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Hardback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Four items, bound from the original parts - 'An Exposure of the Spy System Pursued in Glasgow During the Years 1816-17-18-19 and 20 with Copies of the Original Letters of Andrew Hardie', (in fifteen parts), 1832, [3], 4-242pp; 'The Trial of James Wilson for High Treason, With an Account of His Execution at Glasgow etc.etc.', 1832, (in three parts), [3], 4-48pp; 'Trial for Libel, in the Court of the Exchequer, Guildhall, London, etc. etc.', (in four parts), c.1835, [1], 2-64pp; Mackenzie, Peter, 'Reply to the Letter of Kirkman Finlay, Esq. on the Spy System', (in one part), 1833 (second edition), [3], 4-16pp. Slightly later cloth, with an old paper label to spine, rebacked, corners bumped and worn. Inner joints reinforced, browned and lightly foxed, frontispiece browned with some light water staining to edges, contents list in ink to front pastedown, with short note to ffep, but text is generally clean. First named with a portrait frontispiece of 'Richmond the Scottish Spy'. Coherent sammelband of pamphlets in parts relating to the Scottish 'radical war' of 1820, and the use / misuse of spies / agent provocateurs (see Beresford Ellis and Mac A'Ghobhainn, 'The Scottish Insurrection of 1820', passim). The libel trial relates to the naming of Richmond as a spy. Hardie was one of the leaders of the 'Scottish Insurrection' of 1820, where a mixture of desperate times for weavers, the aftermath of Peterloo and the Cato Street conspiracy and with the 'help' of agents provocateurs, led to a proclamation of a provisional government, leading to a short-lived strike and civil unrest. Hardie, with Baird, was convicted of high treason and was hanged and beheaded (apparently the last beheading in the UK) in Stirling, with many other transported to Australia. Goldsmiths' 27584 (Exposure); 27585 (Wilson); and 28200 (Reply) Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This is complicated so bear with me. Volume is a sammelband (collection) of four titles from the publisher Muir of Glasgow. Listed in order of binding: First title "Life of Thomas Paine" (1833) is not attributed but some OCLC participants attribute this to W. T. Sherwin (OCLC: 933006301). Second title "Rights of Man" (1833) requires no explanation. Next two titles written by Peter MacKenzie are rare and make up most of the value. Third title "Exposure of the Spy System" is the 1832 first edition of this work. Includes frontis of Hardie's grave. The fourth (final) title "Trial of James Wilson" is the 1832 first edition. The whole thing paginates: 48, viii, 104, [2], 242, 48. Bound in high quality quarter leather with marbled boards fine binding by Starr Bookworks. Defects are: page 21/22 of "Rights" has a repaired hole affecting a few words (inquire for an image); list of Paine's works has some check marks; title page of "Spy" has small edge tear not affecting anything. Feel free to inquire. Please see scans of the book you will receive. Note: publisher had some serious courage to publish this stuff when they did. The final two books pay tribute to people executed for treason only 12 years earlier. See Wikipedia Scottish "Radical War" for more info. Paine's works were an inspiration for the radicals and explains their presence here. There must be other copies of this sammelband out there but I have not located any which makes this rare. The "Hardie" work is particularly uncommon: none recorded at auction, none for sale.