The Spy; A Tale of the Neutral Ground; Referring to Some Particular Occurrences During the American War: Also Pourtraying American Scenery and Manners

James Fenimore Cooper

Published by G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1822

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"The Spy; A Tale of the Neutral Ground; Referring to Some Particular Occurrences During the American War: Also Pourtraying American Scenery and Manners " by James Fenimore Cooper. G. and W.B. Whittaker. 1822, first UK edition (3 volumes). issued without half-titles, lacks advertisements at end of vol. I, some foxing and browning, vol. I new endpapers, vol. II small worming in margins on front pastedown, front free endpaper and all to F12, front free endpaper, title and some other ff. wormhole repaired, vol. II & III signatures of A. Colvile on front pastedowns (?Andrew Wedderburn Colvile or Colville (1779-1856), governor of the Hudson's Bay Company), contemporary half calf, slightly rubbed, rebacked in modern calf, gilt, 12mo. A beautiful set of this famous novel. The Spy: a Tale of the Neutral Ground was James Fenimore Cooper's second novel, published in 1821 by Wiley & Halsted. This was the earliest American novel to win wide and permanent fame and may be said to have begun the type of romance which dominated U.S. fiction for 30 years.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Spy; A Tale of the Neutral Ground; Referring to Some Particular Occurrences During the American War: Also Pourtraying American Scenery and Manners
• Publisher: G. and W.B. Whittaker
• Publication Date: 1822
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Very Good