Re: 'The Ultimate Jack the Ripper Companion'

[TheWickerMan]

According to Amazon, there is a new 800-page staggering edition of this book coming out in July. Is this really the case? I drool at the prospect!

[Mike Covell]

It certainly looks new and the page count is higher!
The New version shows 800 pages,
The Old version shows only 768!!

[Nothing to see]

Hey. I've got my original, 1988, well thumbed, much read, Jack The Ripper A to Z. It's falling to pieces.

But when I visited London last year I picked up books about Jack that I can't get at home.

However, "The Ultimate..." I've never heard of.

I hope I don't have to come back to London to buy.

[Mike Covell]

The "Ultimate" is a fine collection of the primary sources regarding the case, featuring the entire contents of the Scotland Yard Files covering the full series of the murders, and is a must for any serious researcher.

It is one of those books that you should leave on top of the rest, as you will go back to it time and time again!

[Nothing to see]

The "Ultimate" is a fine collection of the primary sources regarding the case, featuring the entire contents of the Scotland Yard Files covering the full series of the murders, and is a must for any serious researcher.

It is one of those books that you should leave on top of the rest, as you will go back to it time and time again!

It sounds brilliant Mike. Where can I go to get a copy? I don't live in the UK and specialist books on Jack don't get sold here. Which is why I roamed around the bookstores like Waterstones.

Author's names, publisher's names. I doubt that I'll find them but...

[Mike Covell]

The book is by Stewart P. Evans and Keith Skinner.
it is available in both Paperback and Hardback, although prices vary.
The New edition actually has two release dates on Amazon

May 09

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ultimate-Jack-Ripper-Sourcebook/dp/1849010579/ref=pd_cp_b_1_img?pf_rd_p=212521391&pf_rd_s=center-41&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=1602396663&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_r=0BT1KPXX5XP9QSMKR2W3

July 09

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1602396663/ref=s9_sips_c5_s2_p14_i1?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_r=0QYQJNN030AH3ZW1FTQY&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=463374953&pf_rd_i=468294

Search page

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_ss_b?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=The+Ultimate+Jack+the+Ripper+Companion&x=17&y=21

[DVV]

Hi Nts,
You'll find it. I ordered it while in France, but can't remember if it was by Amazon or Abebooks.
Ref:
Evans (Stewart P) / Skinner (Keith), 'The Ultimate JtR sourcebook', London, Robinson, 2000
whether you can get the American edition ('The ultimate JtR companion'), Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2000.

[Robert]

Does this mean that the previous edition will be re-named The Penultimate JTR Sourcebook?

[Nothing to see]

Thanks Mike and DVD. I have checked the sites out. I am waiting to get my hands on the Ultimate.

But I have to give a big thumbs up to a book I found at the Docklands Exhibition last year. Again, if I hadn't been in London I would never have known it existed.

'The London of Jack the Ripper Then and Now'

by Robert Clack and Philip Hutchinson. Foreward by Stewart P. Evans.

I visited the sites then checked them with this book.

There's nothing like walking around Jack's killing field, especially at night.

[DVV]

There's nothing like walking around Jack's killing field, especially at night.

Would you mind if I rather sip a cuba libre with a nice and fresh lady, on my favorite beach?

[Sam Flynn]

The New edition actually has two release dates on Amazon

May 09

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ultimate-Jack-Ripper-Sourcebook/dp/1849010579/ref=pd_cp_b_1_img?pf_rd_p=212521391&pf_rd_s=center-41&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=1602396663&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_r=0BT1KPXX5XP9QSMKR2W3

July 09
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1...pf_rd_i=468294

They're by different publishers! The May release version is published by Robinson Books, the July version by Skyhorse Publishing. The first has 758 pages just like my old, very well-thumbed, copy (also published by Robinson), but the Skyhorse edition has 800 pages.

Which is correct?

[Nothing to see]

Would you mind if I rather sip a cuba libre with a nice and fresh lady, on my favorite beach?

Now that's a tough one. Not about the lady and the beach.

It's just that I have to travel so far.

[The Grave Maurice]

It's a little tough, from the info we have, to figure out what's going on here, so we'll have to await the definitive word from SPE. What appears to be happening is that reprintings of the paperback edition are about to be issued. In the UK, the book will be published by its original publisher, Robinson. In the States, publication will be by Skyhorse which must have acquired the rights after the Carroll & Graf imprint was dropped a couple of years ago by its new owner, Perseus Books.

[John Malcolm]

This book is an absolute must for any serious student of the case. I've got four of them (one for almost every room in my house) because I use it so often.

[Sam Flynn]

Merci, Maurice... we'll have to wait until SPE confirms. If the Robinson has the same number of pages, then is it a revised edition, or a straightforward reprint? (Either way, I need to replace my copy!)