The Riddle of the Ruthvens and Other Studies.
Roughead, William. The Riddle of the Ruthvens and Other Studies. Edinburgh: W. Green & Son, Limited, 1919. xiii, 544, iii pp. With 13 illustrations. Original blue cloth with gilt spine. Deckle edges. Moderately worn with some rubbing to spine. Slight bowing to boards. Rear hinge slightly cracked but secure. Bookplate of Adrian Homer Goldstone to front pastedown. A good copy. $50. * Contents: The Riddle of the Ruthvens; Two Justice-clerks: The Real Braxfield; The Husband of Lady Grange; The Pack of the Travelling Merchant; Rogues Ancient and Modern: Auld Auchindrayne; "Antique" Smith; The Abduction of Jean Kay; The Weird Sisterhood: The Witches of North Berwick; Bargarran's Daughter; The Devil in Pittenweem; The Law and Mrs. Yelverton; Footnotes to the "Heart of Midlothian": Nichol Muschet; His Crim and Cairn; The Master of Sinclair and the Fifteen; The Toll of the "Speedy Return"; A Brace of Scoundrels: The Adventures of David Haggart; Mackcoull and the Begbie Mystery; With Braxfield on the Bench; A Note on Robert Fergusson.
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