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[MOROCCO] [LITERATURE] PAGES AND PICTURES, FROM THE WRITINGS OF JAMES FENIMORE COOPER, WTIH NOTES BY SUSAN FENIMORE COOPER
by James Fenimore Cooper | Susan Fenimore Cooper [Notes]
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very Good binding
- Seller
-
Richmond, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: W. A. Townsend and Company, 1861. First Edition. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Quarto (10 1/2" x 8 1/4"); in the publisher's full brown morocco binding with an elaborate border stamped in blind to the upper and lower boards, and titling in gilt; raised bands with blind stamping in compartments and titling lettered in gilt; all edges gilt; marbled endpapers; there is the beginning of separation (about 1/2") at the top and bottom of the front gutter, though the boards are holding quite well; with 40 steel engravings, including the frontispiece and vignette title page, all protected with tissue guards; there are also vignette engravings on wood. Several leaves have minor off-setting from now removed leaves. ~~Overall, a nice copy of a handsome book. Beautifully illustrated excerpts from Cooper's writings. Very Good binding.
Details
- Bookseller
- Black Swan Books, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 295868
- Title
- [MOROCCO] [LITERATURE] PAGES AND PICTURES, FROM THE WRITINGS OF JAMES FENIMORE COOPER, WTIH NOTES BY SUSAN FENIMORE COOPER
- Author
- James Fenimore Cooper | Susan Fenimore Cooper [Notes]
- Format/Binding
- Full Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good binding
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- W. A. Townsend and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1861
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Black Swan Books, Inc.
Biblio member since 2006
Richmond, Virginia
About Black Swan Books, Inc.
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