Live Auction 19151The Exceptional Literature Collection of Theodore B. Baum: Part One
The Headsman
Lot 147

The Headsman

The Doheny copy, in original boards

Closed14 September 2021

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The Headsman
The Doheny copy, in original boards
COOPER, James Fenimore (1789-1851). The Headsman; or, The Abbaye des Vignerons. London: Richard Bentley, 1833.

First edition, the Doheny copy in original boards. BAL 3860; Spiller & Blackburn 17.

Octavo. Half-titles (some foxing). Original boards, paper labels (front hinge of vol. 1 a little tender, restoration to foot of spines of vols 1 and 3); custom box. Provenance: Estelle Doheny (bookplate).