The Pathfinder; or, The Inland Sea

Publisher's full brown cloth, gilt lettering on spine, t.e.g., fore-edge deckle, red and black title-page. Illustrated with a tissue-protected frontispiece by E. Boyd Smith. NB: The Pathfinder; or, The Inland Sea is a historical adventure novel written by James Fenimore Cooper and first published in 1840. It is the fourth novel published in Cooper's famous Leatherstocking Tales series, though it stands as the third chronological episode in terms of the life of its protagonist, Natty Bumppo. The "inland sea" referenced in the title is Lake Ontario, where much of the story's action takes place during the French and Indian War. Brief gift inscription (Christmas 1914) on ffep, head and heel of spine very lightly worn, else fine; otherwise unmarked, tight, square, and clean. Scarce. VERY GOOD. Leather Stocking Tales. 4. Frontispiece. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. xxxix, 517 pages Very Good No dust jacket as issued.