North York Moors Yorkshire Manuscript Poetry [Addison], Richard, of Raindale. [i.e. Richard Addison of Levisham on the Wolds] Carmina Excerpta. Hull: J. Hutchinson, 1823. 8vo, frontispiece, with the addition of 170 pages of manuscript poetry, seemingly in 2 hands, most or all by the author, with an index to the manuscript poems, contemporary half calf, worn; bound in before the list of subscribers is a slip noting 'Epitaph. Sacred to the memory of Rd. Addison, the 9th and youngest child of John and Charity Addison of Leavening born May 12th/ Died Feb. 7th 1845. He was eccentric, learned and religious and much esteemed by all who knew him. His death was sudden.', frontispiece, half-title and preface a little loose Qty: (1) Note: An interesting compilation of poetry by the eccentric Yorkshire poet Richard Addison of Levisham on the Wolds, known as Richard of Raindale and also as 'King Dick'. He died in 1841 in his sod hut and when found was partly eaten by rats - he was buried at Levisham. The first manuscript poems are acrostic poems to MissHannahAgar, JaneGray, ElsaBethMason, MissAgar, Frances Syeaman; a Mary Ann Agar appears in the list of subscribers. Addison, Richard (fl. 1833), of Raindale-Heads near Pickering, North Yorkshire, ‘The Moorish Bard’ (i.e., punningly, a bard of the moors). See A Catalogue of Labouring Class and Self-Taught Poets and Poetry, c. 1700-1900. Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.