1833-1837 The Pilot, A Tale of the Sea; The Pioneers, of The Sources of the Susquehanna; Lionel Lincoln, or, the Leaguer of Boston

Description

Leather Binding

A three-volume set, uniformly bound in quarter calf with marbled boards, end papers and edges.

A set of three uniformly bound early editions of Cooper's historical romances, revised and corrected with prefaces.

The popular American author James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) was renowned for his historical romances depicting colonial and indigenous characters.

The set comprises:

The Pilot, A Tale of the Sea (1833), one of the earliest examples of nautical fiction in American literature, telling the story a naval pilot during the American Revolution.

The Pioneers, of The Sources of the Susquehanna (1835), the first of five novels which became known as the Leatherstocking Tales.

Lionel Lincoln, or, the Leaguer of Boston (1837), a tale set during the American Revolutionary War, in which Lionel Lincoln discovers the split loyalties in his family and friends to the American colonies and the British homeland.