The Pilot, A Tale Of The Sea

London: Routledge, Warne, and Routledge. Very Good with No Dust Jacket as issued. 1862. Hardcover. The Pilot was Cooper's fourth novel and his first sea tale. The hero of the book is John Paul Jones, who appears as always brooding upon a dark past and a darker fate. Yet he is not so morbid but that he can occasionally rouse himself to terrific activities in his raids along the English coast. Another character is Long Tom Coffin, of Nantucket, comparable to Harvey Birch and Natty Bumppo from Cooper's other novels. Dark brown half bound leather over red marbled boards with gilt spine decorations and lettering; marbled endpapers and page edges, raised band spine, frontispiece. Additional matching volumes also available. Edgewear to extremities; previous owner's name. ; Cooper's Novels Series; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 288 pages; 25950 .