first edition Hardcover
1812 · Boston
by SARGENT, Lucius M.
Boston: Chester Stebbins, 1812. Hardcover. Near Fine. First trade edition (previously published by the author in an edition of 11 large-paper copies in the same year). Contemporary red half-morocco and papercovered boards, titled and ruled on the spine in gilt. A couple of early owner names from the Kidder family (including one that states: "Aug. 23, 1827, the day I entered W. & S. Draper's Co.s store, 68 Killy St., Boston, as apprentice."), modest foxing to the pages, paper over boards a little rubbed and splash marked, still a pleasing very good or better copy of this collection of American poetry. The title poem, about how pre-marital sex leads to madness and death, is a cheery little window into the enlightenment of the local citizenry. *Shaw & Shoemaker* 26693. (Inventory #: 87846)