The poetical works of Robert Burns : with memoir, notes, and a complete glossary :illustrated.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
The American News Co., 39 and 41 Chambers Street,
[1879?]
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| Item Description: | A mostly page-for-page reprint of the 1859 "new edition" of "The poetical works of Robert Burns", edition by Robert Aris Willmott, the preface omitted and the biography of Burns abridged; the illustrations do not include any of those by Sir John Gilbert in the Routledge and other issues. A large-paper issue of the same publisher's red line "Excelsior edition"; border design and ornaments on internal blanks differ. Plate to face page 242 bound as frontispiece. |
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| Physical Description: | [v]-xxxi, 1 unnumbered page, 479 pages, 5 unnumbered pages (the last 4 pages blank, with red line borders), 11 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. |