Lot 266
Scottish Poetry
Collection of works, 18th-19th century
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 07 February 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
Shirrefs, Andrew. Poems, chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. Edinburgh: for the author, 1790. First edition, 8vo, engraved portrait frontispiece, half-title discarded;
Galloway, Robert. Poems, Epistles and Songs, chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. To which are added, a Brief Account of the Revolution in 1688, and a Narrative of the Rebellion in 1745-46, continued to the Death of Prince Charles in 1788. Glasgow: by W. Bell, for the author, 1788. First edition, small 8vo, contemporary sheep, rubbed, a few stains;
[Chapbooks]. Volume of chapbooks, Glasgow: for the booksellers, early 19th century, contents including: History of Jack the Giant Killer; History of Paul Jones the Pirate; The Constant Lovers; or, Jemmy and Nancy of Yarmouth; The Comical Stories of Thrymmy Cap and the Ghaist; Napoleon Bonaparte's Book of Fate; The Story of Blue Bear, or the Effects of Female Curiosity; The Humours of Glasgow Fair, and the Comical Song of Auld John Paul; and numerous others similar, most with woodcut vignette on title-page;
Balfour, Alexander. Contemplation; with Other Poems. Edinburgh: printed by William Watson, 1820. First edition, 8vo, uncut in original boards, half-title, slightly worn and damp-stained, largely unopened;
and 15 others (these not collated), including: Robert Burns, Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. A New Edition, Considerably Enlarged, Edinburgh: for T. Cadell jun. and W. Davies, London, 1798, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary sheep, half-titles, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, rubbed; idem, Poems, chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, London: A. Cleugh [printed by J. Findlay, Arbroath], 1803, 8vo, contemporary sheep, worn; David Carey, Craig Phadric, Visions of Sensibility, with Legendary Tales, and Occasional Pieces, Inverness: for the author, 1811, first edition, 8vo, contemporary sheep, frequent old restoration to fore margins; Alexander Balfour, Characters omitted in Crabbe's Parish Register, Edinburgh, 1825, first edition, 8vo, contemporary marbled sheep; Robert Fergusson, The Poetical Works, Glasgow: Chapman and Lang, 1800, 8vo, contemporary sheep, engraved portrait, prelims loosening; and similar
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