The Spy A Tale of the Neutral Ground by Cooper, J. Fenimore [James Fenimore Cooper] - 1870

Boston: Hougton Mifflin, 191. Reprint. Near fine with notes on front end papers and a sunned spine. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

NY: Heritage Press, 1963. Hard cover in slipcase. Sandglass Number VI: 28 laid in. Published NY: Heritage Press, 1963. 4to., xv+406pp., illustrations by Henry C. Pitz. Introduction by John T. Winterich. Blue cloth with silver titles and patterned paper covered boards.Bookplate on pastedown, else very good plus, clean, bright in very good slipcase. . Hard. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to.

London: Henry Colburn & Richard Bentley, 1831. First Thus. . Soft cover. Good. First edition thus (first single volume edition, revised, corrected and with new introduction by the author). Hardback, bound in half-leather with three raised bands, gilt decoration and contrasting title label in red leather, and marbled paper covered boards. 17 × 10.5cm, xi + 410pp, with frontispiece, engraved title and printed title. Not signed as such but with the ownership stamp and label to the printed title page of Thomas Kitchingman Hutchinson Staveley of Old Sleningford Hall in North Yorkshire. A historical adventure reminiscent of Sir Walter Scott's Waverley romances, Cooper's novel centers on Harvey Birch, a common man suspected of being a spy for the British. Condition: This copy is in very good condition for age. There is some light rubbing to the leather and boards. The printed title page is started to loosen but remains attached. The inner binding is sound but with a little straining in places, and the… Read More