William Roughead Editor (36 results)

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket Former Library book. (trials, scotland, murder, trial transcripts ) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. From Wikipedia: Oscar Joseph Slater (1872 1948) was the victim of a notorious miscarriage of justice in Scotland. Wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to death, he was freed after almost two decades of hard labour at Scotland's HM Prison Peterhead through the efforts of multiple journalists, lawyers, and writers, including Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The first edition of this book in 1910 was instrumental in challenging the fairness of the verdict. This copy is good in green cloth, with gilt titles on the spine. Ex-library, with typical library stamps and labels. The binding is sound, and except for the library indications, the text is clean and unmarked. FO22. Third Edition with new introduction and appendices.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good square copy, light marks to boards, corners rubbed, light age spotting.

Octavo, xii+326pp, illustrated, rebound blue cloth-backed blueish marbled boards, previous owner stamps on endpapers and underneath textblock, some foxing, a very good copy, . In the series: NOTABLE BRITISH TRIALS.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages unmarked. Covers mottled along edges. Fore edges spotted. Spotting along edges of pages. Discoloration on end pages. Some of the glossy pages are wrinkled. Binding firm.

Red Cloth Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 1929. x, 326pp. B&W illustrations. "John Donald Merrett, a University student, was tried in the High Court of Justiciary at Edinburgh in February, 1927, for the murder of his mother and for uttering forged cheques upon her banking account. His trial which lasted for seven days, is by far the most notable Scottish 'cause célèbre' of post-war years. It abounds in psychological, evidential and medico-legal problems, and provides a story strange and arresting in motif. Finally, it is a most amazing mystery, which the jury's verdict on the murder charge entirely failed to resolve". Publisher's red cloth with gilt titles to spine. General shelf wear and light soiling to spine. Offsetting to endpapers. Previous owner's name to ffep.

Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A scattering of small dents on the rear of the boards which otherwise have little signs of wear. The pages immediately next to the front and rear free endpapers have heavy browning and there is some light foxing on the endpapers. The page edges are also browned. Otherwise the pages are clean and largely unmarked. First printing. No jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. Boards have significant scuffing on front and back, and bumping on tips. Some fading and wear on the spine. Internal contents are clean. Previous owner's name on inside front board. Owner's inscription as a presentation copy to Chief Judge Harold M Stephens by Elinor Woodward on May 12, 1950. All books shipped in cardboard and packed with care.

Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Lettering faded on spine. Small red stain on front panel. Light surface marking and edge rubbing to boards. Previous owner's name in pencil on front free endpaper. Browning to page edges and endpapers. Binding reasonably tight. First printing. No jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First. From Wikipedia: Mary Blandy(c. 1720 1752) was an eighteenth century British murderer. In 1751, she poisoned her father, Francis Blandy, with arsenic. She claimed that she thought the arsenic was a love potion that would make her father approve of her relationship with William Henry Cranstoun, an army officer and son of a Scottish nobleman. On Easter Monday, 6 April 1752, Blandy was hanged outside Oxford Castle prison for the crime of parricide. Her case attracted a great deal of attention from the press. Many pamphlets claiming to be the "genuine account" or the "genuine letters" of Mary Blandy were published in the months following her execution. The reaction among the press was mixed. While some believed her version of the story, most thought that she was lying. The debate over whether or not she was morally culpable for her crime continued for years after her death. In the nineteenth century, her case was re-examined in several texts with a more sympathetic light, and people began to think of her as a "poor lovesick girl". This copy is very good in green cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Ex-library with typical library stamps and labels. Sturdy library rebinding with reinforced hinges. Very slight wear at the corners. Except for the library indications, the text is quite clean and unmarked. FO22.

Hardcover. Condition: VG-. 3rd Edition. 338 pages in very good condition; foxing on the outer edges and endpapers. Many illustrations. Red hardcovers with black spine titles. Spine a little faded and worn, corners lightly bumped. VG-. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1914 1st Edition. Very Good Hardback Book with No Dust Jacket. A square, tight and clean copy except for name of previous owner. Lightly bumped extremeties. Frontispiece has loosened. 210pp. 8vo. (E).

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. 306 pages in good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked with black and white plates throughout. Several plates and signatures are detached from the binding. Previous owner's signature in pencil on the ffep. Front endpaper is darkened. Page edges are darkened. Bound in red cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Worn around the edges. Faded on the spine. 2nd Edition. G+/- -. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 326 pages in very good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked. Previous owner's signature on the ffep. Foldout plate at the back of the book. Page edges are darkened and lightly smudged. Bound in red cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Lightly bumped and worn around the edges. Faded and lightly stained on the spine. 1ST EDITION. VG/- -. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Hardback in Very Good condition without dust jacket. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 285 pages. * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided *.

Cloth. Condition: Good/Very Good. Notable Scottish Trials A firm copy with moderate browning , owners signature (dated 31.3.06) on fep, the stamp of the Sunderland Incorporated Law Society on a few pages. Boards a little marked, spine a little worn and sunned Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 210 pages in very good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked with occasional black and white plates throughout. Page edges are darkened with scuffed gilt on top. Bound in red cloth with gilt titles on the spine. Darkened on the spine. Lightly worn and bumped around the edges. SCARCE. VG/- -. Book.

8vo. pp. x, [1 leaf], 326. 14 illus. (1 folding). later cloth (rubbed). First Edition. Notable British Trials Series.

Cloth. Condition: Good/Very Good. Third Edition (Revised). Revised British Trials series. A bright firm copy wih moderate tanning to the endpapers and some dustiness to the edges of the textblock. Binding firm. A little wear to the spine. Scans available Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cloth. Condition: Good/Very Good. Notable English Trials series. A bright firm copy, teg, with slight browning. Scans available Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

hard cover. Condition: Very Good. No jacket. New York:The John Day Company. 1927. xi+280pp. Illustrated. Hardcover.  Black boards, with title in gilt on spine, lightly soiled and shelfworn with spine ends lightly worn. Internally, a very good, clean copy, free of previous owners marks or signatures, with an old bookseller ticket to inside front board.  The binding is tight with hinges intact. .

8vo. pp. xi, [1], 402. 10 illus. (1 folding). cloth (discoloured, spine ends frayed). Second Edition (Revised). Notable British Trials Series.

8vo. pp. lxiii, 338. 18 illus. (2 folding). cloth (spine faded). Fourth Edition. Notable British Trials Series.

Cloth. Condition: Good/Very Good. Notable British Trials series. Undated but preface signed in May 1926. A firm copy, evidently seldom read, some tanning to endpapers, edges of textblock dusty, cover bright with a little wear to the spine. Scans available Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

(The Arran Murder). Pp. xiv+286(last blank), frontispiece, plus 11 plates, the title page printed in red & black, appendices; demy 8vo; rebound in series style in later red cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, the boards slightly sprung, cloth lightly bubbled adjacent to spine, fore-corners of boards slightly bruised; later endpapers, occasional slight soiling; William Hodge & Company, Limited, Edinburgh, 1932. Notable British Trials series. *Trial in the High Court of Justiciary, Edinburgh, November 1889, for the murder of Edwin Robert Rose.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good/Very Good. Notable British Trials series. The book is bright and firm with slight browning. The dj (clipped) has moderate wear and some fading towards the spine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

8vo. pp. xiii, [1 leaf], 257, [1 leaf]. 13 illus. (1 folding). cloth (shaken, discoloured). First Roughead Edition. Notable British Trials Series.

8vo. pp. x, [1 leaf], 280 + 15(ads). 13 illus. cloth. (tiny tear at head of spine). First Canadian Edition. Notable British Trials Series.

Pp. [xii]+210+[2](blank, colophon), frontispiece, 9 plates, the title page printed in red & black, appendices; demy 8vo; red cloth, spine lettered in black, boards faintly scuffed, spine slightly soiled; book label of David Levine, Sydney, and bookseller's sticker on upper pastedown, scattered foxing, heavy at times; William Hodge & Company, Edinburgh, 1914[?]. Probably a later printing. Notable English Trials series. *Mary Blandy was tried at the Oxford Assizes in 1752 for the murder of her father, Francis Blandy.

4th edition. orig.cloth Some rubbing. Small light stain to rear cover. Good. 15 photoplates; folding plan 23x14cm, xiii,338(15)pp, Series: Notable British Trials. Slater [1872 - 1948] defendant tried in May 1909 for the murder of Miss Marion Gilchrist [1826 - 1908]. Some rubbing. Small light stain to rear cover. Good.