[BURNS, ROBERT]. The Poetical Works. With Notes, Glossary, Index of First Lines and Chronological List. Edited by J. Logie Robertson. London: Oxford University Press, Humphrey Milford, 1928.
First edition thus. Hardcover. Full leather. Octavo (195 x 130 mm.), pp. [xx], 635. Stunning binding of full paneled calf, signed by Riviere & Son (signed on the front endleaf with an ink pallet); five raised spine bands; compartments ruled, lettered and fully decorated in gilt; twin morocco title plates in second and fourth compartments; rectangle inlay and gilt ruled and tooled borders to boards with gilt floral-esque corner-pieces; board edges with gilt ruled patterns; inner gilt dentelles; all page edges gilt; marbled endpapers and pastedowns; portrait frontispiece of Burns with tissue guard; notes and glossary section to rear; preface by J. Logie Robertson. Condition: FINE. An immaculate copy.
