COOPER, James Fenimore (1789-1851). The Last of the Mohicans; A Narrative of 1757 . Philadelphia: H.C. Carey & I. Lea, 1826.
COOPER, James Fenimore (1789-1851). The Last of the Mohicans; A Narrative of 1757 . Philadelphia: H.C. Carey & I. Lea, 1826. 2 volumes, 12° (196 x 112 mm). (Vol. 1 title with small section of lower margin renewed, vol. 2 title with section of upper margin renewed, just touching one lette, titles with a few closed tears crossing text repaired, some browning and spotting as usual.) Original tan paper boards uncut, skillful early paper rebacking (some overall rubbing and wear); red quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance : C.H. Pendleton (early ownership inscription on title-page vol. I). FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL BOARDS , with the following points: volume one: pagination present on p. 71, p.89 misnumbered 93, p.243 reads "XIV" for "XVI", last "i" is present in pagination on p. vii. The copyright notices read "a Book" in both volumes and the blank conjugate of the title-leaf in volume 2 and the terminal blanks in each volume are present. Although it was published first, The Last of the Mohicans is the second story in Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking series. BAL 3833.
COOPER, James Fenimore (1789-1851). The Last of the Mohicans; A Narrative of 1757 . Philadelphia: H.C. Carey & I. Lea, 1826.
COOPER, James Fenimore (1789-1851). The Last of the Mohicans; A Narrative of 1757 . Philadelphia: H.C. Carey & I. Lea, 1826. 2 volumes, 12° (196 x 112 mm). (Vol. 1 title with small section of lower margin renewed, vol. 2 title with section of upper margin renewed, just touching one lette, titles with a few closed tears crossing text repaired, some browning and spotting as usual.) Original tan paper boards uncut, skillful early paper rebacking (some overall rubbing and wear); red quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance : C.H. Pendleton (early ownership inscription on title-page vol. I). FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL BOARDS , with the following points: volume one: pagination present on p. 71, p.89 misnumbered 93, p.243 reads "XIV" for "XVI", last "i" is present in pagination on p. vii. The copyright notices read "a Book" in both volumes and the blank conjugate of the title-leaf in volume 2 and the terminal blanks in each volume are present. Although it was published first, The Last of the Mohicans is the second story in Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking series. BAL 3833.
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