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Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: New. 1st Edition. CLASSIC: VIGOROUS: VIVID: ORIGINAL: BOLD: AS-NEW virtually NEW Library of America First Edition hardcover (Orig. 1991) First Printing, MARRED Only by the name of a prominent Connecticut literary family w/ date & place & LOA volume no. neatly inscribed at bottom-right of the first title page, NEW LOA slipcase w/ double-ruled gilt borders & LOA-logo gilt-stamped on front panel & sharp NEW edges & corners, NEW British-green rayon-weave silk-finish Brillianta fabric-over-boards cover w/ sharp NEW edges & corners & titles & LOA-colophon handsomely gold-stamped on spine, IMMACULATE smooth-cut text-block exterior, IMPECCABLE white-on-green LOA-patterned card-stock end-papers, NEW Smyth-sewn binding w/ tight signatures & emerald silk page-marker ribbon bound-in from top, PRISTINE interior printed in remarkably clear 10-point Linotron Galliard on SUPERB unblemished acid-free Ecusta Nyallite archival paper * 5.12" x 8.12" x 1.24", 0.59 kg, 902 pp. With slipcase: 5.46" x 8.50" x 1.36", 0.69 kg * CONTENTS: Sea Tales: The Pilot (1), The Red Rover (423); Chronology (869), Note on the Texts (882), Notes (886) * ABOUT THE BOOK: In "The Pilot" (1824) & "The Red Rover" (1828), James Fenimore Cooper invented a new literary genre: the sea novel. Collected here in a single Library of America volume, they are among his finest works. Bold, vigorous, original, each is a tale of high adventure that vividly captures the majesty & power of the seafaring life. Contemporary writers at home and abroad (Francis Parkman, Herman Melville, & Balzac among them) gave Cooper's sea novels high praise. Cooper drew on his direct knowledge of ships & sailors to present a truer picture of life on the sea than had ever before achieved in literature. As a boy of 17 he had sailed before the mast on a merchantman bound from New York to London & then to Spain. On board he experienced the life of a common seaman, learned the craft of sailing, encountered terrifying storms, was chased by pirates, & watched the impressment of crew members by a British man-of-war. He later served as an officer in the United States Navy. "The Pilot" is loosely based upon stories of John Paul Jones' daring hit-and-run tactics during the Revolutionary War. The shadowy hero, modeled on Jones, leads a squadron of the infant American navy in a series of raids on the English coast, braving fierce storms & the guns of hostile warships, yet never revealing his identity. In this novel Cooper introduced the character of the "old salt", the seasoned deckhand happy only aboard ship. Long Tom Coffin, w/ his briny conversation & shrewd nautical advice, is the first of Cooper's memorable portraits of common seamen. A ghostly ship, an uncanny hero, a heroine kidnapped by pirates, revelations of mistaken identity, & the reunion of long-lost relatives (scenes of romance & adventure) fill the pages of "The Red Rover", Cooper's most theatrical novel. Set in the mid-18th century, the tale recounts the exploits of a noble outcast & visionary who foresees America's destiny as a sovereign nation. Forced into a life of piracy, the Rover conducts his private war of independence in a story that equates the free & daring life w/ the American dream of self-reliance & liberty from British rule. * THE LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an award-winning, nonprofit program dedicated to publishing America's best & most significant writing in handsome, enduring volumes, featuring authoritative texts. Hailed as "the most important book-publishing project in the nation's history" (Newsweek), this acclaimed series is restoring America's literary heritage in "the finest-looking, longest-lasting edition ever made" (New Republic). * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below-cost additional fee & via USPS FIRST CLASS INTERNATIONAL AIRMAIL to international destinations at our posted rates.

Hardcover. Condizione: New. 1st Edition. CLASSIC: NEW First Edition hardcover (Orig. 2005) First Printing: EXCELLENT NEW LOA slipcase w/ sharp NEW edges & corners & double-gilt-rule borders on front panel w/ LOA logo gilt-stamped at center-top, NEW blue Brillianta fabric-over-boards cover w/ sharp NEW edges & corners & titles & LOA colophon handsomely gold-stamped on spine, IMPECCABLE smooth-cut text-block exterior, IMMACULATE white-on-blue patterned card-stock end-papers, PRISTINE interior printed in remarkably clear 10-point Linotron Galliard on SUPERB unblemished acid-free Domtar Literary Opaque archival paper * 5.0" x 8.06" x 1.18", 0.60 kg, 926 pp / In slipcase: 5.36 x 8.50" x 1.30", 0.70 kg * ABOUT THE BOOK: This volume collects 3 sea-going travel narratives by Richard Henry Dana, Jr., that span 25 years of maritime history, from the age of sail to the age of steam. Suffering from persistent weakness in his eyes, Dana left Harvard at age 19 & sailed from Boston in 1834 as a common seaman. "Two Years Before the Mast" (1840) is the classic account of his voyages around Cape Horn & time ashore in California in the decade before the Gold Rush. Written w/ an unprecedented realism that challenged the romanticism of previous maritime literature, Dana's narrative vividly portrays the daily routines & hardships of life at sea, the capriciousness & brutality of merchant ship captains & officers, & the beauty & danger of the southern oceans in winter. Included in an appendix is "Twenty-Four Years After" (1869), in which Dana describes his return to California in 1859-1860 & the immense changes brought about by American annexation, the frenzy of the Gold Rush, & the growing commerce of "a new world, the awakened Pacific." Dana first visited Cuba in the winter of 1859 while the possible annexation of the island was being debated in the U.S. Senate. "To Cuba and Back" (1859) is his entertaining & enthusiastic account of his trip, during which he toured Havana & a sugar plantation; attended a bullfight; visited churches, hospitals, schools, & prisons; & investigated the impact on Cuban society of slavery & autocratic Spanish rule. "Journal of a Voyage Round the World, 1859-1860" records the 14-month circumnavigation that took Dana to California, Hawaii, China, Japan, Malaya, Ceylon, India, Egypt, & Europe. Written w/ unflagging energy & curiosity, the journal provides fascinating vignettes of frontier life in California, missionary influence in Hawaii, the impact of the Taiping Rebellion & the Second Opium War on China, & the opening of Japan to the West, while capturing the transition from the age of sail to the faster, smaller world created by the steamship & the telegraph. * LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, & keeping permanently in print, America's best & most significant writing. The Library of America series includes hundreds of volumes, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, & ribbon markers, & are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries. * ABOUT THE EDITOR: Thomas Philbrick is professor emeritus of English at the University of Pittsburgh. * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book w/ our greatest elegance & care for FREE shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL within the U.S. w/ Domestic USPS PRIORITY MAIL available for a below-cost additional fee & shipment of all international orders via efficient USPS FIRST CLASS AIRMAIL at rates quoted on request.