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Author Name
Cooper, James Fenimore
Title The Pioneers: or, The Sources of the Susquehana. Arranged for Youth with Illustrations
Binding Hardcover
Book Condition Good
Jacket Condition No Jacket
Type Hardcover
Size 8vo - over 7
Publisher London George Routeledge 1890
Seller ID 000812
Pictorial brick red cloth boards with gilt titles. Boards have beveled edges. Boards are rubbed with heavy edge wear. Corners turned in and beginning to wear through. Split near tail of spine along bottom edge of lowest title block containing publisher. Front and rear internal hinges have been neatly and securely repaired with Japanese tissue. Short closed tear at bottom spine corner of title page. Pages lightly toned from age. Binding sound. 192 pages. Frontis illustration in color. Black and white illustrations throughout. 6.25 x 8.5 inches. The Pioneers was the first novel of James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales series, featuring the character Natty Bumppo, a resourceful white American living in the woods. The story focuses on the evolution of the wilderness into a civilized European-American community. The story takes place in the town of ?empleton, which is said to be modeled after Cooperstown, New York, founded by Cooper's father after the Revolutionary War.
AMERICAN LITERATURE PIONEER FICTION AMERICA LEATHERSTOCKING TALES NATTY BUMPPO AMERICANA
Price =
40.00 USD
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