[Rarebooks] FS: Scarce James Fenimore Cooper AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT from THE WATER WITCH
Charles Agvent
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Wed Aug 2 10:25:39 EDT 2023
COOPER, James Fenimore. AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT (AMs) From THE WATER WITCH.
Unsigned handwritten fragment of his working draft of this novel about
the abduction of a woman by a pirate. Two pages in dark ink in his small
hand, approximately 600 words, on both sides of an 8" x 3-1/4" sheet.
With a separate card SIGNED by the author's daughter, also an author,
Susan Fenimore Cooper, dated Aug. 1889 and stating: "From the
'Water-Witch,’ written at the ‘Casa Tasso,’ Sorrento, in 1828." Cooper
manuscript material is scarce in the trade. A few small holes affecting
text repaired with tissue, minor scattered foxing and soiling. Very
Good. (#021375) $3,500
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