1873, ISBN: 751183b84f26a15af625a4a8623894fb

Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: D. Appleton and Co., New York], JAMES FENIMORE COOPER, LITERATURE, Maroonish hardcover with gilt hatchet in hand illustrated on cover. Good condition. The b… Plus…

Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: D. Appleton and Co., New York], JAMES FENIMORE COOPER, LITERATURE, Maroonish hardcover with gilt hatchet in hand illustrated on cover. Good condition. The boards have age discolorations. Interior tight and clean. Text is double column per page. Later edition as the first was published in 1841. This novel introduces Natty Bumppo as "Deerslayer": a young frontiersman in early 18th-century New York, who objects to the practice of taking scalps, on grounds that every living thing should follow "the gifts" of its nature, which would keep European Americans from taking scalps. Two characters who actually seek to take scalps are Deerslayer's foil Henry March (alias "Hurry Harry") and the former pirate 'Floating Tom' Hutter, to whom Deerslayer is introduced en route to a rendezvous with the latter's lifelong friend Chingachgook (initially apparent in The Last of the Mohicans). Shortly before the rendezvous, Hutter's residence is besieged by the indigenous Hurons, and Hutter and March sneak into the camp of the besiegers to kill and scalp as many as they can; but are captured in the act, and later ransomed by Bumppo, Chingachgook, and Hutter's daughters Judith and Hetty. Bumppo and Chingachgook thereafter plan to rescue Chingachgook's kidnapped betrothed Wah-ta-Wah (alias 'Hist') from the Hurons; but, in rescuing her, Bumppo is captured. In his absence, the Hurons invade Hutter's home, and Hutter is scalped alive. On his deathbed, he confesses that Judith and Hetty were not his daughters by birth, and Judith determines to discover her natural father's identity; but her search reveals only that her late mother had been of aristocratic descent, and had married 'Floating Tom' after the collapse of an illicit affair. Later, Judith attempts and fails to rescue Deerslayer; and they are all saved at last when March returns with English reinforcements, who massacre the Hurons and mortally wound Hetty. After Hetty's death, Judith proposes marriage to Deerslayer, but is refused, and is last described as the paramour of a soldier. Fifteen years later, Bumppo and Chingachgook return to the site, to find Hutter's house in ruins. 239 pages., Books<

2016, ISBN: 751183b84f26a15af625a4a8623894fb

Two volumes. Original purple muslin, printed paper spine label. Minimal fading and rubbing, light browning, small paper flaw to front free endpaper in first volume. A very fine set.First … Plus…

Two volumes. Original purple muslin, printed paper spine label. Minimal fading and rubbing, light browning, small paper flaw to front free endpaper in first volume. A very fine set.First edition of the final novel in Cooper's Leatherstocking series, considered by many to be called Cooper's greatest work and hailed by D. H. Lawrence as "a gem of a book." This final installment in the saga of the life of Natty Bumppo is a prequel, relating an episode from the famous protagonist's youth. Spiller and Blackburn state that this edition predates the first English edition; BAL remains non-committal on priority.This is a splendid copy with an outstanding provenance.Provenance: Mildred Greenhill, Chicago book collector (bookplate) H. Bradley Martin (his sale, Sotheby's New York, 31 January 1990, lot 2016)., Lea and Blanchard, 1841, 5<

1984, ISBN: 751183b84f26a15af625a4a8623894fb

Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania], BB / LEATHER BOUND, The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature. A Limited Edition. Full red … Plus…

Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania], BB / LEATHER BOUND, The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature. A Limited Edition. Full red leather with gilt titles and decorations; all edges gilt; raised bands; silk moire endpapers; ribbon page marker. This is the higher quality full leather binding published by The Franklin Library. BB, Books<

1984, ISBN: 751183b84f26a15af625a4a8623894fb

Full-Leather, Book. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall., Gebraucht, guter Zustand, BB / Leather Bound, The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature. A Limited Edition. Full red leather with gil… Plus…

Full-Leather, Book. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall., Gebraucht, guter Zustand, BB / Leather Bound, The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature. A Limited Edition. Full red leather with gilt titles and decorations; all edges gilt; raised bands; silk moire endpapers; ribbon page marker. This is the higher quality full leather binding published by The Franklin Library. BB., Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, [PU: The Franklin Library]<