The Pathfinder
by Cooper, James Fenimore
Vigorous, self-reliant, amazingly resourceful, and moral, Natty Bumppo is the prototype of the Western hero. A faultless arbiter of wilderness justice, he hates middle-class hypocrisy. But he finds his love divided between the woman he has pledged to protect on a treacherous journey and the untouched forest that sustains him in his beliefs. A fast-paced narrative full of adventure and majestic descriptions of early frontier life, Indian raiders, and defenseless outposts, The Pathfinder set the standard for epic action literature.
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I purchased this book [JFC's 'The Pathfinder'] for my wife and she said she thoroughly enjoyed it. In fact, she liked it so much she had me order 'The Prairie'.
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The Pathfinder; or, The Inland Sea (Leatherstocking Tale)
by James Fenimore Cooper
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- 1853
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Orange Park, Florida, USA
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New York: Stringer and Townsend, 1853. Book. Very Good +. Quarter Leather. New Edition in Two Volumes (bound together as one). Title pages dated 1853 in Vol. I and 1850 in Vol. II. Dark-brown leather spine with gilt lettering and ruling and very dark brown textured-cloth boards. 240 and 233 text pages. In VERY GOOD + condition. Light wear to… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE PATHFINDER
by COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE
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- FIRST EDITION, First Issue (with imprint of Fagan and Collins at
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- 1840
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McMinnville, Oregon, USA
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Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1840. FIRST EDITION, First Issue (with imprint of Fagan and Collins at center of p. [2]; no copyright notice). 180 x 110 mm. (7 x 4 1/8"). Two volumes..
Attractive late 19th century scarlet crushed morocco, gilt, covers with gilt-rule frame accentuated with bow-arrow-tomahawk tool at corners, raised bands, spines gilt in compartments with… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Pathfinder
by James Fenimore Cooper
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- n/a
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- Fairmount Edition
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- ~1920's
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Bristol, Indiana, USA
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Very Good+ hardcover; 516pp; previous owners name on ffep; illustrated; in mylar protective wrapper. Item Price
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The Pathfinder: Or, The Inland Sea.
by Cooper, James Fenimore.
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- First US edition, first state. Rare.
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- 1840.
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Fallon, Nevada, USA
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Philadelphia:: Lea and Blanchard,, 1840.. First US edition, first state. Rare.. 8vo. 2 vols.. Publishers original plum cloth, paper title labels rubbed away on spine, boards soiled, spines sunned, some minor corner bumping, minor foxing mostly to endpaperss. Vol.1 with modern ink note of author on title, both vols with contemporary old owners ink on first paste-down.… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Pathfinder
by COOPER, James Fenimore; illustrated by Richard M. Powers
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- Used - Fine
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- Limited Edition
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- 1965
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- Hardcover
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Rocky River, Ohio, USA
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New York: Limited Editions Club, 1965. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Quarto, 474pp., illustrated. About fine in the publisher's green patterned boards with black cloth spine. In the original tissue dust jacket with some wrinkling and small chips to spine. In the publisher's slipcase, about fine. This is number 1308 of 1500 limited copies SIGNED by Powers on the… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE PATHFINDER
by James Fenimore Cooper
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- circa 1920's
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Suwanee, Georgia, USA
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James Fenimore Cooper THE PATHFINDER
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M.A.Donohue & Company, circa 1920's
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THE PATHFINDER
by COOPER, James Fenimore
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- Used - Fine in torn glassine and a Near Fine slipcase with a sunned backstrip
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- 1965
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$75.00
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Lunenburg, VT: Limited Editions Club, 1965. Hardcover. Fine in torn glassine and a Near Fine slipcase with a sunned backstrip. Richard Powers. Octavo (6-1/4" x 9-1/2") bound in black buckram and forest-green boards. Copy #887 of 1500 illustrated with color plates by Richard Powers and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in.
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The Pathfinder; Immortal Masterpieces of Literature Volume III
by James Fenimore Cooper
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- Used - very good
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- no jacket
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- 1st
- Published
- 1937
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- Hardcover
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Argillite, Kentucky, USA
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Reading, PA: The Spencer Press, 1937. 1st. Hardcover. very good/no jacket. 5.75"x8.25"x1.63". 344 pages. Navy cloth boards with blue paper paste down with red ferns and white flowers on front and back cover. Matching paste downs inside cover. Frontispiece is sketch of Pathfinder. Immortal Masterpieces of Literature series. Also known as "The Inland Sea". Twelve original drawings. Ex-library… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Pathfinder (The Leatherstocking Tales #3)
by James Fenimore Cooper
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Reprint
- Published
- 1965
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- Hardcover Cloth
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San Antonio, Texas, USA
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$10.80
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The Pathfinder (The Leatherstocking Tales #3)
by James Fenimore Cooper
Hardcover Cloth with slipcase 470 pages. Condition Very Good Issued with NO Dust Jacket Slipcase Very Good. Heritage Press reprint edition 1965. Nice tan boards, brown blocks and gold embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks or highlights. Previous owner's bookplate on front endsheet was partially torn out.… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Pathfinder
by Cooper, James Fenimore
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- Modern Library Edition
- Published
- 1952
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- Hardcover
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Albany, California, USA
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$15.00
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New York: Modern Library, 1952. Modern Library Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Modern Library #105. Beautiful copy of this title - unclipped and virtually unfaded. Owner's bookplate to ffep and slight cock to spine which appears printing issue as text block is too skinny for the case. Appears unread. Item Price
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The Pathfinder: Or the Inland Sea
by Cooper, James Fenimore
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- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Pages toned, jacket rubbed and tattered.
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- N.D.
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- Hardcover
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Selkirk, New York, USA
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$20.00
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Chicago: M. A. Donohue. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Pages toned, jacket rubbed and . tattered.. N.D.. Hardcover. Circa 1920s reprint. Brown decorative cloth binding with design of frontiersman with rifle on front boards. Nice color jacket art. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 417 pages . Item Price
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The Pathfinder
by James Fenimore Cooper
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1927
- Binding
- Black cloth with red lettering on the front and spine.
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Ridgeley, West Virginia, USA
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$28.00
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Text is clean and unmarked in a square and tight binding. lettering is bright and clear on the binding front and spine. Volume is a good solid copy. Printed for the Academy Classics for Junior High Schools series. Abridged and edited by Marietta Knight. Black and white illustrations throughout. Item Price
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THE PATHFINDER
by COOPER, James Fenimore
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- Used - Bookplate on the front pastedown. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with a sunned backstrip
- Published
- 1965
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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$62.50
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Lunenburg, VT: Limited Editions Club, 1965. Hardcover. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with a sunned backstrip. Richard Powers. Octavo (6-1/4" x 9-1/2") bound in black buckram and forest-green boards. Copy #39 of 1500 illustrated with color plates by Richard Powers and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Pathfinder
by James Fenimore Cooper
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- Used - Fine
- Published
- 1981
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Longmont, Colorado, USA
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$60.00
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The Easton Press, Masterpieces of American Literature, Collector's Edition, 1981. Illustrated by Richard M. Powers. Hardcover. Issued without dust jacket. Used - Fine, "as new" condition. Appears unopened / unread. Bottom of spine shows very minor shelf wear. Bound In full (genuine)dark green leather with hubbed spine. Text block is tight and clean with no ownership markings or bookplates. Embossed… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE PATHFINDER: OR, THE INLAND SEA [Two Volumes]
by Cooper, James Fenimore
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- Used
- Edition
- First US Edition, First State
- Published
- 1840
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Rockville, Maryland, USA
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$800.00
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Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1840. First US Edition, First State. Hardcover. Octavo, 2 Volumes. In Good plus condition. Bound in brown cloth with heavily faded black text on tan spine labels. Boards have bumping to corners, bending to spine edges, heavy fading to spine text, and mild edge wear and shelf wear. Volume 1 has head edge of spine… Read more about this item Item Price
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PATHFINDER, THE
by Cooper, James Fenimore
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Printiing
- Published
- 1964
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- Paperback
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Canon City, Colorado, USA
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$11.95
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Airmont, 1964. CL35, pictorial cover with green & brown ltrs, introuction by Mary E. Milhham, complete and unabridged, tear on head of spinen name inside front cover, clean & tight.. 1st Printiing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Item Price
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The Pathfinder
by James Fenimore Cooper
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Edition
- Reissue Edition
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- 1965
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- Hardcover
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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$10.00
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1965; Heritage Press, Norwalk, CT; Reissue of Limited Editions Club original, Fine Hardcover, no dust jacket. "Natty Bumppo, a faultless arbiter of wilderness justice, finds his love divided between the woman he has pledged to protect on a treacherous journey and the untouched forest that sustains him in his beliefs. Introduction by Robert E. Spiller and illustrations by Richard M.… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Pathfinder
by COOPER, James Fenimore
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- Used
- Published
- 1965
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- Hardcover
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Galena, Illinois, USA
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$75.00
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Lunenberg, VT: The Limited Editions Club, 1965. Hardcover. Introduction by Robert E. Spiller. Illustrations by Richard M. Powers. Small 4to. Quarter black cloth with gilt lettering and green patterned paper over boards, slipcase. xvi, 474pp. Color illustrations. Fine/near fine. Handsome, tight copy of the ninth title in the LEC's thirty-third series, originally published in 1840 and the third of… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Pathfinder: Or the Inland Sea (Leatherstocking Tale)
by House, Kay
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- Used - Acceptable
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- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0140390715
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GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, GBR
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$2.27
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Paperback. Acceptable. Item Price
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THE PATHFINDER,
by Cooper, James Fenimore
- Condition
- Used - Good+
- Published
- 1928
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
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Livonia, Michigan, USA
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$64.00
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Minton, Balch & Company. Good+. 1928. Hardcover. ****Holiday Sale! The current price reflects a 20% discount off the regular price, while the item lasts. Sale ends December 11, 2023*****; Blue cloth cover with color pictorial is frayed at corners and spine caps with loss to spine gilding and soiling to back cover but bright and in … Read more about this item Item Price
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