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2 volumes. 273; 289 pp. With frontispieces. Edited by George Mac Gregor. (8vo) 22.5x13.5 cm (9x5½"), original royal blue cloth, printed paper labels, untrimmed pages. No. 181 of 250 copies. First and only edition. 

Presentation copy, inscribed on the half-title: "To Prof. Dr. George Stevens, as a token of the esteem of the author." Graham (1724-1779) was a town-crier and pamphlet author in Glasgow and enjoyed an immense popularity. He is best remembered for his lengthy saga of the Jacobite rebellion, A Full, Particular and True Account of the Rebellion in the Years 1745-6, published in 1746 and considered “historically useful as the undoubted testimony of an eye-witness” (DNB). Owing to the ephemeral nature of his publications, most of his early pamphlets and chapbooks are unattainable today. This collection includes a lengthy critical biographical sketch by the editor.