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Lot 38
Sale 759 - Selections from the Library of Gerald and Barbara Weiner
Oct 8, 2020
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Lot Description
COOPER, James Fenimore (1789-1851). The Last of the Mohicans; A Narrative of 1757. London: John Miller, 1826.
3 volumes, 12mo. With half-titles in Vols. II & III as issued. (Occasional minor spotting or foxing; margin edges on leaf C1 in Vol. I a little frayed and toned.) Contemporary half calf (joints and corners neatly restored); cloth folding case. Provenance: A. Worsley Holmes (contemporary signatures on title-pages); Alexander George Russell (engraved armorial bookplate).
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, published about one month after the Philadelphia edition. See BAL 3833 note.