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8vo. 306pp. Original wrappers, a very good copy. . First edition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Australian ediiton. 180 pages. cover worn and spottd.

From the Macqueen-Pope papers. (See his entry in the Oxford DNB.) The Clan Chattan Association is a confederation of highland clans. 2pp, 4to. In fair condition, lightly aged, with slight creasing to one corner, and rust staining from paperclip. Folded twice for postage. Addressed to MP's London address in Coventry Street. 'I've heard about your James MacQueen. His name appears in quite a few locally published papers &c. on Culloden. His new teeth are quite famous up here.' He accepts the proposal for an article: 'if you could go to 900-1000 words I'd be happy'. He reports: 'Our President - The Mackintosh, has just been returned unopposed as representative of the parish of Moy & Dalarossie on Inverness County Council. He was also the other day commissioned as a Deputy Lieutenant. / During the last two years of the Home Guard I commanded a platoon - about 300 strong! - located outside Inverness and mostly in the Mackintosh country'. He names locations, adding: 'I had a big number of MacQueen's in the platoon. About half dozen in the Farr section were very strict Wee Frees and wouldn't turn out to drill on the "Sabbath", our chief day for drills!' He continues with reference to 'a coast defence battery' he recruited, and ends with reference to his recent ill-health.…