
Mite Series in Tartan. Bryce, David & Son. Glasgow. Circa 1900. Five volumes in fitted wooden box. Hinged glazed lid with gilt saw tooth decoration along framed edges. Sides covered in Prince Charlie tartan glossy paper. Issued in wooden box, 82 x 76 mm., with each volume in separate compartment, arranged in two rows divided into 6 compartments; centre compartment in top row contains title page for set with picture of Robert Burns covered by a magnifying glass, 'Mite Series in Tartan. Glasgow; David Bryce & Son.' Glasgow: Printed at the University Press. Five books: Smallest English Dictionary; Burns' Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect; Golden Thoughts from Great Authors; Old English, Scotch and Irish Songs with Music; Witty Humorous and Merry Thoughts, Selected by T.M. Original printed label on bottom. Provenance: from the Librairies of Doris Varner Welsh and Kathryn I. Rickard (compiler and editor of the 'Bibliography of Miniature Books 1470-1965'). Original publisher's red roan. With gilt titling on spines and front covers. Gentle handling. Bondy, 113. Garbett, 30. Welsh, 2408; 1535; 2086; 5113; 4860. OCLC, 297117336. WorldCat locates four copies worldwide (Pierpont Morgan, Harvard, Indiana and Virginia University Libraries).