Description
The Spy: A Tale of the Neutral Ground by James Fenimore Cooper, part of the Standard Novel series by Richard Bentley of London.
Octavo, ix, [1], 410pp. Bound in three quarter brown morocco, decorative raised bands, title in gilt, marbled boards. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Includes frontispiece portrait with tissue cover. Light sunning to spine, internally fine, solid text block.
(Bal 3848)
The Spy was the second novel from James Fenimore Cooper, first published in New York in 1821 by Wiley & Halstead. In 1831, Richard Bentley began publishing the “Standard Novels” series, which took multi-volume works and condensed them to single volumes. The Pilot by James Fenimore Cooper was the first novel in the series, which would eventually include 126 volumes over a 24 year period.
