Lot 178
[Burns, Robert], Domestic Happiness Exhibited, in John Anderson, My Joe. Improved. by Robert Burns. And The Fireside. A Poem. By Doctor Cotton. Glasgow: Printed by and sold for Brash and Reid. N.d. (E-1795/6) [E32a] [M154715?] [C11]. Contents. [1], Title page; [2] - 4, John Anderson, My Joe. Improved; eight stanzas; 5-8, The Fireside. This is pamphlet XIII of the first volume of Brash and Reid's Poetry: Original and Selected. The pamphlets probably began being published late in 1795 or early in 1796, for by July 18k, 1796, at the latest, the first twenty-four had been published, bound up together, and issued [E]. Only four of these twenty-four contain poems by Burns. The Brash & Reid pamphlets are highly prized by collectors. 6 x 3½ in., trimmed. Nineteenth century rebound, half morocco straight-grain; front cover detached. Parts of a watermark on all four sheets. Inscription on the spine: John Anderson, My Joe - Burns - Glasgow N.D. All edges gilt.
Estimated Value $400 - 600,
From the Collection of Henrik Minc,
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