Chainbearer : Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts

by James Fenimore Cooper Publisher : Richard Bentley Year : 1845 Edition : First Printing : First Pages : 906 Condition : Very Good Binding : Leather Price : $849.95

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Richard Bentley, London, 1845. FIRST EDITION, first printing (preceding the US edition.) Complete matching three (3) volume set, each 5" x 7 5/8". Fantastic condition, fully bound brown morocco leather spine; w/elaborate gilt detailing; ornate and elaborate gilt decorations to spine and blocking to boards. Five raised bands to spine (creating six compartments.) Peacock top and side stain. Remarkably, books appear to be in unread condition. Volume I, 300 pages; Volume II, 291 pages; and, Volume III, 315 pages. As nice a set as one could hope more than a century and a half after it’s publication, Some rubbing to spine and some pages have some foxing. James Fenimore cooper was the first major American novelist, whose best-known tales of frontier adventure include THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS (1826), an adventure story set in the Lake Champlain. Filmed several times, among others in 1936 and 1992. Through his Leatherstocking series Cooper created the archetype of the 18th-century frontiersman, Natty Bumppo. He lives free, close to nature, while the settlers bring 'civilization' that destroys the wilderness. Cooper wrote over thirty novels - he considered THE PATHFINDER (1841) and THE DEERSLAYER (1840) his best works. His later works include SATANSTOE (1845), a historical novel of manners, THE CHAINBEARER (1845), and THE RED-SKINS (1846), which form the trilogy called 'The Littlepage Manuscripts'. The novels deal with the anti-rent controversy and its historical background. Cooper defended in the work the landlords' rights - the tenants of the New York had refused to pay rent and the author saw in the controversy a crisis in American democracy. 906 pages (300 + 291 + 315.)



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