Deerslayer first war path tale author (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Two volumes. 267, [1, blank]; 282 pages. Hardcovers, bound in contemporary purple muslin with printed paper labels. The bindings are well rubbed with discoloration and stains, spine ends frayed. Bookplate and prior owner signature on the pastedown. Volume I lacks the fly leaves and preliminary blanks. Scattered foxing.…

First edition. First edition. Vol. 1: i-[xii], 13-267 pp. Vol. 2: 282 pp. 2 vols. 12mo. The last of Cooper's "Leatherstocking Tales" and Natty Bumpo in the American wilderness, although it is the first in terms of sequence - Natty Bumpo is here depicted as a young man. An unsophisticated copy of this classic of American fiction. BAL 3895; Spiller and Blackburn 32; Wright I 601 Purple muslin, printed paper labels on spine. Spines faded to brown, labels somewhat scuffed, covers with a little spotting and minor wear, minor but expert repair to inner hinge of volume 1, recased and spine reinforced. Volume 2 spine slightly cocked. Owner signature in light pencil on endpapers. Good to very good copy in the publisher's original cloth (scarce thus). Custom red morocco-backed slipcase and cloth wrapper Vol. 1: i-[xii], 13-267 pp. Vol. 2: 282 pp. 2 vols. 12mo.…

2 vols. 12mo. First edition. First edition. 2 vols. 12mo. The last of Cooper's "Leatherstocking Tales" of Natty Bumpo in the American wilderness to be published, although it is the first in the sequence. Set on Ostego Lake in upstate New York, Natty Bumpo is depicted as a young man against the practise of scalping. A very desirable copy of this classic of American fiction. BAL 3895; Spiller and Blackburn 32; Wright I 601; SABIN16430 Bound in blue morocco by Bennett, N.Y. Fine.…