THE EXHIBITION COMMITTEE In Satirical Rhyme. By an Eye-Witness.

EYE-WITNESS [Paul Rodgers -Sheffield Poet 1788 - 1851] aka Oldbuck, Jonathan:

Published by Sheffield :Whitaker and Co The Iris Office, 1839

About this Item

A rare 24pp side stitched 12mo poem in chap book style in excellent condition. Rogers was born in Greasboro and a shoemaker by trade. He early became a Methodist preacher and then seceded on doctrinal grounds. He was aquainted with the Elliott family and was persuaded by John Holland [poet and editor of The Iris] to move to Sheffield. "COPAC records only the Brotherton and British Library copies. A second copy is also available in the form of a Presentation Copy to his son William, in markedly inferior condition but with numerous textual changes and identified characters £95. see also his POEMS,or AMUSEMENTS IN RHYME.

Seller Inventory # 6918

Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE EXHIBITION COMMITTEE In Satirical Rhyme. By an Eye-Witness.
• Publisher: Sheffield :Whitaker and Co The Iris Office
• Publication Date: 1839
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Sheffield