Item #53832 The Complete Writings of. Robert BURNS.
The Complete Writings of...

The Complete Writings of...

London: The Waverley Book Company, Ltd., 1927. Limited edition, set number 205 of 250 copies for Great Britain (there being another 750 sets for the US). Ten volumes. 8vo. Publisher's quarter dark red morocco over matching sides, gilt lettered to the spines, top edges gilt. 69 plates, the majority photogravures with captioned tissues of which many are views of related places after photographs taken by Charles S. Olcott, there also being a handful of facsimiles of original manuscript material and portraits. Mild sunning to the spine, occasional mild rubbing, very good overall. Volumes I-VI comprise the "Complete Poems"; the first of these volumes featuring an "Essay on Burns' Life, Genius, and Achievement by W.E. Henley and with an Introduction by John Buchan" and the last "Notes, Glossary, and Indexes". Volumes VII-X comprise the "Letters" edited by Francis H. Allen with notes and other additions. Item #53832

Price: £325.00

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