Lot 282
Burns, Robert
The Poetry of Robert Burns
Auction: Books & Manuscripts | 01 October 2026 from 10am | Lots 253 to 285
Description
Edinburgh: T.C. and E.C. Jack, 1896. The Centenary Burns, ‘Library Edition’ of 600 copies for the UK and 150 for America, signed by the publisher, 4 volumes, 8vo (22 x 14cm), contemporary light blue morocco binding by Otto Schulze & Co. of Edinburgh, spine gilt in compartments with raised bands, with thistle decorative tool on spine and turn-ins, top edge gilt, fore-edge and bottom edge untrimmed, light sunning to spines;
Kay, James. A Series of Original Portraits and Caricature Etchings with Biographical Sketches and Illustrative Anecdotes. Edinburgh: Hugh Paton, 1837-8. First edition, 2 volumes, 4to (26.5 x 19cm), near-contemporary half calf, 357 etched plates (170 in volume 1, 159 in volume 2, and 28 in the separately-issued appendix at rear of volume 2), including Adam Smith, Francis Grose, John Wesley, Admiral Duncan, Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson, Mirza Aboul Hassan Khan (Persian ambassador), Napoleon, Toussaint Louverture, etc., with occasional light spotting and spotting, bookplates of Adam Sim of Coulter Mains (1805-1868) (6)