Mackcoull James (4 results)
Language: English
Seller: K Books Ltd ABA ILAB, York, YORKS, United KingdomK Books Ltd ABA ILAB
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No Binding. Condition: Very Good. A splendid engraved portrait, printed in circa 1837. Plate Size Approx 10 x 7 Ins, 25 x 20 Cms. Engraved size approx 5 x 4 Ins, 13 x 10 Cms. Mounted and ready to frame. This is an excellent opportunity to purchase an attractive and decorative engraved portrait. By John Paton Kay (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by Printed for John Anderson, Jun., Edinburgh 1822
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Antiquates Ltd - ABA, ILAB, Wareham, Dorset, United KingdomAntiquates Ltd - ABA, ILAB
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First edition. vii, [1], 317, [5], 4pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece and four terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Modern navy half-morocco, marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt to spine, T.E.G. Marbled endpapers, contemporary gift inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf, very occasional manuscript cor…rections to text, scattered spotting. An account of the misdemeanours of notorious bank robber and confidence trickster, James Mackcoull. Mackcoull achieved a measure of popular fame owning to his ability to evade authorities and manipulate legal professionals. When finally caught, during attempted robbery of the Glasgow branch of the Paisley Union Bank in 1813, he charm would ensure he slipped the noose. Due to legal delays Mackcoull was not tried until six years after his arrest. Leaning on his celebrity status, he was able to persuade the judge to forego the death sentence. He died in prison of natural causes in December 1820. Size: 8vo.
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Seller: The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., ABAA ILAB, Clark, NJ, U.S.A.The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., ABAA ILAB
Contact seller5-star sellerEdinburgh: Printed for John Anderson, 1822. A Notorious Bank Robber and Confidence Man (and Folk Antihero) [Trial]. MackCoull, James, Defendant [1763-1820]. Memoir of the Life and Trial of James MackCoull, Or Moffat, Who Died in the County Jail of Edinburgh on the 22d December 1820; Containing a Full Account of His Trial Before…the Jury Court, And High Court of Justiciary, At Edinburgh, For Robbing the Branch of the Paisley Union Bank at Glasgow of Twenty-Thousand Pounds. Edinburgh: Printed for John Anderson, Jun. And London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, 1822. vii, [1], 317 pp. Etched copperplate portrait frontispiece. Folding table. Octavo (8-1/4" x 5"). Contemporary calf, blind rules to boards, raised bands, lettering piece and gilt fillets to spine, edges rouged. A few minor nicks and scratches and light rubbing to boards, slightly heavier rubbing to extremities, small scuff along front joint, which is starting at foot. Moderate toning to interior, light foxing to a few leaves, light dampspotting and offsetting to endleaves, offsetting from frontispiece to title page. A handsome copy. $350. * Only edition. Mackcoull, also known by the aliases Captain James Moffat and James Martin, was a notorious British bank robber and confidence man who lived in England, Ireland and Scotland. His ability to evade capture for most of the life, manipulate the courts and, when finally convicted, avoid the noose, led many to see him as a kind of folk antihero. The Memoir relates to the event that ended his career, the robbery of the Glasgow branch of the Paisley Union Bank in March 1813. After several legal delays he was tried six years later and sentenced to death on June 1819. However, the trial increased his celebrity and this enabled him to persuade the judge to repeal his death sentence. He died in prison of natural causes in December 1820. Grant, Cassell's Old and New Edinburgh II:279-280. "James Mackcoull, alias Moffat," Newgate Calendar (accessed online). Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School (1909) II:1136. Edinburgh: Printed for John Anderson, 1822 (illustrator).
Published by Edinburgh: Printed For John Anderson, Jun., & Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, London, 1822. 1822
- First Edition
Seller: D & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB), Toronto, ON, CanadaD & E LAKE LTD. (ABAC/ILAB)
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8vo. pp. vii, [1]errata, 317. etched frontis. portrait of Mackcoull by J.Horsburgh. folding table. contemporary half calf (joints cracked, spine defective, title & frontis. foxed). First Edition. Marke 995.
