first edition xxviii, 160, 24 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
1772 · Philadelphia
by Evans, Nathaniel
Philadelphia: Printed by John Dunlap, 1772. First edition. xxviii, 160, 24 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original speckled sheep, red leather spine label. Some occasional stains to text, upper cover slightly bowed; otherwise an attractive, unsophisticated copy in its original binding. First edition. xxviii, 160, 24 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. With the Preface (pp. iii-x) by William Smith, who was Evans' his former teacher at the Philadelphia Academy, and the frequently missing Subscribers' List (pp. xi-xxvi), First and only edition of the poems by the author, who died at the age of 25 shortly after his ordination as a missionary for Gloucester County, New Jersey. Evans 12386; Felcone, New Jersey Books, 85; HIildeburn 2770; Sabin 23179; Wegelin 133
(Inventory #: 220506)