Last of the Mohicans
James Fenimore Cooper, 1826
[COOPER, James Fenimore. (1789-1851).] The Last of the Mohicans. Philadelphia: H.C. Carey & I. Lea, 1826.
First edition, a lovely copy. The Last of the Mohicans was the second in Cooper's Leatherstocking series although it was the first to be published. With page 89 mispaginated 93 and on p. 243 xiv for xvi; copyright notices in volume 2 in State A. BAL 3833; Spiller & Blackburn 7.
Two volumes, 12mo (186 x 113mm). Uncut (foxing internally; two-inch tear to margin of p.285). Original boards, paper labels (vol 1: joint cracked, chipping to spine label; vol 2: a little chipping along spine). Provenance: J. W. Huntington (ownership inscription to title) – Henry Walker and Nancy Reynolds Bagley (bookplate).
Last of the Mohicans
James Fenimore Cooper, 1826
[COOPER, James Fenimore. (1789-1851).] The Last of the Mohicans. Philadelphia: H.C. Carey & I. Lea, 1826.
First edition, a lovely copy. The Last of the Mohicans was the second in Cooper's Leatherstocking series although it was the first to be published. With page 89 mispaginated 93 and on p. 243 xiv for xvi; copyright notices in volume 2 in State A. BAL 3833; Spiller & Blackburn 7.
Two volumes, 12mo (186 x 113mm). Uncut (foxing internally; two-inch tear to margin of p.285). Original boards, paper labels (vol 1: joint cracked, chipping to spine label; vol 2: a little chipping along spine). Provenance: J. W. Huntington (ownership inscription to title) – Henry Walker and Nancy Reynolds Bagley (bookplate).
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