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Cooper, James Fenimore (1789-1851) Darley's Cooper Vignettes, Artists Proofs, Four of Eight Volumes. New York: James G. Gregory, successor to W.A. Townsend & Co., [C.A. Alvord, printer], 1862. Folios five through eight, each containing eight proofs on India paper (a total of thirty-two prints),each image engraved after F.O.C. Darley by engravers such as T. Phillibrown, J.W. Paradise, J. de Mare, Girsch, and others, accompanied by the relevant passages of text, each in original publisher's illustrated boards, glued bindings all structurally undone, all pages loose, some spotting, some tissue guards folded, torn, etc., 15 x 10 3/4 in.
Estimate $100-200
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Townsend & Co., J. de Mare, James G. Gregory, Darley, IndiaJohn Dorfman
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