Robert Burns

ROBERT BURNS (1759-1796) 

Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect 

London: Printed for A. Strahan [etc.] Edinburgh, W. Creech, 1787 

“A reprint of the Edinburgh edition, for the London publishers: has several typographical errors; among others, in the ‘Address to a Haggis,’ the word ‘skinking’ (meaning watery), is printed ‘stinking’. The misprint is also found in a supplementary Edinburgh edition of the same year, and both are known to collectors as the ‘Stinking edition’. This is the first London edition of Burns.”--J. Gibson, The bibliography of Robert Burns. 

ROBERT BURNS (1759-1796) 

The poetical works of Robert Burns: with the author’s life, written by himself 

Philadelphia: Printed for Benjamin Johnson, Jacob Johnson, & Robert Johnson ; B. Johnson, printer, 1804 

ROBERT BURNS (1759-1796) 

The works of Robert Burns: with an account of his life, and criticism on his writings: to which are prefixed, some observations on the character and condition of the Scottish peasantry by James Currie, M.D., including additional poems, extracted from the late edition edited by Allan Cunningham 

Philadelphia: J. Crissy, 1836 

ROBERT BURNS (1759-1796) 

Tam O’Shanter 

New York: Widdleton, 1868 

First published in 1791, Tam O’Shanter was Burns’s last major poem. This later edition is notable not only for its ornate gilt binding but also for the illustrations by E.H. Miller, photographed by American photographer (and Scottish native) Alexander Gardner. Photographically illustrated books had a brief vogue in the 19th-century and DeGolyer has a strong collection of examples of the genre.