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NOVELS, ROMANCES, AND TALES containing The Pilot + The Spy + The Pioneers + The Last of the Mohicans + Lionel Lincoln + The Prairie + The red Rover + The Water Witch + Imagination. Complete in One Volume.
by Cooper, J.F. [James Fenimore Cooper](1789-1851)
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Blockley, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Bruce and Wyld, 1844. Hardcover. Good. Large Octavo half tan leather on 4 raised wide gilt decorated bands & black title label. Sides with marbled paper on boards, one-inch split to head of spine, worn and peeled, boards edge rubbed. All edges marbled. General titlepage + individual titlepages 102pp 97-500pp. The Pilot titlepage dated 1844. The Spy dated on its title 1846. The Pioneers dated 1845. Last of the Mohicans dated 1842. Lionel Lincoln dated 1845. At the foot of p500 it reads "End of the 1st volume of the Novel Newspaper. 107pp = The Prairie 146pp = Red Rover 136pp = Water Witch 27pp + Imagination. These four separately paginated books are all dated 1844 on their titlepages. In double columns throughout with The Pilot having pages 33 to 64 misbound after the end of this story on page 102. A few isolated foxing marks else a neat tight copy. Owner's name William Probyn Hurst to endpaper, dated 1st September 1881.
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- Bookseller
- Abbey Antiquarian Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- F75352
- Title
- NOVELS, ROMANCES, AND TALES containing The Pilot + The Spy + The Pioneers + The Last of the Mohicans + Lionel Lincoln + The Prairie + The red Rover + The Water Witch + Imagination. Complete in One Volume.
- Author
- Cooper, J.F. [James Fenimore Cooper](1789-1851)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Bruce and Wyld
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1844
- Keywords
- Novels
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction and Poetry;
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About the Seller
Abbey Antiquarian Books
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Blockley, Gloucestershire
About Abbey Antiquarian Books
We are antiquarian booksellers established in Gloucestershire, England for over twenty years. We have general stock and specialise in early illustrated and children's books and pop-ups. We are members of PBFA.
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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