Completely new: can you point me in the right direction?

[babybird67]

i just got a bargain on ebay

99p for a copy of The Crimes of Jack the Ripper, Paul Roland!

Delivered yesterday...already half way through. I like the wealth of illustrations/pictures and the references to contemporary sources. (He also acknowledges the help of Casebook)

[DVV]

Paid $30 for the Evans & Rumbelow but it's worth it.

Roy

Indeed, Roy !
But I got it at 10,06 euros.
I'm ashamed.

Amitiés,
David

[halomanuk]

Absolutely David,it's amazing how so many of the Ripper experts see things differently as we all do on here.
Frustrating and interesting at the same time !!

[DVV]

It has to be Sugden's book..brilliantly written,unbiased and covers all the details needed to bring you into the history of Victorian London 1888...

Yes Halomanuk,
but once you've read Sugden, you must read Begg.
It's amusing to see how they differ in some respects.
Sugden votes Chapman, Begg Kosminski.
Sugden tends to dismiss Ada Wilson as a possible early victim, Begg tends to include her.
Sugden makes Lawende the seaside witness; for Begg, it's Schwartz.
Sugden goes with the Met's wording for the GSG, Begg goes with the City Police...

Amitiés,
David

[DVV]

Evans and Rumbelow "JtR. Scotland Yard investigates" is a must.
And it's wonderfully illustrated.

Amitiés,
David

[halomanuk]

It has to be Sugden's book..brilliantly written,unbiased and covers all the details needed to bring you into the history of Victorian London 1888...

[Graham]

Tom Cullen is, in my opinion, highly under-rated. 'Autumn of Terror' is very well worth a read.

As is Dan Farson's book, Jack The Ripper if you can still find a copy. To me, he is the 'forgotten' JtR authority.

Cheers,

Graham

[Roy Corduroy]

Just ordered Fido's book for only $6 plus freight.

Tom Cullen was only $2. He had an entertaining style.

Paid $30 for the Evans & Rumbelow but it's worth it. Same for the Clack & Hutchinson.

Roy

[Khanada]

The books others have already suggested, plus Neal Shelden's The Victims of Jack the Ripper (I think that's the proper title; my copy is downstairs in my purse) -- Neal's book is a must-have, I believe, just as much as Sugden. And also I would suggest Donald Rumbelow's Jack The Ripper: The Complete Casebook -- I think the updated version is The Complete Jack the Ripper, but I don't have that one yet, so I wouldn't want to swear to it. (It's partially a sentimental choice -- Rumbelow's Complete Casebook was my first Ripper book. Also, my original copy travelled very well.)

Also Jack the Ripper: Scotland Yard Investigates by Stewart P. Evans and Donald Rumbelow.

[synicalx]

I'd highly recomend Jack the Ripper, The Casebook to go along with either Begg or Sudgen. It's a tad short on words, but has amazing facsimile's of police reports, Ripper letters etc. as well as some decent high-res photos. Not so great on it's own as it's not very long, but worth having alongside any fact-only JTR book even if only for the coolness factor

[John Malcolm]

There are also a couple (at least) of books that you can look at without worrying about taking up shelf space:

The very rare Jack the Myth by A.P. Wolf can be found on the Casebook at:

http://casebook.org/ripper_media/book_reviews/non-fiction/jackmyth.fulltext.html

and another odd contribution to the world of Ripper media:

http://casebook.org/ripper_media/rps.malcolm.html

[RJM]

http://forum.casebook.org/showthread.php?t=2083

[NextJenn]

Thank you I will be off to the second hand store I shop at first thing in the morning!..if not, I shall be placing my order online tonight. I am a little worried, I have far too many bookcases in my tiny student house...I collect everything, but this is a subject that has fascinated me for so long, I'm taking the plunge!

[Sam Flynn]

That's a good-looking shopping list, Jenn, although I'd suggest you just get Begg's The Facts for now - it's the more recent of his books, and covers a lot more ground. You can always get the Definitive History later, if (when!) you get bitten by the "completist" bug

[NextJenn]

I'm looking in the right direction then! I have on my shopping list:

The complete history of JTR by Sugden,
JTR: The facts and JTR: Definative History by Begg,
JTR Source Book and JTR: letters for hell by Evans and Skinner

What do you think? Thank you for your responses, very quick