1988.17.0014 (Book)

"The Poetical Works" of Robert Burns. 479 pp., incl. Glossary. Contains poems and stories about the author's life and childhood. Cover is green and has ivy drawin in black that goes over the front . There is a small patch of flowers and a butterfly done in gold. There is also a small black lyre in the bottom left corner. In the center on a gold background, written in a flowing block script is "BURNS". Above and below the center of the name is a golden shell. The inside cover is plain brown in both the front and back of the book. On the inside back cover is a yellow piece of pepr that says "My father's; has signature in back of book 1884." On the back inside cover page written in pencil is "Frank B. Spence, Boone Co. Madrid, Iowa." Page edges are gilt. Color: BK,GD