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BURNS, ROBERT Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish DialectFirst Edinburgh Edition, First Issue An Extraordinary Copy Uncut, In the Original Boards BURNS, Robert. Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. Edinburgh: Printed for the Author, and Sold by William Creech, 1787. Second (first Edinburgh) edition (first published in Kilmarnock in 1786). First issue, with 'Roxburgh' misprinted 'Boxburgh' on p. xxxvii in the list of subscribers, with p. 232 correctly printed, and with 'skinking' on p. 263, line 13. Octavo. xlviii, [9]-368 pp. Complete with half-title. Engraved frontispiece portrait by I. Beugo after Alexander Nasmyth. With the bookplate of Alfred B. Perlman. Original blue-grey paper boards, uncut. A few leaves unopened, rebacked, chipped and soiled, front joint starting, and three inch split to spine vellum, A few leaves carelessly opened, bookplate and name in ink on front paste-down, small ink presentation inscription on head of title .Chemised within a green cloth clamshell box. Withal, an extraordinary copy of a book rarely found in its original state. Quite rare in the original boards; contemporary or later leather bindings the norm for this key work of English literature. "When Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect appeared in 1786 it was an immediate success. Burns found himself feted by the literary and aristocratic society of Edinburgh, not only for his poetic skills but because he appeared, in Mackenzie's words as 'a Heaven-taught ploughman.' His attractive appearance and his gregarious temperament led him into a life of dissipation and amorous complexity" (OCEL). The copy of Alfred B. Perlman, legendary President and CEO the New York Central Railroad, and respected book collector. Egerer 2. Gibson, p. 5. Rothschild 556.
Offered for US$ 7500.00 by: David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB) - Book number: 01388