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A 1951 first edition of this illustrated selection of Robert Burns’s poems, songs and epistles, edited by John McVie and illustrated by John Mackay. Published by Oliver and Boyd in Edinburgh and London. Includes “To a Haggis”, “To a Louse”, “Halloween” and “Holy Willie’s Prayer”, with notes and a glossary in the margins.
Bound in red cloth with gilt lettering on a dark green spine panel. The boards have scattered marks and rubbing, with wear at the corners and spine ends. The rear inner hinge has a visible split, and there is foxing to the rear endpapers and age toning to the page edges. Offered without a dust jacket.
The book measures approximately 22.3 cm high × 15.2 cm wide (8.8 × 6 in) and weighs 507 g unpacked.
Robert Burns Some Poems Songs and Epistles 1951 First Edition Illustrated
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Bound in red cloth with gilt lettering on a dark green spine panel. The boards have scattered marks and rubbing, with wear at the corners and spine ends. The rear inner hinge has a visible split, and there is foxing to the rear endpapers and age toning to the page edges. Offered without a dust jacket.
The book measures approximately 22.3 cm high × 15.2 cm wide (8.8 × 6 in) and weighs 507 g unpacked.