MONODY ON MAJOR ANDRE

Author: Seward, Miss Anna
Title: MONODY ON MAJOR ANDRE
Publication: Boston, Mass: Printed for and Sold by W. Spotswood and C.P. Wayne, 1798
Edition: Fourth American Edition

Description: Pamphlet. 6 7/8 x 4. duodecimo. Stitched and disbound. Light foxing throughout. Edgewear to final page. According to Rare Book Hub, any copy of Monody on Major Andre, in separate published form, has not come up for auction since 1984.. Good.

This stated fourth American Edition by the English Romantic poet Miss Anna Seward, celebrates the courage of the British spy leader, Major John André, best known for his entanglement with the infamous turncoat Benedict Arnold. He was hanged for his crimes as a British spy during the American Revolution. Seward was a childhood friend of Honora Sneyd, who had been briefly engaged to André. Also issued as part of: Amelia; or, The faithless Briton ... Boston : W. Spotswood and C.P. Wayne, 1798 (Evans 33290); and as part of: Florian, de, M. Galatea, a pastoral romance ... Boston, 1798 (Evans 33741).

Seller ID: 83374

Subject: Poetry

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