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COOPER, James Fenimore (1789-1851). A collection of 7 works, uniformly bound:
(i) The Red Rover, A Tale. Paris: for Hector Bossange, 1827. 3 volumes, small 8° in 12's (161 x 100mm). Half titles (some spotting and mainly marginal browning). FIRST EDITION, RARE, preceding the London edition by three days and the American by about a month, with the half titles. Cooper wrote The Red Rover, his second sea novel, in Paris and supervised the printing of the book. It was his first book to be both printed and published first in a foreign country.
(ii) The Prairie, A Tale. Paris: for Hector Bossange, 1827. 3 volumes, small 8° in 12's (160 x 100mm). Half titles (some spotting and mainly marginal browning). cf. Sabin 16510.
(iii) The Last of the Mohicans; a Narrative of 1757. Paris: H. Bauldry, 1826. 3 volumes, small 8° in 12's (161 x 100mm). Half titles (some spotting and mainly marginal browning). cf. Sabin 16452.
(iv) The Pioneers; or, The Sources of the Susquehanna. Paris: L. Baudry, 1825. 3 volumes, small 8° in 12's (161 x 100mm). Half titles (some spotting and mainly marginal browning, a couple of leaves with small hole in upper margin).
(v) The Pilot; A Tale of the Sea. Paris: L. Bauldry, 1825. 3 volumes, small 8° in 12's (161 x 100mm). Half titles (some spotting and even browning).
(vi) Lionel Lincoln; or, The Leaguer of Boston. Paris: L. Bauldry, 1825. 3 volumes, small 8° in 12's (161 x 100mm). Half titles (some spotting and mainly marginal browning). cf. Sabin 16465.
(vii) The Spy; A Tale of the Neutral Ground. Paris: L. Baudry, 1825. 3 volumes, small 8° in 12's (161 x 101mm). Half titles (some spotting and even browning).
Uniformly bound in half calf, flat spines decorated in gilt and black, lettered in gilt (decoration on spines partly faded, a few stains on spines, quite rubbed). (21)
(i) The Red Rover, A Tale. Paris: for Hector Bossange, 1827. 3 volumes, small 8° in 12's (161 x 100mm). Half titles (some spotting and mainly marginal browning). FIRST EDITION, RARE, preceding the London edition by three days and the American by about a month, with the half titles. Cooper wrote The Red Rover, his second sea novel, in Paris and supervised the printing of the book. It was his first book to be both printed and published first in a foreign country.
(ii) The Prairie, A Tale. Paris: for Hector Bossange, 1827. 3 volumes, small 8° in 12's (160 x 100mm). Half titles (some spotting and mainly marginal browning). cf. Sabin 16510.
(iii) The Last of the Mohicans; a Narrative of 1757. Paris: H. Bauldry, 1826. 3 volumes, small 8° in 12's (161 x 100mm). Half titles (some spotting and mainly marginal browning). cf. Sabin 16452.
(iv) The Pioneers; or, The Sources of the Susquehanna. Paris: L. Baudry, 1825. 3 volumes, small 8° in 12's (161 x 100mm). Half titles (some spotting and mainly marginal browning, a couple of leaves with small hole in upper margin).
(v) The Pilot; A Tale of the Sea. Paris: L. Bauldry, 1825. 3 volumes, small 8° in 12's (161 x 100mm). Half titles (some spotting and even browning).
(vi) Lionel Lincoln; or, The Leaguer of Boston. Paris: L. Bauldry, 1825. 3 volumes, small 8° in 12's (161 x 100mm). Half titles (some spotting and mainly marginal browning). cf. Sabin 16465.
(vii) The Spy; A Tale of the Neutral Ground. Paris: L. Baudry, 1825. 3 volumes, small 8° in 12's (161 x 101mm). Half titles (some spotting and even browning).
Uniformly bound in half calf, flat spines decorated in gilt and black, lettered in gilt (decoration on spines partly faded, a few stains on spines, quite rubbed). (21)
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