Child Torture in Scotland, Edinburgh, 1895, 8vo, contemporary red morocco. FIRST EDITION, THE DEDICATEE'S COPY. The author is unknown. RARE.

Child Torture in Scotland. By an Officer of the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Edinburgh: The Edinburgh Press, 1895. 8vo (174 x 120mm). Half title, half tone portrait frontispiece of the book's dedicatee "The Most Hon. The Marchioness of Tweeddale, Patroness of the Murrayfield Home," half tone illustrations, some full-page (some very light spotting and staining). Contemporary full red morocco gilt, marbled endpapers, gilt edges [?specially bound for the dedicatee] (extremities rubbed). Provenance: CANDIDA LOUISA, MARCHIONESS OF TWEEDDALE (1858-1925) (signature dated 1895 on half title); from the Collection of the late Professor Bernard Nevill (1930-2019). FIRST EDITION, THE DEDICATEE'S COPY, of this work which describes, and illustrates, harrowing cases of cruelty to children in Scotland. The author is unknown. RARE.