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London: Essex House Press / Edward Arnold. 1902. First edition thus. First edition thus. Limited edition. Original vellum boards with gilt titles to the spine and a blind-stamped 'Soul is Form' rose design to the upper board. Printed on vellum, in Caslon type. Wood-engraved frontispiece by William Strang. Hand-coloured initials by Florence Kingsford Cockerell throughout. A very near fine copy, the binding square and firm with a light scuff to the upper board and some dustiness to the spine. The contents are clean throughout and without stamps or inscriptions. The slipcase is sound with light rubbing at the extremities. Issued in a limited edition of 150 copies, of which this example is numbered 59. The Essex House Press was founded by Charles Robert Ashbee and Laurence Hodson following the closure of William Morris' Kelmscott Press in 1897. Ashbee bought the Kelmscott Press's Albion printing presses after William Morris's death, and employed one of the Kelmscott…

Tam o' Shanter is a narrative poem written by Robert Burns. First published in 1791, it tells the story of Tam, a farmer who encounters a disturbing scene of witches and warlocks.