Poetical Works
by Burns Robert
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Ambleside, Cumbria, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Collins 23 illustrations; With 45 page 'Biographical Introduction' by J. MacKenna; A volume in Collins 'Library of Classics', also desribed as 'A Collins Tourist Edition': many of the illustrations are from photographs of places associated with Burns, as are the end-papers (different front & back); Not dated: published 1950's ?; Hardback: brown cloth decorated in gilt and blind, silk marker; Spine sunned, front panel of dustwrapper stuck to front pastedown (this obscuring half the photographic end-paper), previous owner's name to verso of frontispiece, vg-
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- Bookseller
- Bookfare (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1946
- Title
- Poetical Works
- Author
- Burns Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- J. MacKenna Collins Library of Classics Collins Trourist Editions
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Bookfare
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About the Seller
Bookfare
Biblio member since 2014
Ambleside, Cumbria
About Bookfare
Established 1977. Having run shops in Edinburgh and Windermere for twenty-five years, Bookfare is now postal business only.
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