New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. [c.1954]. Hardcover. A Modern Library edition presenting the third volume in James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales series, set in the early American frontier and featuring his Natty Bumppo character, originally published in 1840. Includes an introduction by Norman Holmes Pearson. --- In Toledano spine 8 / rust cloth / gilt titling on black spine & cover blocks / faded black topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i, verso lists 370 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1954 (though 1952 date appears in book). ML #105.2. --- A well-preserved copy: clean, tightly-bound and unmarked but with very light wear to spine ends. Unclipped dust jacket ($1.45) with 4 cm tear to cover & some creasing and chipping to edges (especially at spine ends), else bright and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; xi, 436 pages .

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Bookseller: Bluebird Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 74222
Title: The Pathfinder, or The Inland Sea (Modern Library #105.2)
Author: COOPER, James Fenimore
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
Publisher: The Modern Library / Random House
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: [c.1954]

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Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Good+: A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
12mo: A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Verso: The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...

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