The Maritime Novels : The Pilot, The Red Rover, The Water-Witch, The Two Admirals, and Wing-and-Wing [FIVE VOLUMES]
Chicago: Donohue, Henneberry & Co, [c. 1900]. Reprints. Publisher's light maroon cloth, blind stamped, spine titles gilt. Spines faded, pages toned, mild shelf wear, overall all volumes very good or better. Item #240163
TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY COOPER
A turn-of-the-century set of Cooper’s maritime novels, in plain publisher’s cloth, offers a modest yet significant gathering of one of the earliest sustained bodies of nautical fiction in American literature. Originally issued between 1824 and 1842, these works—The Pilot, The Red Rover, The Water-Witch, The Two Admirals, and Wing-and-Wing—helped establish the sea novel as a serious narrative form, blending technical seamanship with romance and national identity. In this later, unadorned format, the set reflects their transition from literary innovation to standard reading. Such volumes, durable rather than decorative, testify to the continued appetite for maritime adventure among a broad, turn-of-the-century readership.
Price: $125.00