Burns' Poems: The Political Works of Robert Burns with all the Correspondence and Notes, "Cambridge Edition" ("Very Rare American Publishers Edition!" > First Edition > © 1896 > G/VG)

by Robert Burns (1759-1796) ed. by Allan Cunningham (1784-1842)

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American Publishers Corporation, New York NY (1896) HC w/ no DJ issued, First Edition/First American Publishers Edition/Cambridge Edition (no Copyright page), stout 8vo-, size approximate 5"x7-1/4"x1", 584 pages; Book: G/VG, clean, tight and sound, lays flat and true, inner binding secure to outer cover, no sunfade, warps, no creases or breaks, no tip bump, tip wear-through all four, mild edge rub top and bottom, edge rub with mild edge wear to spine top and bottom, two light dots approximate 1/" to back board, red silk cloth boards and spine, fancy bright gilt center frontispiece flat-stamped to front board with fancy black silk-screened scroll art surrounding to complete front board, bright gilt lettering to spine with silk-screened scroll art surrounding to complete spine, ; Pages: G/VG, clean and secure but delicate, fancy bright gilt top edges with mild burnish and mild flecking, significant uniform tannish patina to inner pages, heavy uniform tannish patina to edges front and bottom, ffeps and title page significantly chipped all around and cocked, pages 1-30 tip-chipped at top, page 31 chipped along front edge, all other pages straight and true with no fold-back or fold-overs, no tears or creases, Christmas gift endearment in worn pencil to ffep from father to daughter dated December 25th (year date has chipped of), original owner's name in worn pencil to second ffep: Florence Sanders; DJ: None Issued (not a remainder/not a book club ed./not a Library ed.) Synopsis: This edition appears a singular rarity at the time of listing. I researched Biblio.com (over 50 million books listed) and my worldwide Internet book search engine (over 150 million books listed), and found no other copies available for this work in this edition. American Publishers Corporation (1896-1897) emerged from John W. Lovell's attempt in 1890 to establish a monopoly controlling both stereoplates and bookstock for reprint publishers. In 1897 it brought suit to recover rights to the Seaside Library that Lovell had obtained from George Munro in 1890. American Publishers Corporation was a short-lived attempt to sort out the wreckage of Lovell's various companies. This work was published in 1896 under their series titled: The Cambridge Editions, subtitled: The Cambridge Poets. The Cambridge Editions were specific to only forty of the world's great poets. Original retail price per copy at fifty cents. This rare copy should be a "must have" for any collector of Burns or of the genre.