The fugitive and other Literary Works, in prose and poetry, of G. M. Woodward, Author of Eccentric Excursions, and various prints of humour

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4to. pp. viii, 140, [7]. Signatures: [A]4 B-I8 K4 L6. Boards, rebacked. Illustrated. Labels and notes of G. Hilder Libbis. Front flyleaf recto and title page signed: “Miss Richards.” Inscribed on front flyleaf recto: “Miss Rose the gift of her beloved Aunt Rose;” penciled below: “The above are relatives of the man to whom this work is dedicated.” Reprints (pp. 67ff.) the 1796 Familiar Verses from the Ghost of Willy Shakspeare, an early satire on W.H. Ireland by the caricaturist George Moutard Woodward (appr. 1760-1809) (see Bib# 4656331/Fr# 560 in this collection). Click here to view the Johns Hopkins University catalog record.