Marion Leslie: a story
Beaton, Patrick Beaton, Rev. Patrick. Marion Leslie: a story. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1863. (2)307; (2)323; (2)368 pp. + an 8-page publisher's catalogue at the end of Vol. III. Three vols., 8vo, original green cloth (traces of rubbing). First edition. A novel of romance and murder, set in an isolated part of the north-east coast of Scotland. This is the author's only work of fiction. Rev. Beaton seems to have worked for a time as a missionary; in 1859 he published an account of five years spent in Mauritius, and in the following appeared his description of a six-month's holiday in Reunion. A fine copy of a rare title; the NUC lists two copies (IU, NjP). Not in Wolff. 1863
£500
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