The pavilion; or, a month in Brighton. A satirical novel. By Humphrey Hedgehog, Esq. Author of "A Month in Town," General Post Bag," Rejected Odes," &c

[Agg, John]

Published by J. Johnston, 98, Cheapside, and 335, Oxford Street, and Sold by all Booksellers, London, 1817

About this Item

First edition, 12mo, pp. [4], 239, [1]; [4], 158 [i.e., 244]; [4], 224; near fine copy in original drab paper-covered boards, brown paper shelfback, printed paper labels on spine. Bookplate of John Sparrow in volumes II and III. An uncommon novel satirizing George IV. "Son of John and Ann Agg, he was born in Evesham. He began a colourful career as a writer, printer, bookseller, and publisher in Evesham and Bristol. The Dawn of Liberty (Bristol, 1808) seems to have been his first publication; he subsequently turned his hand to many kinds of hack writing, including fiction. Shoberl (1816) describes him as having been recently imprisoned in London for a libel. In 1818 he emigrated to the US, living first in Philadelphia, where he published The Ocean Harp, and then in Washington DC. He married Elizabeth Blackford (1800-54) in 1820. As an official parliamentary reporter from 1825 to 1837 he recorded the debates in Congress. He died in Washington and is buried there in Rock Creek Cemetery. A collection devoted to him and his works from 1813 onwards was acquired by Duke University in 2017. The attribution of all of the pseudonymous works to Agg is still largely speculative" ("Guide to the Harold Moser Collection," David M. Rubinstein Rare Books & Manuscript Library, Duke University; Shoberl). Not in Sadleir or Wolff. OCLC locates only 7 (or is it 4) copies worldwide: Harvard, NY Public, Huntington, and the BL. Then three copies in the ever-suspicious British Library Reference Collection.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The pavilion; or, a month in Brighton. A satirical novel. By Humphrey Hedgehog, Esq. Author of "A Month in Town," General Post Bag," Rejected Odes," &c
• Publisher: J. Johnston, 98, Cheapside, and 335, Oxford Street, and Sold by all Booksellers, London
• Publication Date: 1817
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • English Literature