.jpg?w=1)
.jpg?w=1)
James Fenimore Cooper, 1821
Details
The Spy
James Fenimore Cooper, 1821
[COOPER, James Fenimore (1789-1851).] The Spy: A Tale of the Neutral Ground. New York: Wiley & Halsted, 1821.
First edition of Cooper’s romance of Revolutionary War espionage. Cooper was among the first to treat espionage in fiction. BAL’s state B of vol. 2. Very rare: according to ABPC only four copies have appeared at auction over the last thirty years. BAL 3826; Spiller & Blackburn 2.
Two volumes, 16mo (183 x 102 mm). (Foxing at ends and intermittently.) Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards (spine labels chipped, light wear to spine and corners); custom box. Provenance: Oliver A. Wallace (bookplates).
James Fenimore Cooper, 1821
[COOPER, James Fenimore (1789-1851).] The Spy: A Tale of the Neutral Ground. New York: Wiley & Halsted, 1821.
First edition of Cooper’s romance of Revolutionary War espionage. Cooper was among the first to treat espionage in fiction. BAL’s state B of vol. 2. Very rare: according to ABPC only four copies have appeared at auction over the last thirty years. BAL 3826; Spiller & Blackburn 2.
Two volumes, 16mo (183 x 102 mm). (Foxing at ends and intermittently.) Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards (spine labels chipped, light wear to spine and corners); custom box. Provenance: Oliver A. Wallace (bookplates).
Brought to you by
Heather Weintraub
Specialist, Books, Manuscripts, & Archives