Visions of America: The Stephen White Collection

2 volumes, 8vo (197 x 112 mm). (Browning and staining throughout). IN ORIGINAL MUSLIN-BACKED BOARDS UNCUT (neat repairs to spines and hinges with new letterpress spine labels, some staining, corners bumped, front flyleaf vol. I detached). Provenance: M. Bancroft (New York bookseller, stamp with address: 403 Broadway); R. K. Beekman (signature on front board of vol. I); Dauber and Pine (pencil signature on verso of flyleaf with note: "N.Y. -6- by mail"); John T. Flanagan (signature in ink on flyleaf dated 10-8-32).

FIRST AMERICAN EDITION of Cooper's epistolary novel, narrated by a fictitious Englishman traveling in the United States. The series of letters represent Cooper's attempt to defend Americans from the misunderstandings he encountered when he was traveling in Europe.
BAL 3842; Howes C750; Sabin 16486.