DEERSLAYER OR THE FIRST WAR-PATH BY JAMES FENIMORE COOPER 1900 FINE LEATHER BINDING

[COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE]. Deerslayer, or, The First War-Path. London: Blackie and Son Limited, n.d. [circa 1900].

Reprint. Leather-bound. Hardcover. Square octavo (190 x 140 mm.), pp. 252. Stunning contemporary signed binding of full leather, stamped 'F. E. J.' in gilt to front dentelle. Spine with five raised bands. Covers and spine compartments beautifully gilt ruled and tooled. All page edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Four illustrated plates by Alfred Pearse including a frontispiece. Title-page in red and black. Condition: VERY GOOD. Binding tight and secure. Some light scuffing to covers. A few leaves with faint foxing. Without previous ownership markings.