Octavo. 31pp. A sensational, and salacious, account of Professor Webster, then-infamous for his conviction as the murderer of George Parkman, fellow Harvard lecturer. The Parkman-Webster case is typically considered the first instance of the use of forensic evidence for the identification of a body. The case was highly publicized, thanks in part to the notoriety of Webster and his victim and their prominence in Boston upper class and intellectual spheres. Scholars, however, have begun to question Webster's guilt, in no small part due to the compromised position of the judge who, it turns out, was a relative of Parkman. Engraved portraits of Webster and Parkman, as well as an image of Harvard's Medical College at North Grove Street. Bound in wrappers, with upper cover offering the much more titillating title, Extraordinary & Highly Interesting Life of Prof. John W. Webster. Wrappers toned as expected and with stray chips. Bound into later binding of floral cloth over boards. Inscribed by paper marbler, Richard Wolfe, to Estrellita Karsh, wife of photographer Yousuf Karsh.