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The Complete Works
by Cooper, James Fenimore
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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St.George Brant, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Special Edition. New York, W.A.Townsend, 1859-61, octavo 190 x 129 mm, The Complete Works, 32 volumes, gilded top edges, with all the engraved illustrations by drawings of F.O.C. Darley, tissue guards present, faint foxing to a few frontis, illustrated title pages and additional frontis, illustrations throughout, in a spectacular half morocco binding by Whitman Bennet, New York, titles and elaborate decoration on spines, raised bands, matching boards, an near perfect set of the Townsend edition including the " The last of the Mohicans", probably the best set in a most pleasing binding on the market for a long time.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mundus Novus Galleries
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 705519010
- Title
- The Complete Works
- Author
- Cooper, James Fenimore
- Illustrator
- F.O.C.Darley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, Half morocco, Cloth Gilt
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Townsend Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- W.A. Townsend & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1859
- Size
- 190 x 129 mm
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Mundus Novus Galleries
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Mundus Novus Galleries
Biblio member since 2024
St.George Brant, Ontario
About Mundus Novus Galleries
Mundus Novus Galleries specializes in high quality antique books, maps and art about early Americana and Canadiana
Glossary
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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