Robert Burns — The Cotter&Apos;S Saturday Night

London, James Hewetson and Son , [1909]. Hardback. A popular poem by Robert Burns, illustrated with a frontispiece by Arthur Rackham, a scarce Rackham work. A scarce Arthur Rackham work with a frontispiece by Rackham. In the original publisher's pictorial hardback. This work was written by the noted Robert Burns, the Scottish poet. This poem was first published in 'Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect' in 1786, with this being the first edition to be illustrated by Rackham, one of the most important illustrators of his time. Undated, dated by copies held on Jisc. In the publisher's original pictorial hardback. Externally generally smart with age toning, wear and bumping to the extremities, minor rubbing to the title to the front, rear joint starting with a closed tear to the head of the spine and rubbing to the spine. Hinges starting with a bookplate belonging to 'George Fleming' to the front pastedown, with age toning to the endpapers. Internally generally firmly bound with minimal strain between the frontispiece and the title page. Pages age toned and clean with the odd very small closed tear to the extremities. Good . Ill.: Arthur Rackham. Good .