The author. A poem. By C. Churchill..
London.
Printed for W. Flexney et al., 1763.
First edition.
[4], 19pp, [1]. With half-title.
[Bound with:] [CHURCHILL, Charles]. The times. A poem. London. Printed for the author; and Sold by J. Coote, 1764. First edition. 33pp, [1]. Manuscript inscription of the author's name above imprint to title.
Quarto. Contemporary? half calf, marbled boards, tooled and lettered in gilt to spine. Heavily rubbed, with surface wear to spine and extremities, small losses to head and foot of spine, joints starting. Leaves lightly browned, light soiling to endpapers.
Quarto.
[Bound with:] [CHURCHILL, Charles]. The times. A poem. London. Printed for the author; and Sold by J. Coote, 1764. First edition. 33pp, [1]. Manuscript inscription of the author's name above imprint to title.
Quarto. Contemporary? half calf, marbled boards, tooled and lettered in gilt to spine. Heavily rubbed, with surface wear to spine and extremities, small losses to head and foot of spine, joints starting. Leaves lightly browned, light soiling to endpapers.
Quarto.
The first editions of two acclaimed poems by English poet and satirist Charles Churchill (1732 – 1764), author of the infamous Rosciad (1761), and terror of English actors and actresses for his pointed, vicious and incessant satires of the stage.
ESTC T1713.
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref: 34792
