2 volumes, 12mo (183 x 109 mm). (Some minor spotting as usual.) Original purple muslin, printed paper labels on spines (spines and labels a bit faded and rubbed, some minor soiling). Provenance: Louis V. Ledoux (1880-1948), American poet, George Edward Woodberry scholar, Japanese print collector (engraved bookplate).

FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, with the Fagan-Ashmead imprint on the verso of each title-page. The final novel published in Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales, but the first installment chronologically, set during the lifetime of hero Natty Bumppo. BAL 3895; Sabin 16430; Spiller and Blackburn 32.