Author: [James Fenimore Cooper]
Title: Precaution
Description: London, Henry Colburn and Co, 1821. First edition. Leather. The scarce first U.K. edition of the first ever novel by the noted American author James Fenimore Cooper. The scarce first U.K. edition, published the year after the first U.S. edition.Pages 139 and 272 in Volume III are misnumbered 189 and 172.Blanks present.Complete in three volumes.'Precaution' is the first novel by James Fenimore Cooper, a romance set in Northamptonshire in the spring of 1815.The romance follows the relationship between Emily Moseley and George Denbigh, as Denbigh occupies a house near Moseley and her family. Cooper wrote this novel in imitation of the contemporary English domestic novels of the day, in the style of Jane Austen. Though the novel did not meet with much success, the process made Cooper realise his potential as a writer. Cooper went on to write profusely, and is now best remembered for his novel 'The Last of the Mohicans&apos.Volume II bound without the publisher's adverts as usual. In a half calf binding with marbled paper to the boards, Volume I is rebacked with new endpapers. Externally, rubbed. Minor bumping to the extremities. A few light marks to the boards. Spines are a little discoloured. Tail of the spine of Volume III is lifting. A small amount of loss of leather to the head of the spines. Hinges of Volume II are starting but firm. Blind stamp to the recto of the front endpaper of Volume I. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and with some scattered spotting. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

Keywords: Precaution james fenimore cooper northamptonshire emily moseley james fenimore cooper None


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