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    By Robert Burns; Wm Scott Douglas
    Edinburgh   William Paterson
    9.5" by 6" xxiv, 349; xviii, [2], 351; xx, [2], 362pp.
    A collection complete in three uniformly bound volumes of the poetical works of Robert Burns as edited by W. S. Douglas, illustrated.
    By Robert Burns; Wm Scott Douglas

    1886 The Poetical Works of Robert Burns

    Edinburgh   William Paterson
    9.5" by 6" xxiv, 349; xviii, [2], 351; xx, [2], 362pp.
    A collection complete in three uniformly bound volumes of the poetical works of Robert Burns as edited by W. S. Douglas, illustrated.
    £98.00
    : 3kgs / : 796A59
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    The first William Paterson edition of the poetical works of Robert Burns, a collection complete in three volumes. Edited by William Scott Douglas, with portraits and engravings after Sam Bough, W. E. Lockhart, and others. A later printing of the original Kilmarnock edition of 1786. 

    Containing a complete collection of poems and songs by the Scottish national bard. With half-titles. 

    Illustrated with fourteen full page plates and other engravings in text. Collated, complete.

    Condition

    In uniform full cloth bindings. Externally rather worn with some shelf wear and bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities, some fading to the spine and general light soiling to the spine and boards. A touch of sunning to the front board of vol. I, considerable damp marking to the front board of vol. II. Internally, firmly bound, the hinges to each volume slightly strained but holding firm. The pages are generally very clean throughout with only light foxing to the first and last few leaves and minor spotting particularly to the leaves of plates. Illustrated with fourteen full page plates and other engravings in text. Collated, complete. 

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