The Leatherstocking Tales : The Deerslayer; The Last of the Mohicans; The Pathfinder; The Pioneers; The Prairie [FIVE VOLUMES]
Chicago: Donohue Brothers, [c. 1900]. Reprints. Publisher's maroon cloth, spine titled in gilt. Pages toned, mild shelf wear, spines faded, all volumes still very good or better. Item #240161
TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY COOPER
A turn-of-the-century set of the Leatherstocking Tales, bound in plain publisher’s cloth, represents a humble but enduring embodiment of one of the central mythologies of American literature. First published between 1823 and 1841, the five novels—The Deerslayer, The Last of the Mohicans, The Pathfinder, The Pioneers, and The Prairie (here presented in narrative order)—trace the life of Natty Bumppo across the shifting frontier, articulating a powerful vision of wilderness, settlement, and cultural encounter. By the early twentieth century, these works had passed from contemporary fiction into the realm of national classic. Issued here without ornament, the set reflects their assimilation into everyday readership, preserving Cooper’s frontier epic in a form intended for wide and continued circulation.
Price: $100.00