The Pathfinder: or, The Inland Sea.
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1840.
Price: $1,000.00
About the item
First American edition, preceded by the London edition of the same year. First issue, BAL state 2. Vol. I: [1] - 3, iv, 13 - 240 pp.; vol. II: [1] - 233 pp. 2 vols. 12mo. Original purple muslin, printed paper spine labels. Contemporary gift inscription "S.B.C. Rogers from her father E. Cowen" in each volume. Moderate wear, spine labels mostly perished, front inner hinge of vol. II open at title page. Good plus. Custom morocco backed slipcase and chemise. Spiller and Blackburn p. 107; Wright I 656; BAL 3892.
Item #241928
