Poems
by DAVIDSON, Robert
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Jedburgh: Printed for the author, by W. Easton, 1825. 168pp. With half-title. Contemporary green sheep, gilt. Slightly rubed to extremities, Some spotting and browning to text. Inscribed (by the author?) 'Robert Davidson, Morebattle 1846' to head of title, very occasional ink underlining to text. The rare, Jedburgh printed second published collection of verse by Morebattle, Roxburghshire poverty-stricken rustic minstrel Robert Davidson (1779-1855). An unheaded leaf following the title forms a charming poetic manifesto, explaining the author's inspiration: 'See Teviotdale romantic charms display...Make simple muses haunt the peasant's shed'. Almost exclusively Scottish, this volume includes 'Lines on hearing that a Monument was Erecting over the Grave of Robert Burns', 'To the Shade of Wallace' and 'Wallace's Farewell, but opens with the Gothic 'The Witch's Cairn', which extends to 15 pages. Rare. COPAC locates copies at Aberdeen, BL and NLS only; OCLC adds copies at HRC and Stanford. Jackson p.475. Johnson 255.. First edition. 12mo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ16457
- Title
- Poems
- Author
- DAVIDSON, Robert
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Printed for the author, by W. Easton
- Place of Publication
- Jedburgh
- Date Published
- 1825
- Keywords
- Poetry, verse
- Size
- 12mo
Terms of Sale
Antiquates Ltd
Antiquates Ltd was established by Tom Lintern-Mole in 2007; we travel far and wide to buy, sell, and advise on rare books and manuscripts.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
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Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
About the Seller
Antiquates Ltd
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Wareham, Dorset
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Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...