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Cooper, James Fenimore (1789-1851). History of the navy of the United States of America / by J. Fenimore Cooper - vol. 1. London : Richard Bentley, 1839.

Price: US$83.53 + shipping

Description: Poor copy with wear and tear. Text remains clear and unblemished. Physical description; 1 v. : ill. ; 24 cm. Subject; United States. Navy — History. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland

Cooper, James Fenimore (1789-1851). History of the navy of the United States of America / by J. Fenimore Cooper - vol. 1. London : Richard Bentley, 1839.

Price: US$100.00 + shipping

Description: Poor copy with wear and tear. Text remains clear and unblemished. Physical description; 1 v. : ill. ; 24 cm. Subject; United States. Navy — History. 1 Kg.

Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Cooper, James Fenimore.. HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY (TWO VOLUMES).. Richard Bentley, London, 1839.

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Description: 2 volume unmatched set , both volumes published by Richard Bentley (London) in 1839, apparent first printings. Both volumes from from the same library. VOL1 still has the apparently original marbled paper over leather, with the spine covered by maroon library cloth tape. Cover very worn. Binding split at one point. Pages brittle due to age. Apparently, frontispiece and the few other maps/illustrations are missing. VOL 2 in heavy brown cloth cover in very good condition. Frontispiece is a bust of Com. Perry; full-page map of Tripoli prior to text. Sound binding, pages in very good condition. Occasional pencil in text. **We provide professional service and individual attention to your order, daily shipments, and sturdy packaging.

Seller: Brentwood Books, Kinnelon, NJ, U.S.A.

Cooper, James Fenimore. The History of the Navy of the United States of America. Richard Bentley, London, 1839.

Price: US$880.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 8vo. GORGEOUS 1839 1st British Edition set of the first important history of the U.S. Navy. It was this work which cemented Cooper's rank among the finest of American scholars, which stands to this day. Two volumes complete. Contemporary binding three-quarter brown leather over speckled brown cloth. Raised bands to spine with gilt titling and floral decor. Marbled endpapers and text block edges. Square Tight Bindings. Interiors clean, save for previous owner bookplate to front pastedowns with sporadic foxing, more so to outer pages. A lovely 1st UK Edition of one of the most important naval works in American history.

Seller: Vintage Books and Fine Art, Oxford, MD, U.S.A.

COOPER, James Fenimore. The History of the Navy of the United States of America.. London: Richard Bentley, 1839.

Price: US$950.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: London, Richard Bentley 1839. xxxv,(1),iii-xii,456 + XII,558,(2) pages + 3 portraits and 2 maps. original decorated clot. One inner joint cracked. Portraits foxed. From the library of Naval Officers Society, Stockholm with their blue and yellow ribbon on the boards. The Military Club of Stockholm (Swedish: Militärsällskapet i Stockholm) is a Swedish military society founded on 2 January 1852 in Stockholm, Sweden, to "enable officers to meet and exchange views on all matters, thus not only military." It was founded as a military gentlemen's club (Wikipedia) "The work of an unsurpassed writer; it is so full of interest and so abounds in the most vivid illustrations of American patriotism, enterprise, and courage, that it cannot be too widely circulated" (Allibone I:425). Cooper, who had joined the navy at age 16, was already famous for his Leatherstocking Tales when he wrote "his long-projected History of the Navy of the United States of America. During the winter of 1838-1839, the Coopers lived in Philadelphia, where he researched the book. Published in 1839, it is still a valid history, but it too was soon involved in controversy. A feud had long before developed between partisans of Oliver Hazard Perry and those of Jesse Duncan Elliott, his second in command, concerning Elliott's conduct during the battle of Lake Erie. Although Cooper sifted the evidence and tried hard to be impartial, his account did not satisfy Perry's supporters, and Cooper was once again attacked in the Whig press" (DAB). Cooper was to answer his critics with the publication of The Battle of Lake Erie in 1842. Frontispiece map in each volume. Sabin 16442. Howes C748. BAL 3888. Uncommon in the original publisher's cloth. The set is now Mylar protected and housed in a custom slipcase.

Seller: Reginald C. Williams Rare Books, Glendale, CA, U.S.A.