Thomas Moore — Melodies

Philadelphia , T. Jekyll, 1821. First edition. Leather. A handsome first US edition of Thomas Moore's Irish and National melodies. The first US edition of this classic work, first published in Dublin the previous year. "The popularity which has already attended an American Edition of a small portion of the Pieces contained in this Volume, has induced the Publisher to print one in a more complete, and (as he conceives in a) superior manner". Bound in quarter morocco, with cloth boards. Renewed endpapers, bound with original blanks. Bound without additional engraved title page. Includes both the Irish and National melodies composed by Irish poet Thomas Moore, widely regarded in his lifetime as Ireland's "national bard". Bound in quarter morocco, with cloth boards. Externally, fine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with occasional spots, heaviest towards the front and rear of the work. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .