3 volumes, 12mo (175 x 102 mm). Half-titles in vols. 2 and 3. (Marginal soiling and toning throughout.) Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, smooth spines, gilt-lettered in 2 compartments (boards a bit worn, fore-corners rubbed).

FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, published about one month after the Philadelphia edition. Set in the Adirondacks during the French and Indian War, The Last of the Mohicans is the second novel in James Fenimore Cooper’s Leatherstocking Tales, the series that follows the life of the frontier scout Natty Bumppo. The character first appeared in The Pioneers (1823), and the present novel provides much of his early backstory. See BAL 3833 note. Grolier American 34.