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Hardcover. 6 Vol. Set - Edition De Luxe. Very Good. Vol. 1 only. New York: McKinlay, Stone & Mackenzie 1924 Hard Cover , edition de Luxe, illus. frontis, corners and binding very good. 402 pps, Poems and Songs, Autobiography, Letters. Gebbie Self-Interpreting. Vol. 1 only.

Macmillan and Co, 1883. Hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Complete 2 volume set. Leatherbound, 1883. Interior clean, unmarked, with strong binding. Gilt on page edges somewhat dulled. Photos available. We ship daily. Expedited shipping available!

New York: W A. Bartow and Co., 1824. Hardcover. Very Good. 3 1/2 x 6 in. Half blue morocco with gilt decoration and marbled endpapers. Condition is VERY GOOD ; leather not cracking, edges worn, spine and edges toned. Binding tight. Some toning and foxing to text. Poetry. RGR.

Macmillan and Co. 1865 Macmillan and Co set of two volumes hardbacks; no dj; good+, ex church library with some plates and stamps, small, green boards with git design to front and frame; UK dealer, immediate dispatch . Good. Hardcover. 1865.

T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1804 Three volumes in one. Sub-text: Including the pieces published in his correspondence , with his songs and fragments. To which is prefixed, a sketch of his life. 17.75x11cm. iv. iv. xlviii. 168pp. ii. 216pp. ii. 240pp. Very good. Half calf. Bumped and rubbed at extremities. marked and evident foxing to endpapers, and blemishes/foxing/ternish marks into each of the volumes - but all pages present - an old and attractive set.

London: A. Fullerton and Co., c. 1867. Hardcover. Good +. Vol 1 – xii, 332 pgs, index. Vol 2 – x, 328 pgs. Vol 3 – xi, 348 pgs. Vol 4 – xv, 383 pgs. Vol 5 – 425 pgs. 5 x 7 in.Brown half calf with brown cloth. Tissue-protected frontis. Speckled edges to text block. Condition of books is GOOD+; Spines worn and scuffed, torn badly. All labels missing, cracked front hinges, though binding is sound. Chips, scuffs on covers, corners worn. Front hinge broken except Vol 4. Cover of Vols 1 and 3 is detached. Upper text block darkened. Owner’s name in ink and date, 1867, on front paste-down. Entire spine missing to Vol 3.

Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. Undated c1890 Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co hardbacks, SET OF TWO VOLUMES; green boards with brown leather spines and quarters, marbled end papers, gilt page edges, 360 + 359 pages; no djs; acceptable copies, good inside, loosening at internal hinges, gift note inside, edge wear to leather and small loss top of spine on Vol I; heavy volumes; UK dealer, immediate dispatch . Acceptable. Hardcover. 1890.

W & R Chambers. Good. . 1937 reprint, 4 volume set, in maroon boards, gilt titles, clean copies, light edgewear to boards vol 3 & 4, no markings, bindings tight, Professional booksellers since 1981 . 1937. Hardcover.

Edinburgh: James Thin, 1895. Later printings. Hard Cover. VERY GOOD TO VERY GOOD+. LIGHT WEAR TO RED CLOTH BOARDS, BINDINGS TIGHT, HINGES STRONG, TEXT QUITE CLEAN. NO WRITING OR NAMES. Sets of the Prose are uncommon. Weight of the set is 10 lbs.

London: Macmillan & Co., 1879. Limited edition. Hardcover. very good. 12mo. (7" xc 5") Blue cloth. Gilt lettering to spines. 2 volumes 353oo &445pp. Frontispieces. This set is limited to 500 copies.Some wear to back gutter of Volume one. Light foxing. Bookplate of former owner on front endpapers.

Gebbie & Co, 1886. Hardcover. 12 volume uniform set. Volumes I-VI, each with Part I and II. Illustrated with 60 etchings (each with tissue guard) and wood cuts, maps and facsimiles. A very good uniform set in red cloth covers with worn leather label on spine of each volume. TEG. Mild edge and corner wear. Front end papers of Volume I, Part I, have closed 1/2 inch edge tear.

London: T Cadell; W Davies. G : in good condition. Covers rubbed and scuffed. Some foxing. 1802. Third Edition. Maroon hardback half-leather cover with marbled boards. 220mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). xii, 395pp; xx, 471pp; xii, 425pp; xxiv, 414pp. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. .

Blackie and Son. Used - Good. Two volume set (Volumes I and II). Published 1850. Quarto. Half-bound in green leather with gilt lettering, decoration and raised bands to spines. Marbled paper covered boards. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. B/W engraved illustrations throughout.

Gebbie & Co., Publishers, Philadelphia, 1886-01-01. 1/2 Leather. Acceptable. 1/2 Leather Hardcovers. 6 VOLUME SET. ORIGINAL 1886 PRINTING. Pages are clean and unmarked. Page edges and end papers are marbled. Covers (marbled boards with leather on spines and corners) show edge wear with rubbing/scuffing. Volumes 1 and 6 the spine back strips have Tears with a portion of volume 6 torn off and missing. Also, the rear cover of volume 6 is loose but present....Bound pages tight. The pages are in very good condition...clean, bright and unmarked. Full of beautiful steel engravings, woodcuts, maps and facsimiles.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Glasgow: Archibald Fullarton, 1834. Hardcover. Very Good+. Attractive set in 3/4 calf and decorative green cloth. Diced calf spines and contrasting leather labels. Spotting to endpapers, but overall quite nice with engraved plates throughout. Small label of Henry Southern Ltd.

Philadelphia: The Gebbie Publishing Co. , Limited. Fine. 1898. 1st Thus. Hardcover. Bound in three-quarter red leather with white marbled boards. A beautiful set. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; ~2400 pages .

Professionally rebound in matching slipcase.
The best fusion of the old and new.
Completely refurbished, this work from the Fourth & Sixth Editions, so this remarkable rebinding captures the best of Burns. Then this gorgeous four volume set is cleverly positioned in its own box, all in all, securing a further 200 years of reading life.
Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796), also known familiarly as Rabbie Burns, was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide. He is the best known of the poets who have written in the Scots language, although much of his writing is in a "light Scots dialect" of English, accessible to an audience beyond Scotland. He also wrote in standard English, and in these writings his political or civil commentary is often at its bluntest.
He is regarded as a pioneer of the Romantic movement, and after his death he became a great source of inspiration to the founders of both liberalism and socialism, and… Read More

London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davis, Strand [et al.], 1813. Hardcover. Very Good. Five volumes. Seventh edition (*The Works*, vols. 1-4); second edition (*Reliques*, bound as "vol. V" on spine). Octavos. Vol. 1 illustrated with an engraved frontispiece plate. All four volumes of *The Works* with half titles present. Uniformly bound in contemporary polished calf, both covers with decorative borders tooled in blind and gold, gilt spine, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. All five volumes are inscribed in ink on the front fly leaves by James Smith, an agricultural engineer from Deanston, Scotland (dated 1828). Modest darkening to the spine backs and rubbing to the edges of the boards, toning and some light scattered foxing, very good. An attractive set in polished calf with skillful hand tooling. The uniform binding for the set was likely commissioned by James Smith (1789-1850) and presented to a friend from the nearby village of Doune.

London: T. Cadell and W. Davies. 1813. Seventh Edition. Hardcover. Good+ in boards. Foxing and toning throughout pages. Damp wrinkling throughout pages. Rubbing and bumping along panels. Chipping on spines. Volume 5 (reliques of robert burns) is 2nd edition with front hindge cracked. .