Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (New York: J. and A. MacLean, 1788), the second American edition after an initial Philadelphia printing, 306 pages, octavo, frontispiece with an engraved portrait of Burns, full calf with gilt title plate on spine.


Estate of William C. Hall Sr., Raleigh, NC

A copy of this early New York edition, owner-signed by George Washington, is in the Mount Vernon library.

Wear to boards with split along front hinge; moderate foxing. Overall good condition.

$400 - 600