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Scarce book: The Last of the Mohicans; A Narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper. First UK edition. London: John Miller, 1826. Hardcover in three volumes, bound in the rebacked original boards with facsimile spine labels, 4.75 x 7.75, totaling 858 pages. Book condition: G+/None, with edgewear, minor losses, and soiling to the rebacked boards, some soiling to the textblock, and missing rear endpaper in Vol. I.
Provenance: Lot 197, Bonhams, June 12, 2018.
The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper was published in 1826 as the second novel in his Leatherstocking Tales series; the first British edition came out about one month after the edition published in Philadelphia. Set during the French and Indian War, it quickly became Cooper’s most famous work and a defining example of early American historical romance. Its widespread success helped solidify Cooper’s reputation internationally, leading to numerous reprints and adaptations throughout the 19th and 20th centuries.
