Burns, Robert. Poems chiefly in Scottish dialect. Kilmarnock, Printed by John Wilson, 1796. 1899.viii, 240 printed pages on grey paper (some mild age-toning and some marks on text-block). Bryce, Mite Series & Bryce, Midget Books. Facsimile of 1796 Kilmarnock edition. Illustrations. Original metal locket with magnifier and loop at the top. Small tear at bottom of page v with one or two words of text affected. Bookseller's original printed label affixed to rear paste-down endpaper, supplied by WM. TYLAR, 41, High St., Aston, Birmingham'. 19 x 28mm. Original printed grey wrappers, reproducing title page of rare 1796 first edition, spine blank (mild age-toning). A similar example is in the library of Her Majesty Queen Mary's Dolls' House. This printed binding pre-dates the later red or blue hardback bindings. Spielmann categorises this edition as "rare". Bondy, 113. Garbett, 27. Houghton, 108. Spielmann, 69. Welsh, 1535. WorldCat locates just two copies that are both in USA and one of those is described with the later hardback binding.