Cooper's Novels: The Pioneers or the Sources of the Susquehanna A Descriptive Tale de Cooper, James Fenimore

Chicago and New York: Belford, Clarke & Co. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are lightly bumped and rubbed;l some light shelf wear; front hinge is cracked; pages are toning; overall a very crisp and clean used copy! No publishing date, but appears to be late 19th century. Brown cloth with black lettering and illustration on the front board and gilt lettering and black illustration on the spine. 424 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and adventure-filled pages! "As this work professes, in its title-page, to be a descriptive tale, they who will take the trouble to read it may be glad to know how much of its contents is literal fact, and how much is intended to represent a general picture. The author is very sensible that, had he confined himself to the latter, always the most effective, as it is the most valuable, mode of conveying knowledge of this nature, he would have made a far better book........" ---- from the Introduction.. Reprint. Brown Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.