Scottish poetry
Collection of works, 18th-19th century
£688
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 13 July 2022 from 10:00 BST
Description
comprising:
Beattie, James. Original Poems and Translations. London [i.e. Aberdeen: printed by F. Douglas?], sold by A. Millar, 1760. First edition, 8vo (21.8 x 13.5cm), 19th-century maroon half roan, toning, a few spots and marks [ESTC T136422];
Idem. The Minstrel, in two Books: with some other Poems. London: Edward and Charles Dilly, 1779. First edition, 8vo (22.1 x 13.5cm), bound uniformly with the preceding item, spotting and toning [ESTC T133063];
Wedderburn, James, John & Robert, attrib. A Specimen of a Book intituled, ane Compendious Booke, of Godly and Spiritual Sangs ... with Augmentation of sundrie Gude and Godly Ballates, not contained in the first edition. Edinburgh: W. Ruddman, J. Richardson, and Company, 1765. 8vo (16.5 x 9.4cm), later quarter morocco, ff. E2-3 tipped in [ESTC T127755];
Hewit, Alexander, 'the Berwickshire Ploughman'. Poems on Various Subjects (English and Scotch). Berwick-upon-Tweed: for the author, c.1820. First edition, large 12mo (17.1 x 10.2cm), contemporary red morocco, rubbed, spotting and soiling, marginal tear to D5;
Stoddart, Thomas Tod. Songs of the Seasons and Other Poems. Kelso: J. & J. H. Rutherfurd, 1881. First edition, 8vo, original green cloth, 8 mounted albumen print photographs;
and 25 others (these not collated), including: William Barclay, Callirhoe ... the Nymph of Aberdene, Aberdeen: Burnett and Retti, 1799; James Hogg, The Mountain Bard, 1807 (first edition, contemporary marbled sheep, front board near detached); idem, The Pilgrims of the Sun, 1815 (first edition, annotated 'large paper', later half calf, rebacked, Abercairny bookplate); Henry A. Bright, Some Account of the Glenriddell MSS. of Burns's Poems, Printed for Private Distribution, 1874 (first edition, contemporary quarter morocco, autograph letter signed from Bright tipped in, bookplate of Sir William Stirling Maxwell); Collection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes etc. In Three Parts. Selected by David Wilson, Teacher of Music, Edinburgh, Edinburgh: sold by the editor at his house, c.1750? (8vo, contemporary red quarter sheep, 56 pp., browning; no other copy traced); The Widowed Heart. A Poem, Glasgow: printed for the author for private circulation, 1845 (first edition, 8vo, original cloth; no other copy traced); John Skinner, Amusements of Leisure Heirs ... in the Scottish Dialect, 1809 (first edition, original boards); various other provincial Scottish imprints; and similar (30)