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"The Trial of Mungo Campbell Before the High Court of Justiciary in Scotland for the Murder of Alexander Earl of Eglintoun" WITH "Information for Mungo Campbell"

2 works bound together - [4], 111pp + [6], 146pp. Quarter morocco and cloth, title in gilt to spine. Very minor wear to extremities, spine very slightly faded. Internally some browning to endpapers, title and half-title lightly water-stained to fore-edge, the second work is lightly waterstained to fore-edge, some light browning. Includes a map and a key to the map in the 'Information' part. Scarce, no copy with same pagination located on estc (the Information for Mungo Campbell seemingly only calls for 76pp). "What is known is that when, on 24 October 1769, Eglinton saw Campbell on Ardrossan beach with a musket, he had already warned him against carrying weapons on his land. The earl rode up with some servants and challenged Mungo to hand over his piece, chiding him in the process for suspected poaching. Campbell refused absolutely, and backed away from the earl, who continued to demand the weapon while also calling for his own musket to be brought to him. As the stand-off continued Campbell stumbled over a rock and discharged his weapon as he fell. The ball struck the earl in the stomach, inflicting what he himself immediately recognized as a fatal wound. Having been taken back by carriage to Eglinton Castle the earl died of his wounds in the early hours of 25 October. Campbell himself was found guilty of murder at the high court of justiciary in Edinburgh on 27 February 1770, but escaped execution by hanging himself in his cell on the night of 1 March" (Oxford DNB)

Bookseller reference : 15025

'twenty-Five Years Ago: Memory of the General Strike' in Labour Monthly

The Trinity Trust, 1951, First Edition. Card Covers . Journal / Magazine, 48pp, article in Labour Monthly June 1951 (full issue) , Good.

Bookseller reference : 7974

26th Congress Report

Communist Party, 1959, First Edition. Card Covers . Pamphlet, 72pp , Good.

Bookseller reference : 3011

27th Communist Party Congress Report

Communist Party, 1961, First Edition. Card Covers . Pamphlet, 76pp , Good.

Bookseller reference : 3012

27th National Congress - Report of the Executive Committee

24pp, slightly browned

Bookseller reference : 2720

29th Communist Party Congress Report (1965)

Communist Party, 1966, First Edition. Card Covers . Pamphlet, 72pp, previous owners name to top of front cover, lining and marginalia to text , Good.

Bookseller reference : 10331

29th Communist Party Congress Report (1965)

Communist Party, 1966, First Edition. Card Covers . Pamphlet, 72pp, staples rusted , Good.

Bookseller reference : 4778

31st National Congress - Report of the Executive Committee

20pp, pages slightly browned

Bookseller reference : 2717

A Better Future for Defence Jobs! - A TGWU Strategy for Arms Conversion

36pp

Bookseller reference : 3365

A Better Future for Defence Jobs! - A TGWU Strategy for Arms Conversion

36pp

Bookseller reference : 3881

A Letter from the King

64pp, stitched. Covers a little grubby and worn, edges chipped and worn, stitching broken, but just holding. Internally some contemporary notes to margins in pencil, occasional light dust-staining. "A ficticious letter, purporting to be by George IV, concerning his attampt to divorce Queen Caroline" (COPAC)

Bookseller reference : 14943

A Lie Too Far - Searchlight, Hepple and the Left

54pp

Bookseller reference : 4471

A List of the Royal Military College at Sandhurst - Corrected to 1st May 1848

London, Parker and Co. 1848, First Thus. Hardback , 12mo. 32pp, original cloth with original printed label to front cover. Small loss of cloth to front cover, slightly rubbed, internally bright and clean. Attractive engraved title. Scarce, COPAC shows none of this year and only three copies of any edition , Good+.

Bookseller reference : 17257