Poetry

Edinburgh: William Paterson, 1879. 3 volume set, 8 inches tall. A superb crushed morocco by Andrew Grieve of Edinburgh with gilt bands and delightful gilt floral tooling to the panels on a smooth back. Gilt top edges. From a limited to 485 copies. Sir David Lyndsay was a 16th century knight and herald whose poetry is still celebrated today.

London & Glasgow: Blackie and Son, 1840. 5 volume set, 6 1/2 inches tall. A very attractive little set in early Victorian full calf with gilt raised bands, twin labels and smart gilt tooled panels. Fine gilt and blind tooling decorate the boards. All edges gilt. Engraved frontispieces and title pages. Popular poet in his day much admired by his peers including Sir Walter Scott. He came from a humble background working as a shepherd, before achieving success as a poet in both English and Scottish.

Edinburgh: William Paterson, 1874. 4 volume set, 8 inches tall. A superb full crushed morocco by the great Edinburgh firm of bookbinders Andrew Grieve. With gilt bands, splendid gilt tooling to the panels and a green label on a smooth back. Triple gilt fillets and corner tools frame the boards. Gilt dentelles and top edges. Illustrated. Gavin Douglas, Bishop of Dunkeld was a Scottish poet of the late 15h and early 16th centuries whose major literary achievement is the Eneados, a translation of Virgil's Aeneid into Scottish, completed in 1513, it is the first full translation of a major poem from classical antiquity into any modern Germanic language. His translation is faithful throughout. A fine and beautiful set.

London: Edward Moxon, 1849. 7 volume set, 7 inches tall. A very pretty Victorian full calf binding by Zaehnsdorf with floral gilt tooling and a green shield label on a smooth back. A single gilt fillet frames the boards. Gilt dentelles and top edges. Portrait. The spines are slightly darkened and rubbed but overall a fine little set of the poetical works of one of the greatest English romantic poets.

Edinburgh: Silvester Doig et al. and London: Longman et al., 1812. 2 volumes bound in 1, 7 inches tall. A lovely full crushed morocco by Ramage with gilt raised bands, superb extra gilt panels and a gilt 'Cambridge ' panel to both boards. Gilt dentelles and top edge. With the armorial bookplate of Robert Kirk M.D.. On the dedication page and the title page of volume II is the neat ink stamp of Hill (booksellers of) Perth. Embellished with 2 portrait frontispieces and a further 6 engraved plates.

Edinburgh: William Paterson, 1877-79. 6 volume set, 9 inches tall. A superb late Victorian full straight grain morocco binding by Kerr & Richardson with gilt raised bands, delicately gilt framed panels and a gilt bust of Burns in the top panels. Twin gilt fillets frame the boards. Gilt dentelles and all edges. The text block is exceptionally clean. Profusely illustrated with portraits, plates and vignettes. A first edition of the the great William Scott Douglas edition in which the poems are arranged chronologically and in which the text and notes are the most complete and correct. A splendid set of this great edition in a fine binding by a great firm of Glasgow binders.

Edinburgh: Constable and London: Vernor & Hood, 1801. 2 volume set bound as 1, 7 1/2 inches tall. A later Victorian beautiful full crushed morocco binding by the great firm of Ramage with gilt raised band and ornate gilt tooling to the panels. Gilt fillets frame the boards. Gilt dentelles and all edges. Bound with the glossary, errata and advertisements. Sir John Graham Dalyell was a Scottish advocate, antiquary and naturalist who studied 700 manuscripts in the preparation of this work.

London: Methuen and Co., 1894. Half morocco, 7 1/2 inches tall. A delightful binding by Zaehnsdorf with elaborate gilt floral tooling around a crossed brace of pistols on a smooth back. Gilt top edge. With an impressive 'Arthurian' bookplate. Foxing to the text. A splendid copy of these great poems and songs based on the men of the British army during the reign of Queen Victoria, including such classics as 'Gunga Din' and 'Mandalay'.

Edinburgh: At the Apollo Press, 1777. 4 volume set, 5 inches tall. A very pretty little set in 18th century tree calf with twin labels and dense gilt tooling on a smooth back. With a neat ink previous owner's name on the first blanks. Engraved portrait and 4 engraved title pages. Excellent condition with no splits or loss. Complete in 4 volumes but printed as part of Bell's 'Poets of Great Britain'. A delightful little set of Young's Poetical works including his "Complaint: or, Night Thoughts", one of the most popular and influential poems of the 18th century.

London: Macmillan and Co., 1899. Full morocco, 6 inches tall. A beautiful little binding by Ramage with gilt raised bands, dense gilt tooling of many stars and dots around heart centre tools to the panels. On the boards onlays of calf create rosebuds with a wide border of stars and hearts. Delicately gilt tooled dentelles and watered silk doublures and all edges gilt. The rather extraordinary bookplate of Sibell Cromartie (Countess Cromartie of Castle Leod) is found on the pastedown 'endpaper'. A delightful volume of the poetical works of John Keats.

London: Strahan & Co., 1872. Full morocco, 6 1/2 inches tall. A splendid full morocco binding with gilt raised bands and extra gilt panels. A single gilt fillet and extravagant corner tooling frame the boards. Gilt dentelles and all edges. With the armorial bookplate of Viscount Boyne of Burwarton House. A most attractive copy of the first edition.

Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1906. Quarter Vellum, 7 inches tall. A sparkling half vellum on a smooth back with twin labels and gilt floral tooling in the Art Nouveau style. A splendid anthology containing 100 songs and ballads about the sea over a period of 500 years.

London: Macmillan and Co., 1892. Full morocco, 6 1/4 inches tall. A very pretty binding by Bumpus with gilt raised bands and charming gilt tooling with hearts and leaves in the panels. Twin gilt fillets and the same tooling in the corners frame the boards. Gilt dentelles and all edges. There is a large bookplate on the free end paper and foxing on the half title, otherwise clean. A delightful copy of the selected verse of this great 17th century English lyric poet.

London: Henry Frowde, 1912. Quarter vellum, 8 inches tall. An attractive binding in the Art Nouveau style with gilt bands on a smooth back with a gilt rose design. Gilt top edge. Some foxing to the preliminaries, then clean. This edition "including materials never before printed in any edition of the poems".

London: Macmillan and Co., 1910. Full morocco, 6 inches tall. An exquisite binding by Ramage with gilt raised bands, dense gilt tooling with tiny blue band onlays and exceptionally fine gilt tooling with extensive blue onlays to the boards. With elaborate gilt tooled dentelles on watered silk doublures and free 'end papers'. Ink inscriptions on first blank. One of the best titles in Ramage's repertoire of little luxury binding in pristine condition.

Chiswick: From the Press of C. Whittingham, 1822. Full calf, 5 inches tall. A charming little Regency straight grain by T. Smyth of Exeter, and with their ticket. With gilt bands and elaborate gilt tooling to the panels. A flowery gilt roll frames the boards. Speckled edges. A neat ink former owner's name, Mary Anne Davey, on the first blank and inside the rear free end paper. With an engraved title page and vignettes.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1907. Full morocco, 6 3/4 inches tall. A splendid little luxurious binding by Ramage with gilt raised bands and delicate gilt tooling to the panels and boards.Gilt dentelles and watered silk doublures. With an armorial bookplate. All edges gilt. A little bit grubby and with rubbing to the shoulders, but still a delightful little copy of this fine anthology.

London: Macmillan and Co., 1904. Full morocco, 6 inches tall. A beautiful example of one of Ramage's luxury bindings, so popular in the Edwardian period. Full crushed morocco gilt raised bands and sumptuous gilt tooling to the panels and boards. With wide and elaborate gilt dentelles and watered silk doublures and free 'endpapers'. Light foxing to the preliminaries and slight rubbing but still a remarkable and impressive binding on this charming anthology 'selected from the best songs and lyrical poems in the English language'.

London: Meiklejohn and Son, 1911. Full morocco, 6 3/4 inches tall. A splendid binding by Zaehnsdorf with gilt raised bands and neat framed panels to the spine and elaborate gilt tooling with pink petal onlays to the upper boards, framing the title. Gilt dentelles and all edges. Printed on India paper. A fine copy of this anthology of Scottish poetry.