Andrew shirrefs (17 Ergebnisse)

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - bTitle:/b Poems, chiefly in the Scottish Dialect.br/br/bPublisher:/b British Library, Historical Print Editionsbr/br/The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.br/br/The POETRY & DRAMA collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The books reflect the complex and changing role of literature in society, ranging from Bardic poetry to Victorian verse. Containing many classic works from important dramatists and poets, this collection has something for every lover of the stage and verse. br/br/++++br/The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification:br/++++br/br/b/b British Librarybr/b/b Shirrefs, Andrew; br/b/b 1790.br/b/b 8º.br/b/b 993.i.41.br/.…

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Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. VG: in very good condition. Later rebind. Text block tight with occasional foxing. 200mm x 130mm (8" x 5"). xxvii, 365pp, 41pp. Contains the Scots Pastoral Comedy Jamie and Bess, or The Laird in Disguise. Half leather hardback with marbled boards.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First edition. Octavo. 365pp. List of the subscribers. Engraved frontispiece portrait by I. Beugo. Glossary 41pp. Plain black papercovered boards. Lacking the spine, corners chipped, frontispiece with dampstain on corner, light scattered foxing, a good only copy. Containing *Jamie and Bess* in imitation of Alexander Ross's *Helenore, or The Fortunate Shepherdess.* Also, containing Elegies, Miscellaneous Poems, and Songs.…

Hardback. Zustand: Good Only. First edition. A bright and scarce first edition of Andrew Shirref's impressive collection of late 18th century poems, many of which are written in the Scottish dialect of the period. A scarce first edition, in the publisher's original paper covered boards.Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece.A volume of poetry from Scottish poet Andrew Shirrefs.Including 'Jamie and Bess' in imitation of Alexander Ross's 'Helenore, or The Fortunate Shepherdess', and with Elegies, Miscellaneous Poems, and Songs also present.ESTC T95205Retaining half title.With a glossary of terms from the Scottish dialect to the rear. In the publisher's original paper covered boards. Lacking back strip. Joints starting, with front board tenderly held by two cords only, and rear board more firmly held by three cords. One front free endpaper detached but present. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Good Only. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

FIRST EDITION. 227 x 143 mm. (9 x 5 1/2"). xxviii, [ii], xv-xxvii, [2], 30-365, [1], 41, [1] pp. ORIGINAL PUBLISHER'S BOARDS with cream paper back, manuscript title on spine in a contemporaneous hand, all edges UNTRIMMED. Housed in a very good blue cloth folding box, black morocco label with gilt lettering on spine. With frontispiece portrait. Title page with ink ownership signatures of Anne Brodie (see below) and Hugh Rose. ESTC T95205. Joints with subtle separation but the boards firmly attached, corners and bottom edges a little rubbed (as expected), contents with trivial imperfections only (a couple isolated faint stains, thumb-soiling, a few rough openings, etc.), but A VERY FINE UNSOPHISTICATED COPY that is unusually bright and clean internally. Still in its original boards, this book of poems by a bookseller and printer once belonged to a Scottish gentlewoman who subscribed for four copies. Born in Aberdeen, Andrew Shirrefs (ca. 1762 - ca. 1807), began writing poetry as a boy--our volume contains "A Christmas Feast," written when he was 13--and hoped for a scholarly career. Changing occupational paths, he turned to bookselling (fools were born everywhere!), although he continued to write plays and verses. His best-known work is "Jamie and Bess," a pastoral comedy first produced in 1787, which occupies the first half of our volume. It is followed by poems written on a wide range of topicsamong them a crutch he used to walk and a letter to his lawyer about a shop billall composed in the Scottish dialect made famous by Robert Burns. The lengthy subscriber list includes "Miss Brodie of Lethen," who requested four copies. The eldest daughter of Scottish politician Alexander Brodie, Anne Brodie (1755-1805) lived in the family seat, Lethen House in Nairn. Her younger sister Sophie was also a subscriber, as was her relation James Brodie of Brodie, chief of their clan. Apart from writing "Shirrefs Poems" on the spine of this book, Miss Brodie and her successors made no change to the volume and read it with care, leaving it little changed from the day it arrived at Lethen House.…