BIRD (James).

The Vale of Slaughden, a Poem. In Five Cantos.

London, Balwin, Cradock, and Joy. 1819 Second edition. Contemporary half calf. 8vo. pp. [2], vi, [4], 107. Bound with: BIRD (James). Machin; or, the Discovery of Madeira. A Poem. In Four Cantos. First edition. pp. ix, [3], 111. London, John Warren. 1821. Bound with: BIRD (James). Cosmo, Duke of Tuscany: a Tragedy, in Five Acts. First edition. pp. vi, 113. London, Rodwell and Martin. 1822. The second and third items were printed in Yarmouth (see Johnson 79 and 74 respectively); the first edition of the first item (Johnson 81) was also printed there. James Bird (1788-1839) was the son of a Suffolk farmer. After an apprenticeship to a miller, he kept a stationer's shop until his death. Bound with half-titles but without advertisements in the case of "Machin". Covers and spine rubbed. Bookplate of James Mason Martin.

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