The Merry Muses of Caledonia is among Burns' best known, but least read, work. This collection of bawdy poems, some written by and some collected by Burns, ranges from celebrations of spirited women in 'Ellibanks', to misogyny in 'There was twa wives' and male fantasy in 'Nine Inch will please a lady'. These engaging poems are not lewd or distasteful but possess a great wit and charm. This new edition updates the 1959 printing, which with engaging accompanying material by James Barke and preface by J. De Lancey Ferguson ...
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The Merry Muses of Caledonia is among Burns' best known, but least read, work. This collection of bawdy poems, some written by and some collected by Burns, ranges from celebrations of spirited women in 'Ellibanks', to misogyny in 'There was twa wives' and male fantasy in 'Nine Inch will please a lady'. These engaging poems are not lewd or distasteful but possess a great wit and charm. This new edition updates the 1959 printing, which with engaging accompanying material by James Barke and preface by J. De Lancey Ferguson have made this the definitive version, until now. The Merry Muses was always intended to be accompanied by music but the 1959 edition was left incomplete due to Barke's premature death. For the first time the book is completed as it was always meant to be with notes to the tunes created with reference to Barke's unpublished papers. The Luath Merry Muses edition also includes bonus material with specially commissioned illustrations from top political satirist Bob Dewar and an introduction by Burns scholar Valentina Bold. Ferguson's work is brought up to date with commentary on the latest critical responses. This new edition will make this classic of Burns' literature more accessible to modern readers.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 500grams, ISBN:
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Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. Very slight spine lean. Very sight bumping on bottom board corners. Else binding clean. Previous owner's name and date inked on front flyleaf. Small sticker ghost on top corner of front flyleaf. Faint smudges on page fore-edges. Else pages clean. DJ price-clipped. Small chip and tiny tear on DJ spine head. Tiny tear on top edge of front DJ panel. Some rubbing on DJ fold corners. Very light rubbing on a few places on DJ.; POH21A; 8.5 x 5.75"; 326 pages.
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Fine in Very Good jacket. The new edition (1965). Edited with an introduction by G. Legman. lxv, 326pp. Edge of endpapers slightly toned with neat owner bookplate on front pastedown, else about fine in a very good dust jacket with tiny creases and tears, and a couple tiny scuff marks on the cover. Reprinted for the first time in type-facsimile of the original with additional songs from the *Cunningham Manuscript* and other sources.
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Near Fine in Very Good jacket. Octavo. 224 pp. Yellow wraps with black text on the spine show almost no sign of previous use, just some minor bending to the top and bottom of the spine. Orange jacket with black and white text and illustration has some fading along the apine, as well as chipping in the corners and around all edges.
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Fine book in a fine dust jacket. 224 pages First English edition, first printing. For distribution to members of the AUK Society only. With a photocopy of the title page from the original 1800 edition. Edited by James Barke and Sydney Goodsir Smith. Preface by J. DeLancy Ferguson. A collection of bawdy folksongs, ancient and modern. Fine book in a fine glassine wrapper dust jacket. A beautiful copy!
