James Fenimore Cooper`s The Prairie

Lot 21
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Lot 21 | James Fenimore Cooper's The Prairie
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James Fenimore Cooper's The Prairie

First American and first English editions, 1827

COOPER, James Fenimore (1789-1851). The Prairie, a Tale. London: Henry Colburn, 1827. BAL 3834. Three volumes, 12mo (174 x 104mm). 19th-century half calf by Smith. Provenance: Humphrey St. John Mildmay (armorial bookplate).



– . The Prairie, a Tale. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Carey, 1827. BAL 3836. Two volumes, 12mo (200 x 115mm). 12pp. publisher's ads dated April 1827 in vol. 1, pasted revision slip in vol 2. Original boards with printed paper labels. Provenance: George Brodish (signature on vol 1 flyleaf).



First American uncut in original boards and first English editions of the third book in the Leatherstocking series—Natty Bumppo's last hurrah. This is the third book Cooper wrote in his saga of Natty Bumppo, but chronologically the final work—detailing the final adventure and death of Cooper's famous trapper in the Kansas prairies. For this book, “for the first time, the author supervised the printing of a pre-first edition in English and sent advance sheets to his various publishers and translators, timing their arrival carefully so that he could reap the advantages of an actual copyright in the United States, a virtual copyright in England, and the right of prior publication in France and Germany" (Spiller and Blackburn p. 6). So although The Prairie was technically first printed in Paris, the true first publication was this London edition from Colburn, closely followed by the American edition from Carey and Lea.

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