The Maul and the Pear Tree: The Ratcliffe Highway Murders 1811

New York: The Mysterious Press, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. SIGNED. 234pp. Octavo [24 cm] 1/4 blue cloth with orange paper over boards. Map endpapers. Mild edge wear to the spine and boards. In the dust jacket with minor wear. A true-life detective story set firmly in its historical context, this account of the Ratcliffe Highway murders recounts a series of crimes that were to nineteenth century London what the Jack the Ripper killings are to us today.

This copy is inscribed by P. D. James on the tipped-in half title.