Item #139524 THE TRIAL OF JAMES STEWART in Aucharn in Duror of Appin, for the Murder of Campbell of Glenure . . James Stewart.
THE TRIAL OF JAMES STEWART in Aucharn in Duror of Appin, for the Murder of Campbell of Glenure . . .

THE TRIAL OF JAMES STEWART in Aucharn in Duror of Appin, for the Murder of Campbell of Glenure . . .

Pp. [iv]+288+150(last blank), folding engraved frontispiece map, appendix; [with] A SUPPLEMENT TO THE TRAIL OF JAMES STEWART. Containing Papers omitted by the Publishers of the Trial; Observations on the Trial, with Anecdotes relating thereto; James Stewart's Dying Speech, and a few Particulars respecting his Behaviour... Pp. iv+84(last blank); later (not recent) half calf, spine decorated in blind between raised bands, gilt lettered black leather title label, early marbled papered boards, lightly worn, spine a trifle faded; hinges reinforced, armorial bookplate of D. Monypenny on upper pastedown, a couple of small edge splits to map, Supplement title page cropped, some foxing, occasional soiling; G. Hamilton & J. Balfour, Edinburgh, 1753. First editions. *The 1752 murder which inspired Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped. (Suspects included Allan Breck Stewart). The bookplate is presumably that of the eminent Scottish lawyer David Monypenny (1769-1851). Item #139524

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