The Headsman; or, The Abbaye Des Vignerons. A Tale
by Cooper, James Fenimore. Illustrated By F.O.C. Darley
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: W. A. Townsend and Company, 1859. First edition with the Darley illustrations, 1859. Part of a series of Cooper's Novels by this publisher. Brown textured and blind-stamped cloth over beveled boards, gilt lettering and decoration, two frontis engravings, additional illustrations in the text. Some fraying to corners and spine ends, good hinges, firm text block, small spot to far upper margin of frontis plates, pages clean with no names or other markings.. First Thus. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 041024
- Title
- The Headsman; or, The Abbaye Des Vignerons. A Tale
- Author
- Cooper, James Fenimore. Illustrated By F.O.C. Darley
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- W. A. Townsend and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1859
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- ILLUSTRATED AMERICAN FICTION NOVEL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction, Literature, Poetry, Literary History;
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Resource Books, LLC
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East Granby, Connecticut
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- Beveled
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- Text Block
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- 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...
- First Edition
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