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COOPER, James Fenimore. Letter to Gen. Lafayette. And Related Correspondence on the Finance Controversy. Reproduced from the Original Paris Editions of 1831 and 1832 in English and in French. With Bibliographical Note by Robert E. Spiller. Orig. cloth. N.Y.: For the Facsimile Text Society by Columbia University Press, 1931. A fine copy.

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New York: Published for the Facsimile Text Society by Columbia University Press, 1931. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Hardcover. Good. This is Volume 6 of The Facsimile Text Society's Series I: Language and Literature volumes. The text of both the French language and English language versions of this work are included, with the French language text appearing first in this volume. [14], 68, [4], 50, iii, [1] pages. This copy is ex-library with the usual library stamps and markings. Both pamphlet editions were issued in Paris, one in French and the other in English, within two months of each other at the most, in spite of the fact that the Baudry edition (in English) bears the date 1831, and the Paulin edition (in French), 1832. The Baudry edition would normally be considered the first because of its earlier date, and would therefore be of the greater interest to students and collectors of Cooper, were it not for the special circumstance attaching to the issue of the Paulin edition.… Leer más

Fall River, Mass, 1862. 1 page. 8vo. Old folds. 1 page. 8vo. Reading in part: "I am informed that you have the stereotype plates of the 'Cooper Memorial' and as Mr. G.P. Putnam has kindly given me the privilege of making extracts from the Memorial I am prompted to ask you for the use of the plates..."

New York: John Wiley, 1834. 1/4 cloth. Very Good. The 1834 1st edition. A solid, tight copy. Very light staining along the panel edges, one or two tiny gashes at the spine. Foxing as well to the pastedowns and endsheets and, less so, along the preliminaries. Former owner name also ("P.G. Fuller") to the front pastedown. Still though, very presentable and VG in its light-blue boards over dark-green 1/4 cloth spine.

New-York: John Wiley, 22 Nassau-Street, 1834. First edition, 8vo, pp. 116; original green cloth-backed printed paper-covered boards; text a bit toned, some cracking along the spine, and the boards a bit soiled, else very good. BAL 3866.

James G. Gregory, 1862. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Folio sized, 11.5x15, bound in brown leather, inset area front and rear, edges and surface rubbed, top 5" of right spine edge tearing, five raised bands on spine worn with wear head/tail of spine. Interesting plaid endpapers, brown stain right edge has a brown stain for about the first third of the book, tissue guard over Cooper's engraving is torn, other two torn and worn at the edges. Sixty-two engravings face an excerpt from the Cooper book it originally appeared in. Quite a stunning collection of engravings, beautifully bound. All orders packed with care, independent bookseller since 2011

[Paris], 1831. 65 words. 1 page. 12mo (5 x 4 inches, aprox.). Fine, some toning. 65 words. 1 page. 12mo (5 x 4 inches, aprox.). Written in the year of the publication of Cooper's novel, The Water-Witch. Childs had just come to Europe in the Spring of 1831. In part: "Mr. Fenimore Cooper's best compliments to Mr. Childs and will be very happy to see him at breakfaxst to morrow, (Monday 1st) at 10 o'clock precisely...

1834. COOPER, J[ames] Fenimore. A Letter to His Countrymen. Original cloth-backed printed boards. New York: John Wiley, 1834. First edition. BAL 3866. The first book with Cooper's name on the title page. Cooper, after living in Europe for seven years, "experienced a profound shock on his return to America. He missed the simplicity, the decorum, the private and public virtue, the enlightened patriotism which he had romantically declared to be natural to Americans. He now discovered that the ideal wilderness of his fantasy did not exist. In his efforts to preach reform and a return to the old virtues, he grew intemperate and shrill, as in "A Letter to His Countrymen...."--DAB. Spine repaired and some foxing, but a very good copy of an extremely scarce book.

From the Bart Auerbach Collection. One page, 12mo. Framed with an engraved portrait, overall 25 x 18 inches. Regarding a financial matter. (BA).

J. Wiley. Good. 1834. Hardcover. First edition, John Wiley, 1834. Not a reprint. Original brown paper covered boards with blue/green cloth spine, much worn and soiled, shaken, foxed throughout. Not pretty but pretty scarce. His response to unrecptive critics of his work on Europen political themes. BAL 3866; 116 pages .

New York: John Wiley, 1834. First edition. [1] - 116 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original blue cloth-backed printed boards. Spine partly split along lower joint, some foxing. Very good. First edition. [1] - 116 pp. 1 vols. 4to. BAL 3866

Written in the third person, this letter is hand-written by and signed two times (in the third person) by Cooper, famous American author of "Last of the Mohicans" and many other great novels. Letter is to inform a couple that he cannot attend a dinner party. Mentioned in the note as well is Capt Sabine who must have also been an attendee of the dinner party. Sabine was a British officer who took part in Arctic exploration, among other activities. No date besides "Friday Morning," written in Paris, most likely circa 1927-1928. Letter dimensions 5 1/2"h x 4 3/4"w, no folds. Letter accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.

New York: Nov 22, 1845. 1 page, in blue ink. 4to. Bifolium. Some fading to ink, smudging in blank margins, old folds, very good. 1 page, in blue ink. 4to. To his publishers, with mention of "Old Ironsides" Cooper writes to his Philadelphia publishers Carey & Hart: "Here I am and shall be until the middle of next week, when I shall pay you a visit. If you have any thing that presses send it here. Old Ironsides is far advanced, and will be finished while I am below. What has become of the first vol?" Cooper's profile of "Old Ironsides," i.e. the U.S.S. Constiution was not published until 1853, two years after Cooper's death. Carey & Hart brought out Cooper's Lives of Distinguished American Naval Officers in 1846 in two volumes, to which his question presumably pertains.

Hall, Cooperstown, 1847. oblong 8vo. VG. oblong 8vo. Money for the Irish Famine from America. Reading: "In settling the account of the relief committee for the county, we find a balance in cash of $161.65 remaining in our hands. I now enclose a draft for this amount, with a request that you will have the money remitted to Ireland where I hope it will still arrive to relieve the wants of the sufferers.