Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect: The Kilmarnock 1st Edition of 1786

Cairney is best known for his work on Burns, but earlier in his career he earned a PhD in his study of Robert Louis Stevenson. As recently as April of this year, Dr. In conclusion, I think he will always be remembered as a painter - with brush, oils and words.

He hated his life among the literati and he hated himself for pandering to them. Then there is the well-known political artist Bob Dewar. The illustrator of many books, he has worked for The Scotsman and other newspapers. Born in Edinburgh he published, at the tender age of 16, his first illustration. Yes, Dewar is that talented! But you will see, as I did, these pages by Clark speak about Burns in ways you will find to be refreshing and contemporary.

Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect - National Library of Scotland

Too often we look back when talking about Burns but, as Clark is wont to do, he speaks of the continuing legacy of Burns with a look forward, not just dwelling on what happened between and Over the past five years Clark has traveled , miles speaking about Robert Burns. That is equal to 4. He has given 63 speeches during that time in 20 different cities and eleven continents!

A few years ago I witnessed a former president of the Burns World Federation hold a Kilmarnock in his hands for the first time and could not help but notice how his eyes watered with emotion while doing so. Here was a man who had traveled the world over representing the Federation and speaking to hundreds of people. It is indeed a rare occurrence to hold that book in your hands.

'Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect', Kilmarnock 1786

Think of the odds. Only copies of Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect were published in Today, approximately 70 can be identified worldwide. As to holding an original in your hands, chances are you will make your first million dollars first. Octavo, bound by Zaehnsdorf in full brown crushed morocco hardcover , panelled dentelles, silk endpapers, all edges gilt, xlviii, pp. Half title, frontis portrait.

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Printed for the Author, and Sold by William Creech, The Edinburgh edition, which is to say the second edition overall, following the rare Kilmarnock edition of and containing 22 poems that had not been in the earlier edition. Burns arranged for William Creech to print this book; there was no publisher. In a 17 April announcement in the Edinburgh Advertiser, Burns says: As this book is published for the sole benefit of the Author, it is requested that subscribers will send for their copies, and none will be delivered without money.

Curiously, the earlier state properly reads "skinking"; it then transformed into "stinking" for this second state -- an error that was then carried forward into the London edition. Yes, the spine paper is worn away at the bottom two inches of the spine, and yes, the spine label is just about worn away one can barely make out the poet's last name. It is not hard to find this edition rebound in leather, with the page edges trimmed down; however it is extremely difficult to find a copy still in the original boards, as here. Egerer 2 who noted in Housed in a cloth clamshell case.

Printed for the author and sold by William Creech, Second First Edinburgh edition, mixed issue Roxburgh misspelled "Boxburgh" on p. Stipple-engraved frontispiece portrait after J. Nineteenth century stained calf, boards with floral roll border in gilt, marbled endsheets, by Riviere. Morocco ex-libris of J. Finely rebacked to style, black bands and toothed gilt rules.

The book's Glossary defines this as follows: Egerer 2; Rothschild ; Tinker Morgan morocco exlibris and shelfmark , a properly deaccessioned duplicate ; "Williamson Sept '08" source notation at rear, with bookseller's slip.

James Cummins Bookseller Published: Second First Edinburgh edition, mixed issue Roxburgh misspell. Octavo x mm. Contemporary tree calf, red morocco label to spine. Hinges cracked but holding, light wear to extremities, a few instances of faint finger-soiling and foxing, else a very good copy. First Edinburgh edition, the second overall. Preceded only by the highly rare Kilmarnock edition of , this second edition was published in an edition of approximately 3, copies on 17 April Two printers were used, resulting in variations in some sheets of the edition.

This copy has the first state points: This edition includes contains twenty-two new pieces, including "To a Haggis", and the first appearance in print of "Death and Doctor Hornbook", which had been omitted from the Kilmarnock edition. The copy of Major Edward Kelly of the 1st Life Guards, with his ownership signature dated to pastedown. Kelly fought at Waterloo; the Household Calvary Museum in London holds both the sword with which he killed Colonel Habert of the 4th Cuirassiers winning him a knighthood of the Order of St.

Anne, as well as the personal commendation of the Russian tsar , and the tail of his favourite bay mare, which carried him to safety despite a fatal lance injury to the head. Lacking xi-xlviii A, a-b8, list of subscribers. Recent full calf with gilt backstrip by Period Binders of Bath.

Preliminaries a little stained, portrait frontis. Randolph and stamp of T. Third edition First London edition with "stinking" misprint on p. She lived most of her life at Monticello, inheriting the property from Jefferson in before being forced to sell it for financial reasons in Also with the signature of a G. Randolph, her youngest son George Wyeth, and the stamp of T.

Randolph, her eldest son Thomas Jefferson. Although a great deal of correspondence between Martha and her father is preserved in archives, items bearing her signature rarely appear for sale.

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John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller Published: Cadell in the Strand; and W. Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt extra, with five decorated gilt spine compartments and gilt black morocco label. Portrait, with tissue guard. The "third edition," but the first edition printed in London, following the editions from Kilmarnock , Edinburgh , Belfast and Dublin , and distribution of some of Creech's copies of the Edinburgh edition through the London trade.

Egerer, based on scrutiny of advertisements and the like, suggests this edition appeared in November. The substantial list of subscribers pp. While not a scarce book in ordinary condition, it is uncommon in this condition. The second state of the second edition. Besides the major point of "stinking" for "slinking" on p. Additional typesetting was required on the early pages through page The new sheets on the second state were reset and published on April 17, From Burns own notes it would appear that there were copies printed for each state with a total number of subscribers for both.

Creech the printer and distributor was unable to sell a large number of his copies so sent some of them to London to be sold by A. Cadell, thus this London imprint is the Third Edition. Consequently, the second state of the second edition has become the more scarce of the two states. Facsimile editions limited to copies signed by the publisher, 4 volumes, 8vo; contemporary full green gilt-tooled morocco by F. Bedford, heavily-gilt spines in 6 compartments, a.

Three volumes with the above-mentioned title, the fourth titled "Songs, chiefly in the Scottish dialect". All imprints but the last dated Full, gilt framed speckled calf, gilt panelled spine, maroon leather spine label, top edge gilt, gilt dentelles, wave patterned marbled endpapers. First London edition with the misprint "stinking" for skinking on p. Interior crisp and clean, front cover almost invisibly reattached, else a handsome, collectible copy in an unsigned binding..

Third Edition, First London Edition. Extra-illustrated, facsimile reprint of the First Edition. Half red morocco and marbled paper, gilt-stamped lettering and ornament on spine and corners; 8vo; pp. American edition, signed below the imprint verso of title-page , by James McKie, a relative and successor of the original printer. Joints and edges of boards scuffed; front hinge tender.

Poems, Chiefly In the Scottish Dialect

Frontispiece in One Volume. Arroyo Seco Books Published: A very nice copy, internally bright and fresh, spine a bit mellowed as is almost always the case and with minimal evidence of aging to the boards. Burns, a ploughman poet, to this day ranks high among the poets of Great Britain.

Whether employing his flawless 18th century English or his native Scots dialect, his writings speak to us eloquently. He employed theScottish vernacular with great skill and range Just prior to its first publication in he was preparing to leave Scotland for Jamaica to escape several scandalous affairs involving a number of young ladies. With the money from the publishing of his POEMS, he was able to remain in Scotland and build a new though perhaps none the more chaste life in Edinburgh.

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Such early copies of his work are quite desirable. Facsimile of ed. Facsimile of ed ISBN: Reduced facsimile of the first edition, which had been printed in Kilmarnock by John Wilson in Fine in green leather. With illustrated secondtitles to both volumes and vignette half titles throughout. Robert Burns - was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide. He is the best known of the poets who have written in the Scots language, although much of his writing is also in English and a light Scots dialect, accessible to an audience beyond Scotland.

He also wrote in standard English, and in these his political or civil commentary is often at its bluntest. Ink inscriptions to titles. Externally, sound but with slight wear to extremities, loss to spine labels minor evidence of past worming to rear joint to one volume, occasional marks to boards, slight marginal fading including to spine.