Search Results: the works of robert burns by robert burns allan

New York: American Publishers Corp. Book. Good. Decorative Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Light green cloth, decorated in gilt and black. Tanned along edges and spine panel. Cloth flecked, with surface rubbing. Interior quite toned but otherwise intact. 584 pp. Undated, but appears to be circa 1910..

Cochrane and McCrone, 1834. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1834. No Edition Remarks. 345 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Volume 2. Binding is loose, though pages remain attached. Pages are moderately tanned. Boards have heavy edge-wear with substantial bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Book has a slight forward lean. Strong tanning to spine and edges. Mild mottling to boards.

Virtue & Co. Very Good. People's edition. Hardcover. Hardcover, book plate, Part 5. From poem LXIX to poem LXXXI, 12 poems, looks like the wraps were bound into boards, boards VG pages clean unfoxed title darkened, else VG. This gives a taste of his poetry. Circa 1870? ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

John W. Lovell. Hardcover. Good. [nd], ca 1880, due to the Astor Place address of the publisher. Blue cloth with titling and decoration in black and gilt, with shelf-wear, light edgewear, sunning to spine. Spine square. Binding sound. Newsclippings adhered to fly leaves. Prior owner's name stamped at fly leaf and title page. Interior else clean, text unmarked.

Virtue & Co., 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 422 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Contains black and white plates throughout. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Water staining to pages throughout. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Cracking to hinges and gutters, leaving netting exposed. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Visible crushing to spine ends. Some tanning to spine and edges. Small splits to spine ends. Water staining to all.

Wentworth Press, 2016. Paperback. Like New. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Philadelphia and NY: Geo. S. Appleton, 1851 Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. "With a new life of the poet, and notices, critical and biographical" by Cunningham. Gilt decorated binding has corner, spine-end and edge wear, minor rub marks; binding is starting to loosen; small dampstain on top corner of rear pages..

London: George Virtue. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2. Good. Undated. No reference to a second volume. Embellished Edition. Leather boards decorated with gilt. Gilt page edges. Raised bands on spine. Boards show wear and soiling. Previous owner nameplate on pastedown page. Binding is solid, but front hinge is a little loose. Plates intact. Minor foxing.

E.H. butler & co, 1868. Book. Very Good+. Full-Leather. In gilt tooled leather with rubbing to leather on spine. Marbled endpapers. Raised bands on spine..

New York: John B. Alden, 1883. Hard Bound. Very Good. Very good in brown cloth-covered boards with nouveau art design in black stamped to front board and spine and decorative title with gold background. Gold-tipped page edges. Some wear to board extremities, light soiling to boards, small surface tear toward bottom gutter of front fly page and brief starting at hinge in same location. Name of former owner lightly written to front endpaper and words "Christmas 1885" to rear endpaper, both in light pencil. Light foxing on the endpapers but NO FOXING NOR MARKINGS to interior. In remarkably sound condition.

Boston: Phillips, Sampson, and Co.. Very Good+. 1856. Hardcover. 542 pp; Full leather binding. Minor edge wear on spine and corners, binding is weak near the front but is tight overall. Previous owner's name on front endpage. An attractive book. ; Always Delivery Confirmation. 35 Years Fast Excellent Service. We Know How To Pack Books. .

London: George Virtue, 1840. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket as Issued. W.H. Bartlett and T. Allom; Various. First Edition. Dark brown half leather cover with marbleized boards. Illustrated with woodcut engravings, many with tissue guards. 192pp. (pagination begins 230 and ends at 422) 96pp. (Memoir and Notes on Burns' works). Dampstaining within. Front cover, back cover, and spine detached (spine and back cover attached to one another). Binding is still tight. Fair only. A copy good for reading. Full refund if not satisfied.

Dodo Press, 2009-02-06. Paperback. Used:Good.

Porter and Coates, 1874. Full-Leather. Good/No Jacket. Porter and Coates,1874. Full-Leather. No dust jacket.Front and back covers are leather and are almost completely separate from binding. Edges and corners are heavily rubbed. Spine is missing completely. Text block is fairly well bound, considering all the other damage. Perfect candidate for rebinding. Marbled pastedowns and flyleaves, marbled edges on papers. Inscription on front flyleaf. Frontispiece tissue intact. Pages are clean and unmarked. Good reading copy.

London: J.S. Virtue, 1886. First Edition. Softcover. Poor paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and torn (with some loss). Slight damage to the wrappers and the prelims. Loose spine. Browning to the wrappers and the pages. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical Description: xviii, lv, 468 pages, 34 unnumbered leaves of plates: illustrations; 28 cm. Subjects: Burns, Robert, 1759-1796; Correspondence.

Philadelphia: E.H. Butler, 1858 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Full tooled leather; 604pp. Gift inscription dated Christmas 1857 (publishing date shows 1858) on ffep, else free of writing. Occasional foxing throughout, mostly limited to illustrations and a few pages around them. Binding is tight, pages are supple, epps whole. Spine has 5 raised bands which are rubbed, along with other extremities. No splitting or cracking of the leather.

London: J. S. Virtue, City Road and Ivy Lane, 1865. One-Volume Edition . Hardcover. Good Plus. Large Octavo. Engraved Frontispiece & engraved title-page.. LONDON : 1865. [ No date; circa 1855 to 1865.]. Hardback. Engraved title-page and frontis-portarit of Burns; portrait of Cunningham and engraved plates throughout (32 plates in total with tissue-guards). Contemporary brown textured cloth; gilt lettered spine. Blind-stamped decorative covers. Original yellow end-papers. All edges gilt. No owner name (original name clipped-off to three corners - neatly repaired; leaving the date 1865). No internal markings. Moderate wear; all boards still attached and strong and sound. Chipped to spine. Good tight and clean internally; very good. GOOD. (l), 422, (xii) pages. Glossary. Lg.8vo. **Heavy; extra postage needed outside the UK. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology… Read More

Belford, Clarke & Company. Very Good-. c. 1985. Hardcover. ; Brown cloth cover with black and gilt embossment has bumped corners and is lightly frayed at corners and spine caps but clean, bright, and in very good- condition. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Frontispiece protected by tissue. Pages have red borders and are lightly toned but clean and very good. B&W plates. Rear white end sheet has pencil scribble erasure. .

Boston: Phillips, Sampson, & Co., 1855. Hardcover. Good. . Bound in full leather with gilt and black decoration, rasied bands on the spine, cover shows minor wear and rubbing. Marbled endpapers, reinforced hinges. Pages are lightly tanned with a few spots of foxing.

George Virtue. Collectible - Good. London: George Virtue, n.d. (ca. 1840s). xlvii,422pp. Illus. Good book. Edgeworn. Front joint taped. Front hinge upper half broken; back hinge cracked. Pages foxed. (poetry, Scotland) Inquire if you need further information.