
Lot 12•
BURNS (ROBERT) Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, Edinburgh, for the author, and sold by William Creech
14 June 2017, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £937.50 inc. premium
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BURNS (ROBERT)
Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, second (first Edinburgh) edition, with 22 additional poems, misprint 'Boxburgh' for 'Roxburgh' on p. xxxvii in list of subscribers, corrected reading of 'skinking' (in "To a Haggis") on p.263, engraved portrait bound before half-title, offsetting and browning at beginning and end, short tear with loss to upper margin of b1, occasional foxing, contemporary calf, red morocco spine label, joints repaired, preserved in cloth folder and matching blue quarter morocco slipcase with gilt panelled spine, 8vo, Edinburgh, for the author, and sold by William Creech
Footnotes
Provenance: Richard Shawe, Casino House, Dulwich Hill, Surrey; Edward B. King, bookplates.