The Suicide's Grave: Being the Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, With a Detail of Curious Traditionary Facts and Other Evidence by the Editor
London: J. Shiells & Co., 1895.
First complete, uncensored edition. [x], 266 pp. with tissue-guarded photogravures by R. Easton Stuart. Green cloth with dark green stamping and gilt lettering on spine, gilt topstain. Very Good+, toned spine with a little fraying along back edge, hinges a bit free. A very nice copy.
First published anonymously in 1824 to little notice, Scottish writer James Hogg's unusual novel Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (as it is generally known) achieved wide recognition only with this unexpurgated edition.
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