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James Fenimore Cooper, 1823 & 1840
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The Pioneers & The Pathfinder
James Fenimore Cooper, 1823 & 1840
COOPER, James Fenimore (1789-1851). The Pioneers, or The Sources of the Susquehanna. New York: Charles Wiley, 1823 [With:] The Pathfinder, or The Inland Sea. Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1840.
First American editions of two Natty Bumppo novels, including Pathfinder in original cloth and first state. Pioneers, the first of the Leatherstocking Tales, is present here in BAL state two of vol. 1 and state one of vol. 2. Pathfinder is in state one. BAL 3829 & 3892.
Together, 4 volumes, 12mo. Pioneers: Half-titles. Later red half morocco (spines darkened, light wear, some soiling/spotting at ends); cloth slipcase. Pathfinder: (Modest foxing.) Original purple muslin, paper spine labels (spines sunned and labels well-rubbed); custom morocco-backed box. Provenance: Frederick W. Paulding (bookplates).
James Fenimore Cooper, 1823 & 1840
COOPER, James Fenimore (1789-1851). The Pioneers, or The Sources of the Susquehanna. New York: Charles Wiley, 1823 [With:] The Pathfinder, or The Inland Sea. Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1840.
First American editions of two Natty Bumppo novels, including Pathfinder in original cloth and first state. Pioneers, the first of the Leatherstocking Tales, is present here in BAL state two of vol. 1 and state one of vol. 2. Pathfinder is in state one. BAL 3829 & 3892.
Together, 4 volumes, 12mo. Pioneers: Half-titles. Later red half morocco (spines darkened, light wear, some soiling/spotting at ends); cloth slipcase. Pathfinder: (Modest foxing.) Original purple muslin, paper spine labels (spines sunned and labels well-rubbed); custom morocco-backed box. Provenance: Frederick W. Paulding (bookplates).
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