay Books

Softcover / Paperback. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Softcover. Reprint. Pitkin Guides. A book which gives a glimpse of the terrifying deeds relating to the Whitechapel murders of Jack the Ripper, their background and their impact. It also looks at the main theories and suspects. Profusely Illus. 21pp. 8vo. softcover. Vg.

Softcover / Paperback. Zustand: Fine. Four page publication. One of the earliest and worst examples of the "modern" malaise of child abuse and murder, coupled with official indifference. Featuring Nurse Elizabeth Brownrigg. Based on a one act play 'Murder At St. Dunstan's' was specially written for Barbara Miller by the author, who played the supporting roles of the Beadles and Overseers. Elizabeth Brownrigg was found guilty of murder and executed at Tyburn on Monday September 14, 1767. With one Illus. 4pp. V. sl. sunned o/w Nr. F. with no creasing.

Softcover / Paperback. Zustand: Good. First edition. Softcover. The 38th edition of the Whitechapel Society Journal, the house magazine of the Whitechapel Society 1888 (formerly known as The Cloak and Dagger Club), and holds meetings every 2 months. Illus. A4 size magazine. With beverage stains to fr. cover (see image). G. only.

Softcover / Paperback. Zustand: Good. First edition. Softcover. The 27th edition of the Whitechapel Society Journal, the house magazine of the Whitechapel Society 1888 (formerly known as The Cloak and Dagger Club), and holds meetings every 2 months. Illus. A4 size magazine. With beverage stains to back and fr. covers. (see images) G. only.

Softcover / Paperback. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. First edition. Booklet, 8pp. The Index for Volume 17, Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter 1993. F.

Softcover / Paperback. Zustand: Fine. 2nd edition. Paperback. The Uncovered Editions series are historic official papers which have not previously been available in a popular form. The series has been created directly from the archive of The Stationery Office in London, and the books have been chosen for the quality of their story telling. In 1895, Adolph Beck was arrested and convicted of the crimes of deception and larceny. The account given here is one of the strangest true stories in British legal history. With Appendix. 235pp. p/back. F.

Softcover / Paperback. Zustand: Fine. 2nd edition. Paperback. The Uncovered Editions series are historic official papers which have not previously been available in a popular form. The series has been created directly from the archive of The Stationery Office in London, and the books have been chosen for the quality of their story telling. In 1895, Adolph Beck was arrested and convicted of the crimes of deception and larceny. The account given here is one of the strangest true stories in British legal history. With Appendix. 235pp. F. paperback.

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Softcover. The 104th edition (Summer Edn. Part 1) of the Whitechapel Society Journal, the house magazine of the Whitechapel Society 1888 (formerly known as The Cloak and Dagger Club), and holds meetings every 2 months. Illus. A4 size magazine. Nr. F.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Softcover. The 106th edition (Winter Edn. Part 1) of the Whitechapel Society Journal, the house magazine of the Whitechapel Society 1888 (formerly known as The Cloak and Dagger Club), and holds meetings every 2 months. Illus. A4 size magazine. Vg+.

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Softcover. The 113th edition (Winter Edn. Part 1) of the Whitechapel Society Journal, the house magazine of the Whitechapel Society 1888 (formerly known as The Cloak and Dagger Club), and holds meetings every 2 months. Illus. A4 size magazine. Nr. F.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Softcover. The 101st edition (Winter Edn. Part 1) of the Whitechapel Society Journal, the house magazine of the Whitechapel Society 1888 (formerly known as The Cloak and Dagger Club), and holds meetings every 2 months. Illus. A4 size magazine. Vg+.

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Softcover. The 109th edition (Spring Edn.) of the Whitechapel Society Journal, the house magazine of the Whitechapel Society 1888 (formerly known as The Cloak and Dagger Club), and holds meetings every 2 months. Illus. A4 size magazine. Nr. F.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Softcover. The 105th edition (Summer Edn. Part 2) of the Whitechapel Society Journal, the house magazine of the Whitechapel Society 1888 (formerly known as The Cloak and Dagger Club), and holds meetings every 2 months. Illus. A4 size magazine. Vg+.

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Softcover. The 107th edition (Winter Edn. Part 2) of the Whitechapel Society Journal, the house magazine of the Whitechapel Society 1888 (formerly known as The Cloak and Dagger Club), and holds meetings every 2 months. Illus. A4 size magazine. Nr. F.

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Softcover. The 112th edition (Autumn Edn.) of the Whitechapel Society Journal, the house magazine of the Whitechapel Society 1888 (formerly known as The Cloak and Dagger Club), and holds meetings every 2 months. Illus. A4 size magazine. Nr. F.

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Softcover. The 110th edition (Summer Edn. Part 1) of the Whitechapel Society Journal, the house magazine of the Whitechapel Society 1888 (formerly known as The Cloak and Dagger Club), and holds meetings every 2 months. Illus. A4 size magazine. Nr. F.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. 2nd Edition. CD (pre-owned). 'The hills and valleys of South Wales are some of the most beautiful areas in Britain but even they have their Dark Side. Here are examined nine cases of murder in South Wales, some are world famous, others have never been written about before - all of them are fascinating.' Contents include : The Butler Did It - Caio 1876; Released Too Soon - Cardiff 1900; Death Came to Dinner - Kidwelly 1919; The Lady Vanishes - Caswell 1919; Time Gentleman Please - Cross Hands; Murder Repeated - Abertillery 1921; Death in the Valleys - Wattstown 1947; Missing From Home - Pendine 1953; The Butcher of Cwmdu - Llandeilo 1953. This CD is a Commag (computerised magazine) and is meant to be read on a computer using a PDF reader. F. in plastic case.

Softcover / Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. Paperback. When Pearl Gamble rejected Robert McGladdery, lust turned to rage. this is the story of her cruel, vicious murder. On a cold, damp January night in 1961, 19-year-old Pearl Gamble made the final adjustments to her appearance, said goodbye to her mother and set off excitedly with two friends to the local dance. Little did Mrs Gamble know, it was the last time that she would see her daughter alive. The following day, the naked body of Pearl was discovered in the fields surrounding the small rural hamlet. She had been ferociously attacked: there were stab wounds on her body and she had been severely beaten around the face. A post-mortem revealed a shocking list of injuries: one of the stab wounds had punctured her heart and would have led to her death had the perpetrator not finished the job by strangualtion. This-in-depth and intriguing book investigates all aspects of the murder: it looks at the police investigation as it unfolded; it traces the last known movements of Pearl and her friends at the local dance and it analyses the character and strange behaviour of the murderer, Robert McGladdery. McGladdery has been described as a Walter Mitty character who managed to lead the police on a merry dance once he was confirmed as their prime suspect. Strangely, almost everyone in Newry Town knew that he was the only suspect and watched while he was tailed by plain clothes police in an attempt to catch him returning to vital evidence which was concealed away from the murder scene. 256pp. p/back. With signs of b/plate removal inside fr. cover, v. lightly browned pp., faint mk. across fore-edge o/w Vg+ with no creasing to covers.

Softcover / Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 2nd edition. Paperback. 19 deadly recipes whose essential ingredient is - poison. Cases featured include : Mrs Maybrick (Arsenic); Adelaide Bartlett (Chloroform); Madeleine Smith (Arsenic); Doctor Cream (Strychnine); The Hoop-La Murder Trial (Cyanide); Angel-Makers of Nagzrev (Arsenic); Dr. Pritchard (Antimony); Graham Young (Thallium) + many more. Contributors include : John Dunning, Q Patrick, Charles Franklin, Harold Eaton, Leonard Gribble, Edmund L. Pearson, Sidney Horler, Alan Hynd, Bernard O'Donnell, Judge Gerald Sparrow etc. With Sources. 254pp. mass market p/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Lightly browned pp. o/w Vg+ with no creasing to covers.

Softcover / Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 2nd edition. Softcover. A sequel to 'Encyclopaedia of Murder'. Includes amongst others : The Moors Murderers, 'Jack the Stripper', Manson, Donald Neilson, Lee Harvey Oswald, Jack Abbott, Mary Bell, Baader and Meinhof, Bundy, Alice Crimmins, Albert DeSalvo, Son of Sam, Hanratty, Dean Coril, Juan Corona, Gacy, Archibald Hall, the Krays, James Earl Ray, Charles Sobhraj, Richard Speck, Peter Sutcliffe, Michael X, Graham Young, Zodiac, etc., etc. Illus., Select Bibliog., Classified Index + Name Index. 376pp. soft cover. From the library of Paul Daniel, ex-editor of the 'Ripperologist' magazine (December 1996 No. 8 - February 2000 No. 27) with his name and date rubber stamp inside back cover. Browned pp., sl. sunned covers o/w Vg.

Softcover / Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. Paperback. After more than 10yrs' silence, one of the key figures in the sensational Kray trial tells his remarkable story. As a young East End tearaway, Chris Lambrianou was in a class of his own. Armed robbery, safe blowing, protection rackets, fraud, even attempted murder - the big brash Cockney did the lot. Then he was lured to the party that ended in the murder of Jack 'The Hat' McVitie. Lambrianou describes what really happened to McVitie's body and exposes a side of the Kray twins none of their so-called 'Firm' had the courage to face. Caught up in the Krays' downfall, Chris was jailed for life in 1969. In deep despair he tried to kill himself, before an amazing vision transformed him fundamentally, prompting him to become a Christian. Illus. 343pp. mass p/back. Vg.

Softcover / Paperback. Zustand: Fine. First edition. Paperback. Divorce is the blade that cuts the still-beating heart out of a marriage. What's left is a gaping wound that festers and can all too quickly become infected. Where once was love, now comes hate, where once was purity, now comes corruption. Dreams of happy ever after are replaced by visions of revenge. The collapse of marriage creates a monster that feeds on the basest of our emotions - greed, jealousy, hatred, bitterness. The people in this book weren't born evil, but in the heat of a relationship break-up, all restrain melted and violent passions spiralled out of control. What makes a model father murder his estranged wife, then go on TV pleading for her to come home? How does a devoted wife and mum walk into a beauty salon and shoot her ex-husband's pregnant lover in cold blood? No one ever knows what really goes on behind the closed doors of a marriage in freefall. But, as these shocking real-life tragedies reveal, there are some people who take the words ''til death us do part' all too literally - with devastating results. Illus. in colour. 261pp. p/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. V. lightly browned edges, Nr. F. with no creasing to covers.

Softcover / Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. Paperback. 1st UK edn. The second in the author's anthology series, which contains one book-length new case (featuring one of Florida's most shocking criminals, Tim Harris) and 5 cases from her files. Illus. 461pp. mass market p/back. Lightly browned pp. o/w Vg+.

Softcover / Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. Paperback. 506pp. p/back. V. lightly creased fr. cover o/w Vg+.

Softcover / Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 2nd edition. Paperback. Revised Edn. Eight 'spooks' (7 men, 1 woman) stories of 20th century espionage, some spies featured having had a real and lasting, if generally unknown, influence on world history. Includes amongst others : Richard Sorge and the beautiful 'Cynthia'; the Double Cross Agent, Tate; Stashinsky, a KGB assassin; the Venlo Incident and John Vassall, Geoffrey Prime etc. Illus., Bibliog. + Index. 299pp. p/back. Lightly browned pp. o/w Vg.

Softcover / Paperback. Zustand: Good. First edition. Softcover, 1st p/back edn. The author maintains that there was not one Ripper but two, colluding in blood, and that the reason for their deadly spree goes all the way to the top of Victorian society - touching even the Queen herself. He reveals the address of Edward VII's rented East End love-nest in the area where the killings took place - and we learn how the monarch, when Prince of Wales, along with his Establishment cronies, took prostitutes there. Was Mary Kelly killed to save the British Royal Family from scandal? And were the other murders part of a cover-up? Illus., Select Bibliog. and Index. 214pp. Trade size softcover. John Wilding was a contributor to the Grey House Books publication 'Who Was Jack the Ripper? A Collection of Present-Day Theories and Observations'. With signs of b/plate removal inside fr. cover. Due to poor storage, the book has a vertical 'curve', but no creasing to covers. G++.

Softcover / Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. Paperback. 458pp. (+ first chapter of 'The Chamber') mass market p/back. V. lightly creased covers o/w Vg+.

Softcover / Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Paperback. Corgi Reprint. Featuring Craig and Bentley. On November 2, 1952, Christopher Craig aged 16 and Derek Bentley aged 19 were trapped on the roof of a Croydon warehouse by police. What had begun as a petty robbery was to end in tragedy with the shooting and killing of PC Miles. The 2 teenagers were tried before Lord Goddard, and found guilty of Miles's murder. The armed Craig was too young to hang, but the unarmed Bentley was not. Derek Bentley was hanged as an example to the youth of the country, to check the frightening rise in post-war teenage crimes of violence. A terrible miscarriage of justice. Illus., Appendices, Sources and Index. 415pp. Insc. on first few pp. with names and 'phone nos. Vg.

Softcover / Paperback. Zustand: Good. First edition. Paperback, 1st edn. 180 true crime stories, quirky, gory, ingenious, bungled, or just plain horrifying, arranged in diary form. Illus. Quite well read. G+ with minimal creasing to covers.

Softcover / Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. Softcover. Bernie Goetz and the 1984 shootings on a New York subway train, when he was allegedly attacked by 4 black youths. Overnight, he became America's personification of the vigilante hero: one prepared to stand up against subway terrorism. With Afterword. 265pp. trade size softcover. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Lightly browned pp., sl. sunned covers o/w Vg+.