Mite Series in Tartan. [3rd set]
Burns' Poems First Edition 1786; Bryce's English Dictionary (in pink'ish red paper cover); English Scotch and Irish Songs; My Tiny Alphabet Book (with paper cover printed in colour
with a young girl facing to the left reading), My Tiny
Alphabet Book (with paper cover printed in colour with a
young boy facing to the right reading). Housed in fitted plain wooden box divided into six
compartments. The hinged top consists of a framed piece of glass. The sixth space in the box has a portrait of Burns
beneath a magnifying glass.
Two books bound in red roan with titles in gilt to front cover, the other three have printed-paper covers as described above. This is the rarest version.
Sold by a collector in a public auction at Bonhams, 9th November 2022.
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