Poetry

Robert Bloomfield was one of the most popular labouring-class poets of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, celebrated for his sympa...

James Thomson's The Seasons was one of the most celebrated and widely read poems of the eighteenth century, combining descriptive nature poetry wit...

Her Infinite Variety, edited by E. V. Lucas and first published in 1908, is a charming Edwardian anthology celebrating literary portraits o...

The Bee, or Literary Weekly Intelligencer, Consisting of Original Pieces, and Selections from Performances of Merit, Foreign and Domestic, A Work c...

The Bee, or Literary Weekly Intelligencer, Consisting of Original Pieces, and Selections from Performances of Merit, Foreign and Domestic, A Work c...

The Bee, or Literary Weekly Intelligencer, Consisting of Original Pieces, and Selections from Performances of Merit, Foreign and Domestic, A Work c...

This is a handsome set of four large-format 19th‑century bound volumes of Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal, originally launched in 1832 by the enterpri...

This is a handsome 19th‑century bound volume of Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal – New Series, Volume II, comprising issues 27–52 from July to December...

Allan Ramsay’s The Gentle Shepherd is a cornerstone of 18th‑century Scottish literature, widely celebrated as the nation’s first major pastoral dra...

A smart 1829 volume of The Gem; A Literary Annual, edited by the poet and humorist Thomas Hood, featuring contributions from some of the era’s most...

Robert Burns's Commonplace Book 1783-1785; Reproduced in Facsimile from the Poet's Manuscript with Transcript and the Original Introduction and Not...

A smartly restored 1730 edition of one of the most celebrated and enduring poetic works of the 18th century. The Seasons by James Thomson, a Scotti...

Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border (Edinburgh, 1803) is the influential early work of Sir Walter Scott, issued here in its second edition, expanded ...

A very scarce copy of this limited edition poetry book, based on the lineage of the Stewarts in Scottish history, and featuring key figures and bat...

The Life and Works of Robert Burns; edited by Robert Chambers, Revised by William Wallace. Spine title states 'New Edition by William Wallace'. 3 V...

A unique copy of this work. A previous owner has restored it to completion, by creating a number of hand drawn pages including the title page, adve...

The Scots Magazine was found in 1739, and claims to be the world's oldest magazine still in publication today (although with gaps in its publicatio...

A charming bound copy of Chambers Miscellany containing a wealth of informative essays and features to interest Victorian readers. Still an enterta...

A charming set of Chambers Miscellany containing a wealth of informative essays and features to interest Victorian readers. Still an entertaining r...

An interesting, and uncommon, copy of Longfellow's poetry with a lovely Ivorine (?) panel cover insert. The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longf...

A handsome, and very scarce, volume of Scottish poetry from 1922. Wandering Thoughts and Random Rhymes, Arch. J. Rose, Late Burgh Procurator-Fiscal...

A book of poetry by Scottish doctor, David Rorie (1867-1946). Includes his well known song, 'The Lum Hat Wantin' The Croon', which was popular amon...

A nice copy of this book of the poetry of George Bruce (1909-2002), Scottish poet and radio journalist. The first free endpaper is warmly inscribed...

A scarce early copy of this edition of Robert Burns' poetry. Two volumes bound as one. Printed by J. Crerar, Kirkaldy, 1802. First edition thus. Sc...