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COOPER, James Fenimore.. The Spy. Second edition. New York, Wiley and Halsted, 1822., 1822.
Price: US$295.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Second edition (so stated). Volume I only of II. 8vo. Includes a new 2 page preface. No half title. Original drab printed boards (detached, rubbed, spine lacking). Good. 251 pages. Light foxing. Uncommon thus. BAL #3827. Printed by Wm. Grattan.
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: The Spy; A Tale of the Neutral Ground. By James Fenimore Cooper and printed in New York City by Wiley and Halstead. 1822, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 3rd printing (labeled as Third Edition), 251 and 286 pp, 7 x 4.5, 8vo, hardcover full leather. As-is, with front board of Volume I essentially detached and rear board of Volume II detached from text block and spine. Rubbing and wear to exteriors of boards. Mismatched decorations and title labels on spine, with chipping and wear to both leather and labels. Text blocks themselves remain in good condition and bound well. General age-related toning to pages, along with periodic foxing and wear. Please see photographs and ask any questions prior to purchasing. A scarce early printing of a novel set during the American Revolution by American author James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851), with this work ultimately becoming his first popular piece and launching his literary career. A great set for restoration and preservation. COLL1822BMNQ
Seller: ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: "The Spy; A Tale of the Neutral Ground; Referring to Some Particular Occurrences During the American War: Also Pourtraying American Scenery and Manners " by James Fenimore Cooper. G. and W.B. Whittaker. 1822, first UK edition (3 volumes). issued without half-titles, lacks advertisements at end of vol. I, some foxing and browning, vol. I new endpapers, vol. II small worming in margins on front pastedown, front free endpaper and all to F12, front free endpaper, title and some other ff. wormhole repaired, vol. II & III signatures of A. Colvile on front pastedowns (?Andrew Wedderburn Colvile or Colville (1779-1856), governor of the Hudson's Bay Company), contemporary half calf, slightly rubbed, rebacked in modern calf, gilt, 12mo. A beautiful set of this famous novel. The Spy: a Tale of the Neutral Ground was James Fenimore Cooper's second novel, published in 1821 by Wiley & Halsted. This was the earliest American novel to win wide and permanent fame and may be said to have begun the type of romance which dominated U.S. fiction for 30 years.
Seller: Neverland Books, waalre, Netherlands