The Pioneers, or the Sources of the Susquehanna; a Descriptive Tale
by Cooper, James Fenimore ("By the Author of 'Precaution'")
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Wiley / J. Seymour, Printer / E. B. Clayton, 1823. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 12mos. xi, [1], 275; 329 pages. Hardcovers bound in original brown half leather with brown and green marbled paper-covered boards. Gilt rules on the spines with black bands flat on the spine as well as gilt devices in the panels. The bindings are rubbed and bumped, and the front hinge of Volume I is cracking and nearly detached. Spine ends a bit chipped. Complete with flyleaves and half titles. Second state with J. Seymour, Printer in Volume I. Volume II lists E. B. Clayton as printer. Page 329 in Volume II is at the right margin. No errata leaf in Volume II. The front pastedowns of each volume has a small early strip of paper pasted down with "Henry Lansing" printed on it. Text is toned and has some foxing, but the text blocks are sound. A decent set in original contemporary bindings.
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- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 050191
- Title
- The Pioneers, or the Sources of the Susquehanna; a Descriptive Tale
- Author
- Cooper, James Fenimore ("By the Author of 'Precaution'")
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Wiley / J. Seymour, Printer / E. B. Clayton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1823
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
- Weight
- 1.50 lbs
- Keywords
- 1823; James Fenimore Cooper; The Pioneers; Leatherstocking Tales; American Literature; Fiction; Novel; Susquehanna; Henry Lansing; Leather Binding; Rare; Collectible; Two Volume Set.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Leather Bindings;
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About the Seller
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Biblio member since 2017
Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Second State
- used in book collecting to refer to a first edition, but after some change has been made in the printing, such as a correction,...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...