PERCY'S MASQUE, A DRAMA, IN FIVE ACTS. FROM THE LONDON EDITION, WITH ALTERATIONS
1820 · New York
by [ Hillhouse, James A.]
New York: Printed by C.S. Van Winkle, 1820. 150pp. Small octavo. Original boards, paper spine label. Occasional smudges to boards, slight cracking to joints, with surface erosion at toe of spine, early authorship attribution on title, ink inscription on pastedown, bookplate scar on rear endsheet, else a good, sound copy. First U.S. edition of the author's first book, preceded by publication in London the previous year. Bryant reviewed this play in the NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW "and characterized it as a respectable dramatic production" - Hill. BAL 8510. HILL 131. (Inventory #: WRCLIT42698)