Homeward Bound: or, the Chase. A Tale of the Sea. By the Author of "The Pilot," "The Spy," Etc.
Author: James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851)
Year: 1838
Publisher: Carey, Lea and Blanchard
Place: Philadelphia
Description:
2 volumes. [i]-vi, 13-276 pages; "A New Edition" 248 pages. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 4 3/4") bound in original publisher's plum cloth with spine label lettered in black. (BAL 3883 and 3887) First edition and New Addition. First published in Britain the same year.
Homeward Bound; or The Chase: A Tale of the Sea is a nautical novel written by American writer James Fenimore Cooper. The first American edition was published by Carey, Lea, Blanchard in Philadelphia during the summer of 1838. The work comprised two volumes bound into as single book. It was succeeded by Cooper's 1838 novel, Home as Found: Sequel to Homeward Bound.
Set in 1835, the Effingham family, descendants of Oliver Effingham from The Pioneers, returns home from Europe aboard the ocean liner Montauk, facing a perilous journey with a violent storm and a skirmish with Arabs off the African coast, with Miss Eve Effingham as the heroine.
Condition:
Mixed set both published in 1838, volume one first edition with volume two being the "New Addition". Previous owner's name to front board, front end paper and title of volume one. Volume two name to front end paper. Foxing, spine label chipped and worn, boards sunned and faded, corners bumped, spine ends rubbed, small split at heal hinge else a good set.
