The Works of Robert Burns: With An Account of His Life, and Criticism on His Writings
by Currie, James; Burns, Robert
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A>: Crissy & Markley, 1847. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 6 1/2" x 9. FAIR / NO DUST JACKET. xvi, 180, x, 253, 18, 2 pp. Text clean and unmarked except for previous owner's name in pencil at free front endpaper. ll edges gilt. Foxed throughout. 1 1/2" strip removed from outside of rear flyleaf. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece portrait of Robert Burns, and an engraved illustration of the birthplace of Burn at title page, and a full page engraving "The Cotter's Saturday Night" in the text. All illustrations protected with tissue. Blue cloth boards with blindstamped decoration and borders at front and back. Gilt decoration at front, back, and spine, lettered in gilt at spine. Boards sunned, edges rubbed, corners rubbed, lower corners bumped, spine top and tail frayed. Joints and hinges good, binding firm.
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- Title
- The Works of Robert Burns: With An Account of His Life, and Criticism on His Writings
- Author
- Currie, James; Burns, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Crissy & Markley
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A>
- Date Published
- 1847
- Size
- 6 1/2" x 9
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Literature
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- Title Page
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- Cloth
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- 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...
- Sunned
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- Fair
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Edges
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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