TRIAL OF SAMUEL HERBERT DOUGAL.
Edited by F. Tennyson Jesse. Pp. xiv+236, frontispiece, plus 18 plates, folding plan at end, appendices; red cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, publisher's device in blind at centre of upper board, the boards a trifle marked, edges lightly rubbed, top fore-corners slightly bruised; upper hinge starting, small surface graze to upper free endpaper, short closed tear to fore-edge of plate opposite p. 26, a little light foxing and occasional slight soiling; William Hodge & Company, Limited, Edinburgh, 1928. First edition. Notable British Trials series. *Trial at the Essex summer assizes, June, 1903, for the murder of Camille Cecile Holland. This copy is inscribed and signed by the editor to E. H. W. Meyerstein on blank preliminary leaf. Edward Harry William Meyerstein (1889-1952) wrote poetry, short stories, occasional music criticism, and a biography of Thomas Chatterton. Item #145151
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