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COOPER'S MOHICANS IN ORIGINAL BOARDS. COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE. 1789-1851. The Last of the Mohican...
COOPER'S MOHICANS IN ORIGINAL BOARDS. COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE. 1789-1851. The Last of the Mohicans; A Narrative of 1757. London: John Miller, 1826. 3 volumes. 12mo (185 x 114 mm). Publisher's boards, rebacked, edges uncut. Old restoration to spines and paper lettering pieces, rubbed, corners a bit bumped, first and third volumes lacking front free endpapers. Provenance: Charles de Nagell (ownership signatures on front boards). FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, printed in London a few months after the true first edition was published in Philadelphia. BAL 3833. SOLD TO BENEFIT THE BLACK MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE. UNLV's Black Mountain Institute is an international literary arts center that champions writers and storytellers through programs, fellowships, student scholarships, and community engagement. BMI is also home to the first-ever City of Asylum program in the U.S, which provides safe haven to writers who have been persecuted for their literary work—so that they may live and write freely without censorship, risk of imprisonment, or threats against their lives. Lot to be sold without reserve. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
COOPER'S MOHICANS IN ORIGINAL BOARDS. COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE. 1789-1851. The Last of the Mohicans; A Narrative of 1757. London: John Miller, 1826. 3 volumes. 12mo (185 x 114 mm). Publisher's boards, rebacked, edges uncut. Old restoration to spines and paper lettering pieces, rubbed, corners a bit bumped, first and third volumes lacking front free endpapers. Provenance: Charles de Nagell (ownership signatures on front boards). FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, printed in London a few months after the true first edition was published in Philadelphia. BAL 3833. SOLD TO BENEFIT THE BLACK MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE. UNLV's Black Mountain Institute is an international literary arts center that champions writers and storytellers through programs, fellowships, student scholarships, and community engagement. BMI is also home to the first-ever City of Asylum program in the U.S, which provides safe haven to writers who have been persecuted for their literary work—so that they may live and write freely without censorship, risk of imprisonment, or threats against their lives. Lot to be sold without reserve. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing