LOT 3069
21st July 2021
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LOT 3069
[STEVENSON, Robert Louis.] The Trial of James Stewart in Aucharn in Duror of Appin, for the murder of Colin Campbell of Glenure. Edinburgh: for G. Hamilton and J. Balfour, 1753. First edition, small 4to (190 x 118mm.) Folding map, appendix. (Map bound at rear with tape repairs to verso, lacking leaf Gg5, ink stain to N2, marginal tears to Gg2 and Nn2, a later tipped-in front blank, browning, minor soiling.) Contemporary calf, red morocco lettering piece to the spine (rubbing to extremities). Note: James Stewart was hung while proclaiming his innocence. Robert Louis Stevenson used a fictionalised account of the murder in his novel 'Kidnapped'. The case has failed to rest. As recently as 2008 there were attempts to re-open the investigation and prove James Stewart's innocence. Provenance: Society of Procurators, Perth (bookplate to front pastedown).
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