Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757

New York, NY: John B. Alden, Publisher, 1885 John B. Alden, Publisher, New York. 1885? Not Dated. Hardcover. Edition/Printing not stated but is a reprint of the 1826 original. It is listed in an Alden Catalogue in 1889, so this was printed in the late 1800s. Book is tight, square, and is unmarked but for a F/O name on the FFFP in pencil. Book Condition: Good; light shelfwear to head, tail, and tips; bumped tail and tips; light shelfwear to board bottom edges; light rubbing to boards; short edge tear on first blank page. No DJ. Blue cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. Clean internals. Interior hinges are sound and not split. 373 pp 12mo. Alden was a publisher who believed in books for the masses and published many book at low costs, sometimes below his cost to publish them. He was last active in New York between 1895-1905 which is probably when this book was published. The wild rush of action in this classic frontier adventure story has made The Last of the Mohicans the most popular of James Fenimore Cooper’s Leatherstocking Tales. Deep in the forests of upper New York State, the brave woodsman Hawkeye (Natty Bumppo) and his loyal Mohican friends Chingachgook and Uncas become embroiled in the bloody battles of the French and Indian War. The abduction of the beautiful Munro sisters by hostile savages, the treachery of the renegade brave Magua, the ambush of innocent settlers, and the thrilling events that lead to the final tragic confrontation between rival war parties create an unforgettable, spine-tingling picture of life on the frontier. And as the idyllic wilderness gives way to the forces of civilization, the novel presents a moving portrayal of a vanishing race and the end of its way of life in the great American forests. A clean very presentable copy.