Sea Tales
by Cooper, James Fenimore
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On May 15, 2009, killswan said
THE PILOT is about warfare on land and sea between the rebelling USA and mother Britain between the years of, say, 1778 and 1792. The pilot in question, though never named, is legendary John Paul (Jones), father of the American navy. He lands in northeastern England to extract valuable hostages to exchange for American revolutionaries taken at sea by the British. The success of his mission depends on his uncanny seamanship amid shoals, rocks and currents. Subplots abound. Jones meets with a former love. Other young lovers pursue their future mates against great odds. By 1792, the year of Jones's death, two wartime enemies are the best of friends on the US-Canadian frontier. This novel established a new literary genre: the sea adventure tale. ... The volume's second novel is THE RED ROVER, written five years after THE PILOT. After a very slow beginning full of intrigue in and around the harbor of Newport, Rhode Island in October 1759, young Harry Wilder and companions board the disguised pirate ship, the Red Rover, with a royal commission to identify and bring to justice its captain who uses the same name. After a long sea chase of a rich merchantman, the Red Rover captures a British frigate. In time the pirate proves himself an early patriot laboring for the freedom of the North American colonies from their British overlords. The novel abounds in mood changes, disguises, false flags for the Rover and twists and turns in the pirate chief's identities, moods and whims. At novel's end the Rover, whose real name is Heidegger, is revealed to be an American patriot, as Newport celebrates the end of the war for independence. -OOO-
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Sea Tales (The Pilot, The Red Rover, The Two Admirals, The Water-Witch, and Wing-and-Wing)
by Cooper, James Fenimore
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Philadelphia: John C. Winston Co, 1904. Hardcover. Very Good -. 5 volumes: 473, 494, 532, 471, 494 p.; 20 cm. Bound in half green calf with marbled paper in blue, red, and gilt over boards. Six spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-tooled "Sea Tales" in second compartment, volume title in fourth, and floral decorations in the… Read more about this item Item Price
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SEA TALES; THE TWO ADMIRALS, WING AND WING, THE PILOT, THE WATER WITCH, THE RED ROVER. 5 VOLUME SET
by James Fenimore Cooper
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Sea Tales: The Pilot, The Red Rover
by Cooper, James Fenimore
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New York: Library of America. Very good copy in fine dust jacket. 1991. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 902 pp., The Library of America, vol. 54., Mildly ex-library with bookplate on the front free endpaper, stamp on title page and pocket on rear endpaper; no external library markings on book or dust jacket. . Item Price
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Sea Tales
by COOPER, James Fenimore
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Sea Tales: The Pilot, The Red Rover
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Library of America, New York, 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket as issued. Multiple copies available this title. Library of America series. Book comes in its original slipcase. Quantity Available: 2. Category: Literature & Literary; ISBN: 0940450704. ISBN/EAN: 9780940450707. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Sea Tales: The Pilot, The Red Rover
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Sea Tales: The Pilot [and] The Red Rover
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(New York): The Library of America, 1991. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 902pp. Top corners gently bumped and boards trifle splayed, near fine in near fine dust jacket with corresponding bumping. Library of America, Volume 54. Item Price
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Sea Tales: The Pilot, The Red Rover
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New York: Library of America, 1991. Ex-Library. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition.. FIRST PRINTING (stated) of the First Edition (thus). Two novels by Cooper which invented a new genre of literature known as the 'sea novel' - offering high adventure, boldness, vigor, and all the majesty and power of the seafaring life . Hardcover with dust jacket, contains chronological and… Read more about this item Item Price
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Sea Tales: The Pilot / The Red Rover (Library of America)
by Cooper, James Fenimore
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New York : Library of America, 1991. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 902 pages. Hardcover in black dust jacket. Previous owner's name sticker on front flyleaf. Text is clean and sound.
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Sea Tales : The Pilot, The Red Rover
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SEA TALES : The Pilot, the Red Rover
by James Fenimore Cooper
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New York: Library of America. 1984. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0940450704 . Very Good+ in a Very Good+ slipcase. Edge wear. Spine soiled. Slipcase shows soiling. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Item Price
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SEA TALES : THE PILOT / THE RED ROVER
by James Fenimore Cooper
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Sea Tales: the Pilot, the Red Rover
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Sea Tales
by James Fenimore Cooper
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New York, D. Appleton and Co, 1875-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. Octavo. Bound in contemporary leather. Boards and spine absent. Marbled page ends. Clean, unmarked pages. Contents are: I. The pilot.--II. The Red Rover.--III. The Water-witch.--IV. Wing-and-wing.--V. The two admirals. Item Price
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Sea Tales: The Pilot, the Red Rover
by Cooper, James Fenimore
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Sea Tales: The Water Witch, The Pilot, The Red Rover, The Two Admirals 4 BOOK SET
by Cooper, James Fenimore
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The John C. Winston Co., Philadelphia. Hardcover. Good. Hardcovers. No DJ's. 4 BOOK SET. No date found....appears to be c.1900. Pages are clean and unmarked. Gilt top page edges. Bound in place holders. Covers (red boards with gilt lettering/decoration on spines) show light edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Bindings tight, hinges strong. TITLES: The Water Witch, The Pilot,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Sea Tales: The Pilot; The Red Rover (Library of America)
by Cooper, James Fenimore
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Sea Tales
by Cooper, James Fenimore
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NY: The Library of America. NF. 1991. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Stated First Printing bound in green cloth with a ribbon marker. A nea r fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. Some dust spotting to the edge s of the page block. The dust jacket is mildly tanned along its spine. Contains "The Pilot" and "The Red Rover".… Read more about this item Item Price
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