Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1842. First American edition. 2 vols. 12mo. Original purple muslin, printed paper labels. Cloth faded to brown. Pencil signature of Martha Nicely and several practice signatures and doodles in pencil on flyleaf. Shaken, some foxing. Very good. Dark red morocco backed slipcase and chemise. First American edition. 2 vols. 12mo. BAL 3899; Sabin 16542; Spiller and Blackburn 33; Wright I, 731

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Bookseller: James Cummins Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 241982
Title: The Two Admirals. A Tale
Author: [Cooper, James Fenimore]
Format/Binding: 2 vols. 12mo
Book Condition: Used - Original purple muslin, printed paper labels. Cloth faded to brown. Pencil signature of Martha Nicely and several practice signa
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First American edition
Publisher: Lea and Blanchard
Place of Publication: Philadelphia
Date Published: 1842
Keywords: American | Naval | American | James Fenimore Cooper
Bookseller catalogs: Literature; History, Travel & Geography; Sets & Fine Bindings;

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Founded in 1978 by James Cummins, the firm has grown to include two New Jersey locations as well as the main store at 699 Madison Avenue (between 62nd and 63rd Streets) in New York City.Hours: Monday - Friday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (During July & August, until 4:00 p.m. on Fridays.)The Madison Avenue store is a seventh-floor oasis for book-lovers, a quiet and pleasantly furnished book room with a carefully chosen, expertly catalogued and broad-based selection of fine and rare books, autographs, manuscripts, and works of art. We have built notable private collections for American and international clients. Our stock is always changing, and our steady input from private buying and public auctions assures our clients of new surprises (and temptations!) at each visit. Our stock covers a wide range of collecting interests, with particular emphasis in the following fields: British and American Literature, Sporting Books, Private Press and Illustrated Books, 19th-Century Color Plate Books, Americana, Travel, Sets and Fine Bindings, History, and Authors' Manuscripts and Letters. Our catalogued inventory exceeds 50,000 titles, much of which can be searched on the internet. In addition, our New Jersey warehouse contains over 400,000 books in all subject areas. We might have the books you're looking for.

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Shaken: A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
12mo: A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
Morocco: Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...