The Prairie. A Tale by the Author of The Spy, The Pilot, &c. &c

First edition. Vol. I: [i]-viii, [1]-340; Vol. II: [i-iv], [1]-370; Vol. III: [i-ii], [1]-366. 3 vols. 12mo. A handsomely bound first English edition, which preceded both the Paris and New York editions published in the same year. These volumes were a part of the collection of Robert Hoe III, a collector of rare books and manuscripts, a producer of printing press equipment, the first president of the Grolier Club and co-founder of the Club Bindery. Spiller & Blackburn, p. 49; BAL II, p. 279. Provenance: Robert Hoe (book label) Full crushed green gilt morocco, paneled spine lettered and tooled in gilt, t. e. g., marbled endpapers, bound c. 1900 by the Club Bindery. Morocco exlibris of Robert Hoe to front pastedown. A near fine set with some fading to spines and light foxing to some pages Vol. I: [i]-viii, [1]-340; Vol. II: [i-iv], [1]-370; Vol. III: [i-ii], [1]-366. 3 vols. 12mo.