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The Leatherstocking Tales: Volume I: The Pioneers, or the Sources of the Susquehanna, A Descriptive Tale; The Last of the Mohicans, A Narrative of 1757; The Prairie, A Tale
Cooper, James Fenimore; Blake Nevius (editor) wrote the notes & selected the texts for this volume
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. CLASSIC: VIVID: EPIC: AS-NEW LOA First Edition hardcover (Orig. 1985) First Printing: AS-NEW unclipped mylar-protected jacket w/ sharp AS-NEW edges & corners & showing orig. $27.50 pub. price at bottom-right inside-front flyleaf, AS-NEW green silk-finish B…rillianta fabric-over-boards cover w/ sharp AS-NEW edges & corners & titles & LOA colophon handsomely gold-stamped on spine, EXCELLENT smooth-cut text-block exterior marred ONLY by slightest rust-dust soiling on smooth-cut top edge, IMPECCABLE white-on-green LOA-patterned card-stock end-papers, PRISTINE interior printed in remarkably clear 10-point Linotron Galliard on SUPERB Olin Nyallite archival paper * 5.24" x 8.12" x 1.62", 0.88 kg, 1347 pp. * CONTENTS: The Pioneers, or the Sources of the Susquehanna, A Descriptive Tale (1); The Last of the Mohicans, A Narrative of 1757 (467); The Prairie, A Tale (879); Chronology (1319), Note on the Texts (1332), Notes (1338). * ABOUT THE BOOK: James Fenimore Cooper's epic of the American frontier follows the exploits of the scout Natty Bumpo, "Leatherstocking", from the French & Indian Wars to the early 19th century; here the five novels are gathered for the first time in two volumes in the order of their original publication. Leatherstocking first appears in "The Pioneers" as an aged hunter caught-up in the struggle to determine what kind of civilization will replace the vanishing wilderness. "The Last of the Mohicans" is a pure, unabashed adventure story, in which Natty & his Indian companions Chingachgook & Uncas attempt a daring rescue while the French threaten to invade the American colonies. In "The Prairie", Natty, in his 80s, is driven to refuge on the Great Plains, where Sioux, Pawnee, outlaw whites, & members of the Lewis & Clark expedition enact a fateful drama. A companion volume gathers "The Pathfinder" & "The Deerslayer". * The LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an award-winning, nonprofit program dedicated to publishing America's best & most significant writing in handsome, enduring volumes, featuring authoritative texts. Hailed as "the most important book-publishing project in the nation's history" (Newsweek), this acclaimed series is restoring America's literary heritage in "the finest-looking, longest-lasting edition ever made" (New Republic). * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book w/ our greatest elegance & care for FREE shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL within the U.S. w/ Domestic USPS PRIORITY MAIL available for a nominal additional fee & shipment of all international orders via efficient USPS FIRST CLASS AIRMAIL at our posted rates.
The Leatherstocking Tales, Volume II: The Pathfinder: or, The Inland Sea; The Deerslayer: or, The First War-Path
Cooper, James Fenimore; Blake Nevius wrote the chronology, the note on the texts & the notes
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Excellent New Slipcase. 1st Edition. CLASSIC: EPIC: NEW Library of America First Edition hardcover(Orig. 1985) Ninth Printing (c. 2016), NEW LOA slipcase w/ double-gilt-ruled borders framing centered LOA logo on front panle & w/ sharp NEW edges & corners, NEW British-green silk-f…inish Brillianta fabric-over-boards cover w/ sharp NEW edges & corners & w/ titles & LOA colophon handsomely gold-stamped on spine, IMMACULATE smooth-cut text-block exterior, SUPERB white-on-green Library of America patterned card-stock end-papers, NEW sewn binding w/ tight signatures & w/ green-white-checked cloth bands at spine-caps & green silk page-marker ribbon, PRISTINE interior printed in remarkably clear 10-point Linotron Galliard on SUPERB acid-free lightweight opaque archival paper * 5.00" x 8.12" x 1.32", 0.68 kg, 1051 pp. W/ slipcase: 5.32" x 8.48" x 1.50", 0.68 kg * CONTENTS: The Pathfinder: or, The Inland Sea (1); The Deerslayer: or, The First War-Path (483); Chronology (1031), Note on the Texts (1044), Notes (1049) * ABOUT THE BOOK: When Cooper's most memorable hero, Leatherstocking, started an American tradition by setting off into the sunset in 'The Pioneers', one early reader said of his departure, "I longed to go with him." American readers couldn't get enough of the Leatherstocking saga (collected in two Library of America volumes) &, 14 years after he portrayed the death of Natty Bumppo in 'The Prairie', Cooper brought him back in 'The Pathfinder, or The Inland Sea' (1841). During the Seven Years War, just after the events narrated in 'The Last of the Mohicans', Natty brings the daughter of a British sergeant to her father's station on the Great Lakes, where the French & their Indian allies are plotting a treacherous ambush. Here, for the first time, he falls in love with a woman, before Cooper manages bring off Leatherstocking's most poignant, & perhaps his most revealing, escape. 'The Deerslayer' (1842) brings the saga full circle & follows the young Natty on his first warpath. Instinctively gifted in the arts of the forest, pious in his respect for the unspoiled wilderness on which he loves to gaze, honorable to friend & foe alike, stoic under torture, & cool under fire, the young Leatherstocking emerges as Cooper's noblest figure of the American frontier. Enacting a rite of passage both for its hero & for the culture he comes to represent, this last book in the series glows with a timelessness that readers everywhere will find enchanting. * ABOUT THE LIBRARY OF AMERICA: The Library of America is an award-winning, nonprofit program dedicated to publishing America's best & most significant writing in handsome, enduring volumes, featuring authoritative texts. Hailed as "the most important book-publishing project in the nation's history" (Newsweek), this acclaimed series is restoring America's literary heritage in "the finest-looking, longest-lasting edition ever made" (New Republic). * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book w/ our greatest elegance & care for FREE shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL within the U.S. w/ Domestic USPS PRIORITY MAIL available for a nominal additional fee & shipment of all international orders via efficient USPS FIRST CLASS AIRMAIL at our posted rates.
