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James Fenimore Cooper | First Editions
1789 - 1851
James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 15, 1851) was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. Moreover, Cooper was a lifelong member of the Episcopal Church and, in his later years, contributed generously to it. Fans of Cooper may be interested to know that he attended Yale University for three years, where he was a member of the Linonian Society, but was expelled for misbehavior.
Before embarking on his career as a writer, he served in the U.S. Navy as a Midshipman, which greatly influenced many of his novels and other writings. The novel that launched his career was The Spy, a tale about counterespionage set during the Revolutionary War and published in 1821. Cooper also wrote numerous sea stories - of which, his best-known are the five historical novels of the frontier period, known as the Leatherstocking Tales.
Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, often regarded as his masterpiece. Cooper's historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature, which remains popular today.
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The Works of James Fenimore Cooper. [Including 'The Last of the Mohicans'; 'The Pathfinder'; 'The Deerslayer' etc.] The Mohawk Edition.
New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, no date [circa 1895]. [American Literature] FINELY BOUND COMPLETE SET. 32 volumes, ctavo (22 x 15 x 96cm). Printed by the Knickerbocker Press. Each volume with a photogravure frontispiece reproducing illustrations by F.T. Richards. Contemporary tan half calf with gilt titles to contrasting red..... More
Lionel Lincoln. Or, The Leaguer of Boston.
London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1832. [Classic Literature] EX LIBRIS WILLIAM GLADSTONE. Octavo (17 x 11cm), pp.viii; 408; [2], blank. FIRST ILLUSTRATED, One Volume Edition. With an engraved frontispiece and vignette title page. Contemporary brown half calf with gilt titles and decoration to spine. Marbled boards, edges and endpapers..... More
The Leatherstocking Tales: The Last of the Mohicans, The Pioneers, The Deerslayer, The Pathfinder, and The Prairie. With Illustrations by H.M. Brock and an Introduction by Mowbray Morris.
London: Macmillan and Co., 1900-1901. [Literature] ALL FIRST BROCK-ILLUSTRATED EDITIONS. 5 volumes, octavo (19 x 13 x 19cm). Abundantly illustrated with line drawing black and white full page plates. Finely bound in mid-green half calf with raised bands, gilt decoration, twin red title labels to spines; cloth boards; top edges..... More
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