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Highways and Byways of Jack the Ripper, The (Riley, 2001)
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Highways and Byways of Jack the Ripper, The (Riley, 2001)
Author: Stephen P. Ryder
Tuesday, 04 September 2001 - 04:41 pm |        | 
Peter Riley
The Highways and Byways of Jack the Ripper
P & D Riley, 2001. 40pp. ISBN 1874712492
Another self-published book by Peter Riley. This book in different from its predecessors in that it is not intended to be an examination so much of a particular suspect or theory, but rather an overview of the environs in which the murders took place. Riley fills every page with photographs of various Whitechapel locations, some from 1888, some from the 1930s, others from the 1970s and modern day. A handsome little photo-book, useful for those who have never seen the murder sites in real life.
Ordering information:
Copies are £4.99 each plus £1 postage and packing (UK) or US$12 including airmail costs. Paymetn must be either in sterling or cash if overseas currency. Orders should be sent to P & D Riley, 12 Bridgeway East, Cheshire, WA7 6LD, England. |
Author: Jon
Tuesday, 04 September 2001 - 04:47 pm | | | If this is a collage of contemporary, or near contemporary photo's, hopefully some not previously published, then it has an inherent value right there. |
Author: Christopher T George
Wednesday, 05 September 2001 - 09:51 am | | Hi, all:
I would like to mention that in Peter Riley's book The Highways and Byways of Jack the Ripper, my partner on "Jack--The Musical," French composer Erik Sitbon, is shown seated in Riley's modern-day view of Mitre Square along with Lisa Marshall who plays Annie Chapman in our show, and her husband Patrick! Erik, Lisa, and Patrick happened to be in the square on their tour of the murder sites some weeks ago when Peter was in the square taking shots for his book! From the page of the book that I have seen, showing the modern-day view of the square alongside the 1888 newspaper sketch of the finding of Catherine Eddowes' body, it seems that Riley's book will have value to those of us who study the murders. The book is also very nicely priced, in itself an attractive quality!
As a little aside, Runcorn where Mr. Riley lives is an industrial town on the Mersey east of Liverpool, between that city and Manchester. There was a transporter bridge there, that ran across the river suspended from cables in the earlier decades of the twentieth century which was the subject of a famous monologue by comedian and raconteur Stanley Holloway called "Tuppence Per Person Per Trip." Dr. Tumblety also had relatives in Runcorn which were named in his 1903 St. Louis will.
Best regards
Chris George |
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