POEMS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS
The first book of poetry to be published in Brooklyn.
Very good.
Price: $250.00
POEMS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS
Fifteen poems, many of which deal with local interests, such as a school for orphans in Brooklyn or the deaths of local figures. Particularly notable is a four-part poem titled "The Fashionable Rake," describing the dandy lifestyle of a young man. "Elate with hope and flush'd with gay design, The joyous youth his club seeks o'er their wine." The original Brooklyn hipster? A pencil notation at title pages states that Hazard was schoolmaster at Sunken Meadow on Long Island, though we are unable to verify. [Stoddard & Whitesell 1059].
The Object
Brooklyn, NY: Published by the author; A. Spooner, Printer, 1814. Hardcover. 12mo. Recbound in modern blue paper-covered boards with white backing and replacement endpapers of the period. Binding fine, with text block toned at edges and foxed throughout. Light edge-wear. Pencil notation and approx. one inch closed tear at title page. Very good overall. 187pp.
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