The Complete Works of Robert Burns. Gebbie Self Interpreting Edition (Six Volumes)
by Burns, Robert
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Bigelow, Brown & Co., Inc., 1909. This is an attractive set ("Edition de Luxe") of the works of the great Scottish poet, a reprint of the "Gebbie Self-Interpreting Edition" first published in 1886. Six volumes in Very Good or better condition. Light green cloth bindings with paper labels on the spine. This set can be a major resource for the Burns scholar or enthusiast. The Scots dialect is printed opposite the English, along with the publication date and the date of composition; there is a Life of Burns, reviews of the works and listings of known spurious pieces; a table of known editions, a glossary of Scots words with examples from his work; and, of course, a general index. Clean texts, with some pages unopened. Volume 1: xvii, 402 pages; Volume 2: xii, 400 pages; Volume 3: xi, 384 pages; Volume 4: xii, 400 pages ; Volume 5: xx, 416 pages; and Volume 6: x, 422 pages. Lightly bumped, with mild general soiling. Volume One has a cute little label from Gimbels on the rear paste-down. Volume Six has a torn rear gutter. Else in Very Good (Plus) condition.. Reprint Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004044
- Title
- The Complete Works of Robert Burns. Gebbie Self Interpreting Edition (Six Volumes)
- Author
- Burns, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good (Plus)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint Edition
- Publisher
- Bigelow, Brown & Co., Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1909
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Scottish Interest;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
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Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
Glossary
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- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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