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Imprint: 1971 CONNOLLY, Cyril. CYRIL CONNOLLY'S ONE HUNDRED MODERN BOOKS From England, France and America 1880-1950. An exhibition: March - Dec. 1971. Austin: University of Texas, 1971. Oblong 8vo., blue cloth. Fine., Fine Stock number: 71932.
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Imprint: 1936 CONNOLLY, Cyril. THE ROCK POOL. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. First American edition of the author's first book. 8vo., beige cloth. A very good copy that shows slight sunning at the spine and perimeters, in a lightly soiled dust jacket that bears some edgewear and chipping at the spine ends, with a large chip at the crown. Bookplate at pastedown, binding slightly skewed., Very Good Stock number: 49220.
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Imprint: 1940 O'CONNOR, Frank. DUTCH INTERIOR. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. First U.S. edition. 8vo., blue cloth. Ink ownership to half-title, else clean and fresh inside and out. Near fine, in a price-clipped dust jacket that has a moderate chip and a short closed tear to top-edge of front panel., Fine Stock number: 77038.
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Imprint: 1932 O'CONNOR, Frank. THE SAINT AND MARY KATE. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1932. First U.S. edition. 8vo., cloudy green cloth, top-edge stained yellow. Hinges are starting to weaken, else bright and fresh inside and out. Near fine, in a tired dust jacket that is price-clipped as well as clipped at bottom front flap, affecting the last few lines of copy., Fine Stock number: 76285.
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Imprint: 1920 CONRAD, Joseph. ALMAYER'S FOLLY: A STORY OF AN EASTERN RIVER/TALES OF UNREST. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1920. Sun-dial edition. Number 327 of 735 copies; only this first volume of this edition of The Works of Joseph Conrad is signed. x + [2] + 208 pp. + individually paginated stories. Two-tone cloth, tan spine with printed paper spine label and blue boards. Spine darkened, label age-toned and somewhat scraped. Rear board's corners worn. Top edge unopened in Tales Of Unrest. Very good overall. Frontispiece portrait with tissue guard in excellent condition., Very Good Stock number: 83101.
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Imprint: 1913 CONRAD, Joseph. CHANCE. A Tale in Two Parts. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., (1913). Spurious First edition, likely fourth issue, with tipped-in title page with 1913 date on verso. Copy of advertisements with 8 pages Autumn 1913. Wear to crown of spine, book plate of noted book collector Herschel V. Jones (see Wikipedia) on front pastedown, overall just a very good copy., Very Good. Illustr: FE Stock number: 87087.
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Imprint: 1925 CONRAD, Joseph. FIVE LETTERS BY JOSPEH CONRAD WRITTEN TO EDWARD NOBLE IN 1895. With a forword by Edward Noble. London: Privately Printed, 1925. First edition, limited to 100 copies signed by Noble. 21 pp. Pamphlet format: 8vo., light brown paper wrappers with the text of the title-page reproduced on the upper wrapper within a single-rule frame. A touch of edgewear with just a tiny bit of a dampstain to crown, else fine., Fine Stock number: 62098.
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Imprint: 1923 CONRAD, Joseph. LAUGHING ANNE. London: (The Vine Books at the Morland Press), 1923. One of 200 signed and numbered copies, 175 of which were for sale. First edition. 8vo., full vellum, gilt spine title, t.e.g. Set by hand and printed in two colors on Kelmsott handmade paper. Vellum is heavily rippled; volume needs rebinding. Light offsetting to endpapers, else internally clean and crisp. This wonderful Conrad play is being offered as is. Stock number: 77269.
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Imprint: 1924 CONRAD, Joseph. LAUGHING ANNE & ONE DAY MORE. Two plays. With an introduction by John Galsworthy. London: John Castle, 1924. First edition. 8vo., green cloth, spine in gilt. A fine copy in a sunned dust jacket with a small chip and tear., Fine Stock number: 43856.
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Imprint: 1924 CONRAD, Joseph and HUEFFER, Ford Madox. THE NATURE OF THE CRIME. London: Duckworth, (1924). First edition, with advertisement for "Joseph Conrad" by F.M. Ford laid-in. 8vo, red cloth, spine in gilt. Near fine, with no defects of wear... only sedentary aging, in a dust jacket very slightly soiled, and faded at the spine. [a], Fine Stock number: 31428.
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Imprint: 1919 CONRAD, Joseph. ONE DAY MORE. (London: Beaumont Press, 1919). Limited edition; from an edition of 274, this is one of 250 copies printed on handmade paper. 48 pp. 8vo., tan cloth spine with printed paper label, paper covered boards, printed with a pattern design by Michel Sevier, and a printed paper label. Pencil ownership to ffep. Moderate paste-action to endpapers, but internally clean and fresh. The volume is sunned at perimeters and spine, with rubbing to label. The decorative paper is chipped at fore-corners, with a dampstain to bottom fore-corner of upper board. Good. A dramatization of the short story "To-Morrrow" from Typhoon; this is the first published edition (25 copies were privately printed in 1917) and the sixth book of the press. (Keating 51)., Good Stock number: 62100.
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Imprint: 1896 CONRAD, Joseph. THE OUTCAST OF THE ISLANDS. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1896. 8vo., dark green cloth, spine in gilt, t.e.g., untrimmed. First edition. Ink ownership. Just a good copy; lightly cocked, with wear to cloth at extremes, shallow loss at the crown. Mild rubbing, soil to cloth, including a few faint dampstaing; hinges, ffep starting. With all faults:, Good Stock number: 62689.
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Imprint: 1904 CONRAD, Joseph and F.M. Hueffer. ROMANCE. A Novel. Illustrated by Charles R. Macauley. New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1904. Third impression. 8vo., decorative blue cloth, lettered in gilt, untrimmed; illustrated. Faint colored pencil lettering to front board with a touch of soil elsewhere. Front hinge cracked, and slight soil to front endpapers, but this remains a very nice copy of an attractive binding. Stock number: 64922.
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Imprint: 1925 CONRAD, Joseph. SUSPENSE. A Napoleonic Novel. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page, 1925. Limited, 1/375 copies. 8vo,. white paper-covered boards, gilt, t.e.g. Heel is dampstained, lightly affecting very inner margins of approx. 1/4 of the leaves. Very shallow dampstain also affects bottom edge elsewhere. Slight soil to crown which has repaired tear. Good. Solid internally., Good Stock number: 62841.
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Imprint: 1898 CONRAD, Joseph. TALES OF UNREST. London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1898. First edition. 297 pp. + [2] + 13 pp. publisher's catalogue. 8vo., green cloth stamped in gilt, gilt top edge. Binding copy with dampstaining to cloth and slight ripple to spine. Hinges starting. Small stains to edges of a few pages. Collected stories. Stock number: 80773.
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Imprint: 1925 CONRAD, Joseph. TALES OF HEARSAY. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page, 1925. First American edition. Blue cloth, with some skinned patches from jacket adhering at extremes. Otherwise, very good, in dust jacket sunned on spine and nicked at edges., Very Good Stock number: 82170.
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Imprint: 1903 CONRAD, Joseph. TYPHOON AND OTHER STORIES. London: William Heinemann, 1903. First edition, first issue. 2 pp. publisher's ads + 304 pp. 8vo., black cloth stamped in gilt. Corners bumped, moderate shelfwear. Spine slightly rolled. Personal armorial bookplate to front pastedown, ink ownership to front flyleaf. Minor occasional foxing. Rear joint slightly tender. Good overall., Good Stock number: 80742.
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Imprint: 1915 CONRAD, Joseph. VICTORY; An Island Tale. London: Methuen, (1915). Publisher's presentation copy, stamped as such over publisher's imprint on t.p. First edition, second issue? There is no comma after "Essex Street" on t.p., which generally denotes the second issue; but the publisher's catalogue at the end has the earlier date seen in first issue copies. 415 pp. + publisher' adv.: [4] pp. ("Methuen's Popular Novels... Autumn, 1915") & 31 pp. ("A Selection of Books..." dated 8/5/15). 8vo., red cloth, gilt. Pencil ownership to ffep. Sunning to spine. Rear joint is split. Rear hinge is cracked. Clean text. A good copy., Good Stock number: 78672.
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Imprint: 1959 CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, UNIVERSIDAD DE BARCELONA. COLLECTANEA MATHEMATICA, volumen XI. Barcelona: Seminario Matematico, 1959. First edition. 8vo., cream wrappers printed in black, 75 pp.. Slightly sunned, soiled and edgeworn. A very good copy. Mathematics., Very Good Stock number: 56002.
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Imprint: 1738 CONSTABLE, John. REFLECTIONS UPON ACCURACY OF STYLE. IN FIVE DIALOGUES. London: Printed for John Hawkins, 1738. 2nd edition. Octavo. xvi,80,113- 246 pp., lacking two signatures (G & H, or p. 81-112). Modern half calf and marble paper covered boards, with a red leather label and raised bands on spine; new endpapers. Light wear to spine, but the label remains bright. Text clean. One leaf (L4) has a diagonal closed-tear which has an old repair at the fore-edge. Constable on writing: metaphor, style, antitheses; commentary on Aristotle, Tasso, Milton and others. A clean copy, attractively bound, but missing some text leaves (the end of the third essay 'Reflections upon Accuracy of Style'); it is offered with all faults. Stock number: 80028.
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Imprint: 1948 (CONTACT BOOKS). OTHER PEOPLES LIVES. The tenth Contact book, faces the issue of 'class' in Britain and abroad, reports on opera, literature, fashion, with essays by Harold Macmillan and Kingsley Martin, and many pages of illustrations in colour. (London): Contact Publications Ltd., 1948. 4to., decorated paper-covered boards. A very good copy that shows only some light soiling and slight edgewear to the dust jacket., Very Good Stock number: 50699.
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Imprint: 1947 (CONTACT BOOKS). WORLD OF NEIGHBOURS. The eighth Contact book. (London): Contact Publications Ltd., (147). Contributors include L.S. Amery, V.S. Prichett, Peter Ustinov, amd others. 4to., decorated paper-covered boards. A very good copy that shows only some soiling and slight edgewear at the dust jacket., Very Good Stock number: 50701.
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Imprint: 1581 CONTI, Natale. MYTHOLOGIAE, sive Explicationum Fabularum Libri X. In quibus omnia prope Naturalis & Moralis Philosophia dogmata contenta fuisse demonstantur. Nuper ab ipso autore pluribus sexcentis locis aucti & locupletati... Quibus accedunt libri quattuor venationum carmine ab eodem conscripti. Venice [Comin da Tradino] 1581. 8vo. [xvi]730[44]pp. Second edition, enlarged and enriched by the author. First published in 1551, Conti's collection of myths and fables, gathered from hundreds of Classical texts, was extremely popular throughout Europe. Thematically arranged, the ten books were titled ""why Lucina was the Goddess of childbirth," "The origin of the Olympic Games and other competitions," "How outstanding men sought fame," etc. An attractively printed book, with woodcut fountain of Cupid on title, ornamental initials, and final pages of sections printed in chalice or arrowhead shapes. General index, and indexes of places, plants, and animals appearing in the text. Conti's long poem on hunting, in four books is at the end. Internally fine, with only faint foxing here and there, and a little underlining to page 3. Vellum over boards, with neat spine title in ink, light rubbing to extremities and a few spots. Mottled edges., Fine Stock number: 77372.
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Imprint: 1873 CONWELL, Col. Russell H. HISTORY OF THE GREAT FIRE IN BOSTON. November 9 and 10, 1872. Boston: B.B. Russell, etc...1873. First edition. 8vo., green cloth, lettered and decorated. Small library bookplate on pastedown, only mark. Just minor scuffing to cloth; overall, a bright, tight, lovely copy. Stock number: 84986.
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Imprint: 1891 COOK, M.B. JAPAN. A Sailor's Visit to the Island Empire. New York: John R. Alden, 1891. 8vo, green cloth, stamped in gilt; 146pp. Ex-library working copy. Ffep gone. (Wenckstern p.44) Stock number: 45764.
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Imprint: 1907 COOK, O.F. ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF ANGIOSPERMS THROUGH APOSPORY. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences, VOl. IX, pp. 159-178, July 31, 1907. Washington, DC: Published by the Academy, 1907. 8vo., printed wrappers. Wrappers soiled, with pencil notations, edgewear; internally, clean. Very good., Very Good Stock number: 58739.
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Imprint: 1813 (HOGARTH, William) ANECDOTES OF THE CELEBRATED WILLIAM HOGARTH, WITH AN EXPLANATORY DESCRIPTION OF HIS WORKS. [By Thomas Cook.] London; Printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly, 1813. This title was first published to accompany Cook's Hogarth Restored (1802); the volume contains descriptions (only) of Hogarth's plates, not actual plates, and the text of Hogarth's The Analysis of Beauty, also without plates. This is a later printing. vii,422 pp. Octavo. In a worn contemporary binding of quarter calf, with gilt title at spine, and marbled boards. The boards are heavily rubbed and worn; the lower joint is starting. The ffep. is missing, but the text is complete. Text leaves show occasional light soiling and/or foxing. A good-plus, and nicely printed, reading copy., Good Stock number: 72804.
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Imprint: 1904 COOK, Joel. FRANCE: Historic and Romantic. Illustrated. In two volumes. Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates, 1904. 8vo., blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, t.e.g. Spines slightly dulled, but overall, these are bright, near fine copies; in a fairly worn slipcase., Fine Stock number: 73408.
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Imprint: 1826 COOK, Colonel [John]. OBSERVATIONS ON FOX HUNTING, and the management of hounds in the kennel and field. Addressed to a young sportsman, about to undertake a hunting establishment. London: Printed for the author, by William Nicol,... , 1826. First edition. Three lithographed plates. Large 8vo.: xvi, 292 pp. Original paper boards, skillfully rebacked, with the original paper spine and printed label laid-down; new endpapers. Book label at final free endpaper. Sunning to spine and label, with some rubbing to label; boards are edgeworn and show overall moderate foxing and soiling. Light foxing to frontispiece and title-page, with some occasional, very light foxing throughout the text leaves, but generally quite fresh. One signature is partially detached. This is a pleasing copy whose condition is very good plus., Very Good Stock number: 63835.
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Imprint: 1910 COOK, Joel. THE MEDITERRANEAN AND ITS BORDERLANDS, 2 VOLUMES. Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Co. (1910). 609/648 pp. 8vo., front boards and spines with elaborately gilt grape and vine motif. Minimal shelfwear. Interiors clean and tight. In cloth dustjackets with gilt spine titles. Frontispieces and plates with tissue guards printed in red. A lovely set, near fine., Fine Stock number: 82780.
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Imprint: 1916 (COOKBOOK). A BOOK OF GOOD LUNCHEONS FOR MY FRIEND, or "what to have for luncheon". By Mary J. Lincoln. New York: Dodge Publishing Co., (1916). 8vo., printed paper wraps. A fine copy, clean and bright, in the original glassine dust wrapper and illustrated publisher's box, which shows splitting at a couple corners., Fine Stock number: 49873.
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Imprint: 1914 (COOKBOOK). A BOOK OF GOOD DINNERS FOR MY FRIEND, or "what to have for dinner". By Fanny Merritt Farmer. New York: Dodge Publishing Co., (1914). 8vo., printed paper wrappers. A fine copy, clean and bright, in the original glassine dust wrapper and publisher's illustrtaed box, which shows just a small bit of dampstaining., Fine Stock number: 49872.
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Imprint: 1930 COOKE, H. Reginald. A FEW MORE SHORT NOTES ON RETRIEVERS. Manchester: Wm. Neill, 1930. First edition. 12mo., green stiff wrappers. Internally fine. Slightly bowed, with very faint dampstaining to front wrapper. Very good plus., Very Good Stock number: 72454.
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Imprint: 1818 [COOKE, George] THE BOTANICAL CABINET, CONSISTING OF COLORED DELINEATIONS OF PLANTS FROM ALL COUNTRIES, VOL. III. London: John & Arthur Arch, John Hatchard, Rodwell & Martin and C(onrad) Loddiges and Sons, 1818. 100 hand- colored plates by Cooke. Plates No. 201-300. Index at rear; unpaginated. 8vo., half calf stamped in gilt and blind, brown marbled paper-covered boards. Somewhat worn, moderately foxed. Plates fine, lovely and unusual specimens. Very good., Fine Stock number: 84949. ISBN: GARDENING
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Imprint: 1850 COOLIDGE (George) & WILEY. BOSTON ALMANAC FOR THE YEAR 1850. NUMBER FIFTEEN. Boston: B. B. Mussey & Co. and Thomas Groom, 1850. 216 pp. + 2 pp. illustrated ads (divided between front and rear of text). 5 3/8 inches tall. Brown cloth blindstamped, pale dampstaining, gilt cover bright. With folding frontispiece map of Boston dated 1850 in good condition, moderately foxed. Block is sound. Includes illustrated feature on Public Improvements such as the Water Works, and the new Boston Athenaeum., Good Stock number: 84553.
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Imprint: 1863 COOLIDGE, George. BOSTON ALMANAC FOR 1864. Boston, George Coolidge: 1863. First edition. Illustrated with drawings, advertisements and folding map. 282 pp. Small 12mo., brown cloth boards stamped in blind, with gilt-stamped title to upper board. Lacks cloth backstrip and the top board is detached. Register of local political offices, business addresses and public transportation, as well as standard almanac contents. Folding map is splitting at one fold. Text is fine. A serviceable in a chipped binding that lacks its backstrip., Fine Stock number: 57187.
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Imprint: 1967 COOLIDGE, Archibald C. CHARLES DICKENS AS SERIAL NOVELIST. Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1967. 8vo., boards. Very good condition, in a good, price-clipped dust jacket., Good Stock number: 73991.
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Imprint: 1866 COOLIDGE, George. THE BOSTON ALMANAC FOR THE YEAR 1866. NO. 31. Boston: Issued by George Coolidge, Printed by Geo. C. Rand, 1866. 279 pp. + 20 pp. illustrated ads, printed on yellow paper (divided between front and rear of volume). 5 3/8 inches tall. Brown cloth shelfworn, gilt cover and spine sunned, faded, spine slightly chipped. With folding frontispiece map printed in red and black of Boston dated 1866 in very good condition. Block is sound. Pencil annotations. Includes Massachusetts and US Constitutions, and an illustrated feature on rambles in Boston and environs., Very Good Stock number: 84547.
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Imprint: 1865 COOLIDGE, George. THE BOSTON ALMANAC FOR THE YEAR 1865. NO. 30. Boston: Issued by George Coolidge, Printed by Geo. C. Rand, 1865. 278 pp. + 28 pp. illustrated ads, printed on yellow paper (divided between front and rear of volume). 5 3/8 inches tall. Brown cloth shelfworn, chipped, gilt cover bright. With folding frontispiece map of Boston dated 1865 in very good condition despite closed tear at joint. Block is sound. Includes Business Street Lists., Very Good Stock number: 84548.
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Imprint: 1866 WITH US & STATE CONSTITUTIONS, AND RAMBLES IN BOSTON & ENVIRONS COOLIDGE, George. THE BOSTON ALMANAC FOR THE YEAR 1866. NO. 31. Boston: Issued by George Coolidge, Printed by Geo. C. Rand, 1866. 279 pp. + 20 pp. illustrated ads, printed on yellow paper (divided between front and rear of volume). 5 3/8 inches tall. Reddish cloth shelfworn, gilt cover bright, boards sunned, faded, spine slightly soiled. With folding frontispiece map printed in red and black of Boston dated 1866 in very good condition. Block is sound. Includes Massachusetts and US Constitutions, and an illustrated feature on rambles in Boston and environs., Very Good Stock number: 84551.
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Imprint: 1872 COOLIDGE, Susan (pseudonym of Sarah Chauncey Woolsey). THE NEW YEAR'S BARGAIN. With Illustrations by Addie Ledyard. Boston: Roberts Brothers, (1871). First edition of the author's first book. Wood-engraved illustrations. 12mo. 8,[2],[5]-231 pp., preceded by a leaf of publisher's advertising for the 1871-72 holiday season. Publisher's blue cloth binding, gilt-stamped title and printed black decoration on upper board and spine, brown glazed endpapers. Text leaves are lightly toned along perimeters, else clean and crisp. Cloth binding shows light superficial rubbing resulting in some loss of color along joints and at heel, crown, and tips of fore-corners. Nevertheless, it is a very good copy of the uncommon first-edition of this title from the author who went on to write the popular series What Katy Did. In this story two children, Max and Thekla, receive a gift and a story from each month of the year. (Doyle, Who's Who of Children's Lit., p. 58)., Very Good Stock number: 83708.
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Imprint: 1923 COOMARASWAMY, Ananda K. CATALOGUE OF THE INDIAN COLLECTIONS IN THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON, PARTS I & II (TWO VOLUMES). Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1923. 54 pp./150 pp. + 86 b/w plates. 4to., brown clothspines with printed paper spine labels, brown paper covered boards. Corners bumped/worn, library labels removed from spines (no other library markings). Slight soil to boards. Pencil ownership to front flyleaves. Plates in excellent condition., Fine Stock number: 82478.
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Imprint: 1927 COOMARASWAMY, Ananda K. HISTORY OF INDIAN AND INDONESIAN ART. London: Edward Goldston; Leipzig: Karl W. Hiersemann; New York: E. Weyhe, 1927. 295 pp. + 128 plates in b/w. 4to., green cloth stamped in gilt. Good. Spine splitting at joints. Occasional light thumbing in the text. Plates at front and rear have some foxing. Maps in the text., Good Stock number: 82469.
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Imprint: 1909 COOMARASWAMY, Ananda K. INDIAN CRAFTSMAN. London: Probsthain & Co., 1909. 130p. 8vo. Bound in blue cloth with gilt stamping on spine and front covers. Bookplate on FPEP. Some small dents to covers. untrimmed pages. Scarce first editon, good condition., Good Stock number: 86472.
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Imprint: 1895 COONLEY, Lydia Avery. UNDER THE PINES AND OTHER VERSES. Chicago: Way & Williams, 1895. First edition, signed presentation copy. vii, 104 pp. 12mo., green cloth printed and illustrated in green, untrimmed, teg. Good plus with soil to boards, rubbing to tail of spine and bumped corner to lower board., Good Stock number: 57791.
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Imprint: 1847 COOPER, James Fenimore. THE CRATER; or, Vulcan's Peak. In Two Volumes. New York: Burgess, Stringer & Co., 1847. First American edition (second issue of Vol. I). Two volumes bound in one (without the wrappers); quarter calf and cloth boards, marbled edges and endpapers. The leather shows wear and the upper spine label is missing; front hinge almost completely split. The text is clean and bright. A good copy. Uncommon. (BAL 3925), Good. Illustr: FAE Stock number: 17359.
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Imprint: 1882 COOPER, W. R. A DICTIONARY: FROM THE EGYPTIAN, ASSYRIAN, AND ETRUSCAN MONUMENTS AND PAPYRI. BIOGRAPHICAL, HISTORICAL, AND MYTHOLOGICAL. London: Samuel Bagster and Sons, 1882. xvi + 668 pp. + 4 pp. publisher's advertisements. 8vo., brown cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Minor shelfwear to spine and corners. Cloth clean, light rubbing midspine. Occasioanl light foxing and pencil matgin notes. Very good overall. From "A," a mystical pool near the celestial Nile, to the Hebrew "Zuzim," the fourth of the five great divisions of the Rephaim., Very Good Stock number: 82030.
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Imprint: 1815 ISAIAH THOMAS'S COPY COOPER, SAMUEL. THE FIRST LINES OF THE PRACTICE OF SURGERY: BEING AN ELEMENTARY WORK FOR STUDENTS, AND A CONCISE BOOK OF REFERENCE FOR PRACTITIONERS. Hanover: Published by Justin Hinds, 1815. Second American Edition from the third London Edition. In two parts with nine listed plates, all present. xx. 463 pp. This is Isaiah Thomas's copy given to the American Antiquarian Society with his inscription to that effect. The book was purchased from a local Boston institution which had received the book many years before. Ex-Library. The book is quite worn and the hinges weak, enclosed in a custom clamshell box. Stock number: 86189.
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Imprint: 1839 COOPER, James Fenimore. THE HISTORY OF THE NAVY of the United States of America. In two volumes. Paris: Baudry's European Library, 1839. Two volumes bound as one (no half titles) in quarter morocco and marbled boards. Blanck makes no mention of this edition, which was issued in the same year as the American and British first editions. Ink inscription on first flyleaf, with offsetting to adjoining pages; foxing to preliminaries and intermittently in the text; extremes somewhat rubbed. Overall a near fine copy, tight and sound. (See BAL 3888), Fine. Illustr: FT Stock number: 18857.
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Imprint: 1839 COOPER, J. Fennimore. HISTORY OF THE NAVY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN TWO VOLUMES. Paris: Baudry's European Library, 1839. 2 Vols. xxx, 258 pp. viii, 349 pp. One-quarter red leather and marbled boards. Stamped in gilt to spine with raised bands. Light foxing throughout. Crown of Vol. 2 is chipped. Stamped "Library of Hannibal Hamlin", vice-president of the United States under Abraham Lincoln, on title pages. Vol. CCXLVII of the "Collection of Ancient and Modern British Authors". Blanck states that this edition was issued the same year as the American and English editions. (BAL 3888) Stock number: 88393.
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