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First edition and first printing , illustrated with 19 wood engravings by John Farleigh (4 are full page).
Description: Original black pictorial boards, ornamental endpapers: Octavo: 21 × 14 cm: pp. 74 (2).
Condition: Some rubbing and minor abrasions to extremities. Pages slightly yellowed with age, with occasional light foxing. Else a very good, clean copy.
Notes: John Farleigh also known as Frederick William Charles Farleigh, was an English wood-engraver, noted for his illustrations in this novel, which caused controversy when released due to the religious, sexual and racial themes within the writing and John Farleigh's complementary (and risqué) wood engravings commissioned by Shaw for the book. He is also known for his illustrations of D.H. Lawrence's work The Man Who Died and for the posters he designed for London County Council Tramways and London Transport.

The beautifully made book combines Burns poems with photos of places that inspired him (photographs by the author). The book comes in its own original box and covering paper. First Edition.
Description: Publisher's cloth, decorated and titled in gilt to upper board and spine. Black endpapers. Original cardboard box. 16mo 16 × 11 cm; pp. 148. Illustrated with a lithographed frontispiece and b/w photographs. Top edge gilt, others uncut.
Condition: Externally excellent with just some minor shelfwear to corners. The box, later re-covered with paper, rubbed and bumped. Internally tightly bound throughout and largely bright and clean. A lovely copy