Tom Crib's Memorial to Congress. With a Preface, Notes and Appendix. B
1819.
Item #8813
(BOXING). [Moore, Thomas]. Tom Crib's Memorial to Congress. With a Preface, Notes and Appendix. By one of the Fancy. New York: For Kirk and Mercein [etc.], William A. Mercein, pr., 1819. 120 p. Later half morocco. A nice tight copy, with the half title. First American edition of Moore's delightfully satirical essay and poem. The work is a biting political satire in the guise of a memorial to a political congress delivered by the chosen representatives of the Pugilistic Fraternity, or "The Fancy." Henderson calls it "A pugilistic-political poem." The work first appeared in London earlier in the year and was reprinted several times. The American edition is scarce. Henderson, Early American Sport, p. 180; S&S 48741.
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