Lang, Andrew — Pickle the Spy (Jacobite History)

Longmans, Green and Co, 1897. Hardcover. xv+342p +32p publishers catalogue.Lang's book revealed that Pickle the spy was Alastair Ruadh MacDonell, which had been a secret agent of the Hanovarians since his release from the Tower of London in 1747. The book is tight and clean but toning of the verso of the fep and a gift inscription on the half title. The cloth boards with a gilt motif are faded, more so on the spine with some wear at the spine ends. See scans. . Near Very Good