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Auction archive: Lot number 186

COOPER, James Fenimore (1789-1851) A collection of first edi...

Estimate
US$4,000 - US$6,000
Price realised:
US$875
Auction archive: Lot number 186

COOPER, James Fenimore (1789-1851) A collection of first edi...

Estimate
US$4,000 - US$6,000
Price realised:
US$875
Beschreibung:

COOPER, James Fenimore (1789-1851). A collection of first editions and association copies from the works of James Fenimore Cooper, from the library of Cooper's great grandson Paul Fenimore Cooper (1899-1970). Comprising
COOPER, James Fenimore (1789-1851). A collection of first editions and association copies from the works of James Fenimore Cooper, from the library of Cooper's great grandson Paul Fenimore Cooper (1899-1970). Comprising: The Pioneers, or the Sources of the Susquehanna; A Descriptive Tale. New York: Charles Wiley, 1823. 2 volumes. Contemporary calf. FIRST EDITION, second printing of volume one, first state of volume two. BAL 3829; Sabin 16502; Spiller and Blackburn 3. -- Lionel Lincoln; or The Leaguer of Boston. New York: Charles Wiley, 1825-1824. 2 volumes. (Small hole in the imprint on title-page and lacking last pages of text volume one, some marginal tears occasionally with loss or crossing the text.) Contemporary half calf. Provenance : S. Rouse (contemporary signature); Ada H. Robbins (early inscription). FIRST EDITION. Volume two without copyright notice and p. 96 mispaginated 56. BAL 3832; Sabin 16465; Blackburn and Spiller 6. -- The Prairie; a Tale Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Carey, 1827. 2 volumes. Copyright notice with pasted revision in both volumes. Provenance: E. Dashwood (signature on title-page of volume 2). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. BAL 3836; Sabin 16510; Spiller and Blackburn 8. -- The Wept of Wish Ton-Wish: A Tale. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Carey, 1829. 2 volumes. Original boards. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. BAL 3844; Sabin 16416 (note); Spiller and Blackburn 11. The Bravo: A Tale. Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1831. 2 volumes. Original boards. Provenance: A.W. Wright, New York (partially erased signatures); annotations in a contemporary hand. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION.. BAL 3852; Sabin 16417; Spiller and Blackburn 13. -- The Headsman; or, The Abbaye des Vignerons. A Tale. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1833. 2 volumes. (N3-4 of volume two torn across the text.) Original boards. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. BAL 3860; Spiller and Blackburn 17. -- The Bravo: A Tale . Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1833. 2 volumes. Original boards. Provenance : Union Library Society of West-Milton (bookplates dated 1838); Riley B. Palmer (inscription dated Feb 6th 1860 in volume two). Spiller and Blackburn 13 p. 67. -- Notions of the Americans: Picked up by a Travelling Bachelor. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea, & Blanchard, 1836. 2 volumes. Original boards. New Edition. Howes C-750; Sabin 16486; Spiller and Blackburn 10 p. 56. -- Sketches of Switzerland. By an American. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1836. 2 volumes. Original muslin. Provenance : Maria Frances Cooper (initials); Richard Cooper (signatures). FIRST EDITION. With the initials of Cooper's daughter Maria Frances Cooper on each front free endpaper, and signed by her husband "R. Cooper" on each title-page. BAL 3871; Spiller and Blackburn 20. -- The American Democrat, or Hints on the Social and Civic Relations of the United States of America. Cooperstown: H. & E. Phinney, 1838. Original cloth. Provenance: Maria Frances Cooper (initials). FIRST EDITION. With the initials of Cooper's daughter Maria Frances Cooper on the front free endpaper. BAL 3880; Howes C-745; Sabin 16412; Spiller and Blackburn 25. -- Recollections of Europe. London: Richard Bentley 1837. 2 volumes. 20th-century half morocco gilt, uncut. Provenance: Susan Augusta Fenimore Cooper (autograph annotations); (annotations in late 19th-century hand). FIRST EDITION. ANNOTATED IN SOME MARGINS BY THE AUTHOR'S DAUGHTER Susan Fenimore Cooper. BAL 3875; Spiller and Blackburn 22 p. 89. -- Gleanings in Europe. England: by an American. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea, and Blanchard, 1837. 2 volumes. Original muslin. Provenance: M.W. Langdon (contemporary signatures on each title-page). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. BAL 3878; Spiller and Blackburn 23. -- Home as Found. Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1838. 2 volumes. Original muslin. Provenance: Louise Clarke (signature and contemporary annotation in volume one); Capt. A.A. Mannial. Her Royal Regiment (signature on the title-page in volume two). FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. BAL 3884; Sabin

Auction archive: Lot number 186
Auction:
Datum:
12 Jun 2008
Auction house:
Christie's
12 June 2008, New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

COOPER, James Fenimore (1789-1851). A collection of first editions and association copies from the works of James Fenimore Cooper, from the library of Cooper's great grandson Paul Fenimore Cooper (1899-1970). Comprising
COOPER, James Fenimore (1789-1851). A collection of first editions and association copies from the works of James Fenimore Cooper, from the library of Cooper's great grandson Paul Fenimore Cooper (1899-1970). Comprising: The Pioneers, or the Sources of the Susquehanna; A Descriptive Tale. New York: Charles Wiley, 1823. 2 volumes. Contemporary calf. FIRST EDITION, second printing of volume one, first state of volume two. BAL 3829; Sabin 16502; Spiller and Blackburn 3. -- Lionel Lincoln; or The Leaguer of Boston. New York: Charles Wiley, 1825-1824. 2 volumes. (Small hole in the imprint on title-page and lacking last pages of text volume one, some marginal tears occasionally with loss or crossing the text.) Contemporary half calf. Provenance : S. Rouse (contemporary signature); Ada H. Robbins (early inscription). FIRST EDITION. Volume two without copyright notice and p. 96 mispaginated 56. BAL 3832; Sabin 16465; Blackburn and Spiller 6. -- The Prairie; a Tale Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Carey, 1827. 2 volumes. Copyright notice with pasted revision in both volumes. Provenance: E. Dashwood (signature on title-page of volume 2). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. BAL 3836; Sabin 16510; Spiller and Blackburn 8. -- The Wept of Wish Ton-Wish: A Tale. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Carey, 1829. 2 volumes. Original boards. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. BAL 3844; Sabin 16416 (note); Spiller and Blackburn 11. The Bravo: A Tale. Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1831. 2 volumes. Original boards. Provenance: A.W. Wright, New York (partially erased signatures); annotations in a contemporary hand. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION.. BAL 3852; Sabin 16417; Spiller and Blackburn 13. -- The Headsman; or, The Abbaye des Vignerons. A Tale. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1833. 2 volumes. (N3-4 of volume two torn across the text.) Original boards. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. BAL 3860; Spiller and Blackburn 17. -- The Bravo: A Tale . Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1833. 2 volumes. Original boards. Provenance : Union Library Society of West-Milton (bookplates dated 1838); Riley B. Palmer (inscription dated Feb 6th 1860 in volume two). Spiller and Blackburn 13 p. 67. -- Notions of the Americans: Picked up by a Travelling Bachelor. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea, & Blanchard, 1836. 2 volumes. Original boards. New Edition. Howes C-750; Sabin 16486; Spiller and Blackburn 10 p. 56. -- Sketches of Switzerland. By an American. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1836. 2 volumes. Original muslin. Provenance : Maria Frances Cooper (initials); Richard Cooper (signatures). FIRST EDITION. With the initials of Cooper's daughter Maria Frances Cooper on each front free endpaper, and signed by her husband "R. Cooper" on each title-page. BAL 3871; Spiller and Blackburn 20. -- The American Democrat, or Hints on the Social and Civic Relations of the United States of America. Cooperstown: H. & E. Phinney, 1838. Original cloth. Provenance: Maria Frances Cooper (initials). FIRST EDITION. With the initials of Cooper's daughter Maria Frances Cooper on the front free endpaper. BAL 3880; Howes C-745; Sabin 16412; Spiller and Blackburn 25. -- Recollections of Europe. London: Richard Bentley 1837. 2 volumes. 20th-century half morocco gilt, uncut. Provenance: Susan Augusta Fenimore Cooper (autograph annotations); (annotations in late 19th-century hand). FIRST EDITION. ANNOTATED IN SOME MARGINS BY THE AUTHOR'S DAUGHTER Susan Fenimore Cooper. BAL 3875; Spiller and Blackburn 22 p. 89. -- Gleanings in Europe. England: by an American. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea, and Blanchard, 1837. 2 volumes. Original muslin. Provenance: M.W. Langdon (contemporary signatures on each title-page). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. BAL 3878; Spiller and Blackburn 23. -- Home as Found. Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1838. 2 volumes. Original muslin. Provenance: Louise Clarke (signature and contemporary annotation in volume one); Capt. A.A. Mannial. Her Royal Regiment (signature on the title-page in volume two). FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. BAL 3884; Sabin

Auction archive: Lot number 186
Auction:
Datum:
12 Jun 2008
Auction house:
Christie's
12 June 2008, New York, Rockefeller Center
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