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Auction archive: Lot number 416

COOPER, James Fenimore Sketches of Switzerland By an America...

Estimate
US$1,200 - US$1,800
Price realised:
US$1,375
Auction archive: Lot number 416

COOPER, James Fenimore Sketches of Switzerland By an America...

Estimate
US$1,200 - US$1,800
Price realised:
US$1,375
Beschreibung:

COOPER, James Fenimore. Sketches of Switzerland. By an American. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1836.
COOPER, James Fenimore. Sketches of Switzerland. By an American. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1836. 2 volumes, 12 o (186 x 112 mm). (Some occasional spotting.) Original purple muslin, printed paper labels on the spines (spines a bit faded, labels slightly chipped, inner hinge of volume two broken); modern quarter red morocco gilt slipcase. Provenance : William Cooper (inscription each title-page). FIRST EDITION. A family association copy. BAL 3871; Spiller and Blackburn 20. [ With :] COOPER, James Fenimore. Sketches of Switzerland. By an American. Part Second . Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1836. 2 volumes, 12 o (186 x 113 mm). (Some spotting.) Original purple muslin, printed paper labels on the spines (spines a bit faded, labels slightly chipped); modern quarter red morocco gilt slipcase. Provenance : Susan Augusta Fenimore Cooper (signature); William Cooper (inscription on each title-page). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Signed by the author's daughter "S. Cooper" on the front free endpaper of volume one. Preceded by the London edition published as A Residence in France . . . BAL 3874. (4)

Auction archive: Lot number 416
Auction:
Datum:
3 Dec 2007
Auction house:
Christie's
3 December 2007, New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

COOPER, James Fenimore. Sketches of Switzerland. By an American. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1836.
COOPER, James Fenimore. Sketches of Switzerland. By an American. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1836. 2 volumes, 12 o (186 x 112 mm). (Some occasional spotting.) Original purple muslin, printed paper labels on the spines (spines a bit faded, labels slightly chipped, inner hinge of volume two broken); modern quarter red morocco gilt slipcase. Provenance : William Cooper (inscription each title-page). FIRST EDITION. A family association copy. BAL 3871; Spiller and Blackburn 20. [ With :] COOPER, James Fenimore. Sketches of Switzerland. By an American. Part Second . Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1836. 2 volumes, 12 o (186 x 113 mm). (Some spotting.) Original purple muslin, printed paper labels on the spines (spines a bit faded, labels slightly chipped); modern quarter red morocco gilt slipcase. Provenance : Susan Augusta Fenimore Cooper (signature); William Cooper (inscription on each title-page). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Signed by the author's daughter "S. Cooper" on the front free endpaper of volume one. Preceded by the London edition published as A Residence in France . . . BAL 3874. (4)

Auction archive: Lot number 416
Auction:
Datum:
3 Dec 2007
Auction house:
Christie's
3 December 2007, New York, Rockefeller Center
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