POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. TO WHICH ARE ANNEXED, EXTRACTS FROM A JOURNAL KEPT BY THE AUTHOR WHILE HE FOLLOWED THE SEA, AND DURING A JOURNEY FROM NEW-BRUNSWICK, IN NEW-JERSEY, TO MONTREAL AND QUEBEC.
Cincinnati: Looker & Reynolds, 1823. 160pp, moderately foxed. Original sheep [hinges starting, rubbed]. Good+. The first edition, reprinted in 1824. The poems reflect Guest's Revolutionary War experiences. He had commanded the unit that captured John Graves Simcoe after his raid into New Jersey. "Guest gives a detailed account of the..... More