Sep 17, 2015 - Sale 2391

Sale 2391 - Lot 49

Price Realized: $ 188
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1781.) Seward, Anna. Monody on Major André. iv, 47, [1] pages. 4to, disbound; minor wear and foxing; early owner's signature on title page cropped, errata corrected in ink; signed by Seward on page 28. (MRS) Lichfield, 1781
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first edition. Anna Seward was a well-connected British poet, a friend of Samuel Johnson and James Boswell. She was also close with Major John André, the British spy who was captured while attempting to bring a message to Benedict Arnold. Adams, American Controversy 81-65a; Sabin 79477.