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- PublisherAlloway Publishing Ltd
- Publication date1986
- ISBN 10 0907526284
- ISBN 13 9780907526285
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages704
- EditorJ A Mackay
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Robert Burns: Complete Works Deluxe Edition
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Alloway Publishing Ltd, Ayr, 1988
ISBN 10: 0907526284
ISBN 13: 9780907526285
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Hardcover
Seller: B-Line Books, Amherst, NS, Canada
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Impresseive deluxe Alloway edition of the complete works of Burns. In red fuax-leather with all-gilt edges; tight square and unmarked with silk ribbon; about new; in transparent plastic dust jacket and housed in a tartan slipcase. ; 5.5 x 9"; 704 pages. Seller Inventory # 40549
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The Complete Works of Robert Burns
Published by
Alloway Publishing Ltd, Scotland, 1986
ISBN 10: 0907526284
ISBN 13: 9780907526285
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Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: West Cork Rare Books, Clonakilty, CORK, Ireland
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Hardcover in Slipcase. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket (As issued). 1st Edition. In stock in Ireland HARDBACK IN SLIPCASE - very good condition slipcase has some scuffing - boards are clean and tight - spine is uncreased and the spine text is clear - page block is clean and tidy - gift inscription on FEP - 1986 edition - This book comes in at about 450 pages. In it are about every authentic thing that Burns ever wrote, from witty or scathing remarks on politics, to thank you notes to benefactors, and much much more. Those writings include a brilliant series of poems, mostly in his native Scots or "Doric" dialect and including the devilishly difficult Makar verse form so hard to compose. They also include his many songs composed specifically to honour and preserve his native folk-music genre which was becoming extinct due to the systematic oppression/repression of "things Scottish" by the English since the last Stuart War in 1745: he kept two publishers busy publishing his songs and refused to accept any payment although he was hardly more than a famous pauper at the time. His feverish intellect (and probable manic depression self-treated with alcohol) literally made being Scottish and all things Scottish the toast of intelligentsia and commoner alike. In a mere ten years - he died at 37 of complications of hard work, a dental procedure and too much drink - he saved the Scots and started a revolution in modern thought. Seller Inventory # 20092023-02-000
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