Author: 'An Officer'
Title: Child Torture in Scotland
Description: Edinburgh, The Edinburgh Press, 1895. First edition. Leather. A vanishingly scarce first edition of this intriguing and shocking work of case files of cases of child tortures in Scotland, the copy of the dedicatee Candida Louisa the Marchioness of Tweeddale. The first edition.A vanishingly scarce work, with only two records of it being held institutionally, at the British Library and the National Library of Scotland.The copy owned by the dedicatee, with her ink inscription to the half-title. Candida Louisa, the Marchioness of Tweeddale, was the patroness of the Murrayfield Home. The frontispiece depicts her portrait. Candida Louisa was married to William Montagu Hay.The children's home at Murrayfield was erected in 1891 by the NSPCC, the Marchioness provided substantial support for the Home. The home was unusual for its time as it housed both boys and girls together up until the age of 14. Charmingly the house had its own pipe band that the children joined, known as the Lady Tweeddale's Pipers. The house closed down in 1908.An intriguing work, comprising of fourteen case studies of child abuse and neglect in Victorian Scotland. The shocking tales expose cases of child torture in Scotland, from children being drugged with chloroform by their mother, to the starvation of a child with learning difficulties, to the woes of the children of a miner with a drinking problem. Told in a dramatic and shocking manner this volume exposes the dark underbelly of Victorian society.This volume was undertaken by an Officer of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.Written anonymously.Illustrated with a frontispiece, nine plates, and four in-text photographs. In a full morocco binding. Externally, smart. A little rubbing to the spine and extremities. A few very light marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with a few very occasional spots. Prior owner's ink inscription to the half-title. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .
Keywords: Child Torture in Scotland scotland child torture candida louisa scotland Candida Louisa Bartolucci Not Stated
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Title: Child Torture in Scotland
Description: Edinburgh, The Edinburgh Press, 1895. First edition. Leather. A vanishingly scarce first edition of this intriguing and shocking work of case files of cases of child tortures in Scotland, the copy of the dedicatee Candida Louisa the Marchioness of Tweeddale. The first edition.A vanishingly scarce work, with only two records of it being held institutionally, at the British Library and the National Library of Scotland.The copy owned by the dedicatee, with her ink inscription to the half-title. Candida Louisa, the Marchioness of Tweeddale, was the patroness of the Murrayfield Home. The frontispiece depicts her portrait. Candida Louisa was married to William Montagu Hay.The children's home at Murrayfield was erected in 1891 by the NSPCC, the Marchioness provided substantial support for the Home. The home was unusual for its time as it housed both boys and girls together up until the age of 14. Charmingly the house had its own pipe band that the children joined, known as the Lady Tweeddale's Pipers. The house closed down in 1908.An intriguing work, comprising of fourteen case studies of child abuse and neglect in Victorian Scotland. The shocking tales expose cases of child torture in Scotland, from children being drugged with chloroform by their mother, to the starvation of a child with learning difficulties, to the woes of the children of a miner with a drinking problem. Told in a dramatic and shocking manner this volume exposes the dark underbelly of Victorian society.This volume was undertaken by an Officer of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.Written anonymously.Illustrated with a frontispiece, nine plates, and four in-text photographs. In a full morocco binding. Externally, smart. A little rubbing to the spine and extremities. A few very light marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with a few very occasional spots. Prior owner's ink inscription to the half-title. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .
Keywords: Child Torture in Scotland scotland child torture candida louisa scotland Candida Louisa Bartolucci Not Stated
Price: GBP 1500.00 = appr. US$ 2141.98 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 817P4
- Book number: 817P4
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