London: John Sharpe, 1824. xii, 255[i]pp. Printed by C. Whittingham, Chiswick. 4 steel engraved plates.Some foxing but mostly unaffected except frontis. plate which is heavily foxed.Fine full tree calf binding with gilt borders and titles with a finely dec. gilt spine and a red morocco label. A complete volume of the poems.[not the songs!]. Original Edition. Hardback. V.g.. 12mo.

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On Jan 25 2019, a reader said:

I have a book of the rare edition of the kilmarnock burns poems published 1786. I also have.the poetical works of robert burns XXXIV

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Bookseller: Thomas Rare Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: GT1083
Title: POEMS Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect
Author: Burns, Robert
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - V.g.
Edition: Original Edition
Publisher: John Sharpe
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1824
Size: 12mo
Bookseller catalogs: Literature;

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Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
Morocco: Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
12mo: A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Calf: Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....