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The G. Ross Roy Collection of Robert Burns - An Illustrated Catalogue (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
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The G. Ross Roy Collection of Robert Burns - An Illustrated Catalogue (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
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This is a guide to the most comprehensive collection of ""Burns and
Burnsiana outside of the United Kingdom"". Established in 1989, the
""G. Ross Roy Collection of Robert Burns and Burnsiana at the
University of South Carolina's Thomas Cooper Library"" is one of
the world's foremost collections dedicated to the study of
Scotland's greatest poet. G. Ross Roy, an internationally renowned
Burns scholar, inherited the origins of this collection from his
grandfather in 1958. Since that time, the dynamic collection has
increased fivefold - and continues to expand through new
acquisitions. This illustrated catalogue of the collection's
expansive holdings is being published in 2009 on the occasion of
""Burns""' 250th birthday as a guide to the current collection for
researchers and collectors alike. Of the approximately six thousand
items described in the catalogue, the largest sections are works by
Burns and items of Burnsiana. These include not only separate
editions of the poet's major works but also editions with
distinctive bindings and variants. Among the notable highlights is
one of only two known first-edition copies of ""The Merry Muses of
Caledonia"" (1799) and the only one with a complete title page. The
collection also includes sixteen of the twenty-one known variants
of the 1827 reprint edition of that work. Also detailed are
landmark collections of Burns, including the exceptionally rare
""Kilmarnock"" edition (1786), the 1787 ""Edinburgh"" edition with
more than thirty annotations in Burns' hand, the 1787 London
edition, and James Currie's 1800 edition. The collection includes
as well ""Burns""' annotated copy of John Moore's novel ""Zeluco""
and a copy of ""The World"" with more than sixty ascriptions and
comments in ""Burns""' hand. The catalogued Burnsiana features
almost every book-length study of the poet as well as numerous
pamphlets and books with significant sections about Burns. Also
described in the catalogue, among the collection's manuscripts, is
the song ""Lesley Bailie - A Scots Ballad"" (1792), the only known
copy in ""Burns""' hand. And the most unique artifacts of realia
seen here are ""Burns""' porridge bowl and horn spoon, inherited by
Roy from his grandfather as part of the original collection. ""The
G. Ross Roy Collection of Robert Burns"" includes an introduction
by G. Ross Roy on the history of the collection. In text and
images, the catalogue documents a monumental research collection
that serves as an open invitation for further investigations into
the life, works, and legacy of Scotland's bard.
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