The Complete Works of Robert Burns (Self Interpreting) [6 volumes, one of 26 lettered sets]

Philadelphia: Gebbie & Co., Publishers, 1909 Book. Fine. Hardcover. Edited by George Gebbie and Mr. Hunter. 6 volumes extended to 12. 8?x6 inches. Illustrated with 60 etchings along with woodcuts, maps and facsimiles (some folding). Notes. Beautifully hand-colored frontispiece in each volume. Publisher's full light green polished calf in the Art Nouveau style, 5 raised bands, gilt-lettering between panels; gilt rules to bands extending onto covers and culminating at an inlaid floral device, corners of covers with elaborate decorative gilt floral design also with inlay work. There is extensive gilt dentelle and rules on inner cover edges, beautiful emerald green Moiré silk endpapers. All edges gilt. Spines evenly faded to brown, minor fading to rear of first volume and front of last volume. Minor wear to most corners, small scratch to spine of volume II. Overall, a fine and handsome set. "Hand-Made Edition." One of twenty-six lettered copies, this being letter "M." One of the better editions of the poetry and prose of Burns, with interpretations in clear English of key phrases of Burns' admittedly very difficult to read Scottish dialect. The final volume contains the Life of Robert Burns; a Chronological Table of Burns' Life and Works; Posthumous History of Burns by Robert Chambers; Memoranda Concerning the Family of Burns and Their Descendants; List of pieces the editors have left out of these volumes, with their reasons for exclusion; a Chronological and Topographical Table; Glossary of Scots Words with Examples from Burns' Works; Foreign Words used by Burns; and Index of First Lines; Index to the Author's Letters; and, finally, a General Index. .