The Works of J. Fenimore Cooper: The Pilot / Red Rover de Cooper, James Fenimore

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company Minor edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, corners are lightly bumped and rubbed, gently shelf worn, overall a very crisp and clean used copy! No publisher's date. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering and design on the front cover and spine. Frontis is a black and white illustration of men in a raging sea from The Pilot: "Tom, imitating the example of his commander, seized the latter suddenly in his powerful grasp, and threw him over the bulwarks." 967 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical pages! "It is probable a true history of human events would show that a far larger proportion of our acts are the results of sudden impulses and accident, than of that reason of which we so much boast. However true, or false, this opinion may be in more important matters, it is certainly and strictly correct as relates to the conception and execution of this book." ---- from the Preface.. Burgundy Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.