Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect [1800, Edinburgh]

Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, by Robert Burns, two volumes. Edinburgh: printed by Adam Neill & Co. for T. Cadell junior and W. Davies, London; William Creech, Edinburgh, 1800. New edition, considerably enlarged. Binding: Brown leather on board; gold tooled decoration on spine and covers; title and volume in gold on spine; date and place printed on spine; plain wove cream end-papers; cream laid paper. Marks: Embossed "Burns Monument Kilmarnock", on the title page. McKie private library number "48". Illustrations: Engraving of Burns after Nasmyth (I. Beugo) facing the title page. Comment by James McKie: "Nothing to note particularly regarding - another Ed at this time had been demanded just a reprint. James M'Kie". Inscriptons: Price in pencil on inside cover. "Sarah Bryse…9th 1803", ink, on the front page.