The Truth About Oscar Slater (With the Prisoner's Own Story).
London: Psychic Press, 1926.
Introduction by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. 8vo, blue cloth. London: The Psychic Pres, n.d. (1926). First Edition.
An account of a famous miscarriage of judgement in Scotland. Conan Doyle was involved in helping to clear the man who was wrongfully convicted of murder, a case in which anti-semetism played a part. Enclosed is a postcard, written on both sides and signed by Conan Doyle, to a Mr. Reade, referring to the case "....It is clear that the Advocate General...was told about the facts by the police & deliberately manipulated them...He would, I think, have truly been a murderer had OS been hanged.) About 90 words. Ownership signature and bookplate of Vincent Starrett.
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine / Very Good(+)
Edition: First
Language: English
Price: $3,500.00
Item #251244