• Publication: The Harlot KillerPublication Record # 828729
• Editor: Allan Barnard
• Date: date unknown
• Catalog ID: 797
• Publisher: Dell
• Price:
  $0.35^?$: US dollar
• Pages: 224
• Format:
  pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
• Type: ANTHOLOGY
• Cover: The Harlot Killer (1953) • by Bill George (artist)
• Notes: Later printing - the only difference from the previous printings appear to be the price printed on the cover ($0.35 here). Anthology of stories and essays about Jack the Ripper. May be sub-titled "the story of Jack the Ripper in fact and fiction". "Jack, El Destripador" is an extract from an anonymous 1928 Spanish novel of that name. It was translated by Anthony Boucher & originally published in "The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes"(1944). Page numbers from an online copy of the contents page.

Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

• 7 • Introduction (The Harlot Killer) • (1953) • essay by William George
• 19 • Murder Unlimited • (1945) • short fiction by Alan Hynd
• 27 • The Alarm Bell • (1947) • short fiction by Donald Henderson
• 36 • The Intruder • (1948) • short fiction by William Sansom
• 53 • The Stripper • (1945) • short story by Anthony Boucher
• 67 • The Jack-the-Ripper Murders • (1947) • essay by Richard Barker
• 114 • Love Story • (1951) • short story by Kay Rogers
• 118 • The Hands of Mr. Ottermole • non-genre • (1929) • novelette by Thomas Burke
• 140 • In the Fourth Ward • (1950) • short fiction by Theodora Benson
• 147 • The Lodger • non-genre • (1953) • novelette by Marie Belloc Lowndes [as by Mrs. Marie Belloc Lowndes]
• 184 • "Frenchy"—Ameer Ben Ali • (1932) • essay by Edwin M. Borchard
• 192 • Jack El Destripador • (1944) • short story by Anonymous
• 195 • Jack the Ripper • (1936) • essay by Edmund Pearson
• 203 • Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper • (1943) • short story by Robert Bloch