Lark (C.) Paddy Hew: A Poem, From the Brain of Timothy Tarpaulin. Whistled by a Sea Lark, first edition of this rare naval satire, 1815.

[Lark (C.)] Paddy Hew: A Poem, From the Brain of Timothy Tarpaulin. Whistled by a Sea Lark, first edition, hand-coloured wood-engraved frontispiece, B5 small section of blank lower corner torn away, some spotting, lightly browned, contemporary half calf, spine gilt and with red morocco label, rubbed, 8vo, 1815.

⁂ A rare satire on naval life. Upon being asked by a bookseller to whom he had offered the work for publication whether the work was in the manner of Doctor Syntax the author replied 'No, Sir, it is not like Doctor Syntax; Paddy Hew would be ashamed to be seen in the same filed with such a milksop'.