The Deerslayer: or, The First War-Path. A Tale. By the Author of "The Last of the Mohicans"

First edition. Vol. 1: i-[xii], 13-267 pp. Vol. 2: 282 pp. 2 vols. 12mo. The last of Cooper's "Leatherstocking Tales" and Natty Bumpo in the American wilderness, although it is the first in terms of sequence - Natty Bumpo is here depicted as a young man. An unsophisticated copy of this classic of American fiction. BAL 3895; Spiller and Blackburn 32; Wright I 601 Purple muslin, printed paper labels on spine. Spines faded to brown, labels somewhat scuffed, covers with a little spotting and minor wear, minor but expert repair to inner hinge of volume 1, recased and spine reinforced. Volume 2 spine slightly cocked. Owner signature in light pencil on endpapers. Good to very good copy in the publisher's original cloth (scarce thus). Custom red morocco-backed slipcase and cloth wrapper Vol. 1: i-[xii], 13-267 pp. Vol. 2: 282 pp. 2 vols. 12mo.