615. Cooper, James Fenimore
Three Books From the Leatherstocking Tales

New York: Limited Editions Club,
THE DEERSLAYER: THE FIRST WAR-PATH. Illustrated by Edward A. Wilson. Case, Lockwood & Brainard in Hartford, Conn.: 1961. Limited Edition, 4 of 12. Thirty men-and-wash drawings and fifteen in black line. Book size is Super Royal Octavo, containing 544 pages set in 11 pt. Times Roman with Othello titles, initials, and folios. Specially made natural wove paper, binding is of natural deerskin, and the sides of the boards are covered with an imported hand-made Cockerell paper with a feathered pattern.
THE PATHFINDER. Illustrated by Richard M. Powers. The Stinehour Press: 1965. Limited Edition, 9 of 12. Contains nineteen full-color collages: six double-spreads, seven full-page, and six part-page-in-text. Designed by Roderick Stinehour with 12 pt. Goudy Modern for the text and Le Mercure for the title-page heading and chapter initials. Royal Octavo size consisiting of 532 pages and for the three-piece binding the shelfback is covered in natural-finish black buckram, and the sides in a decorative paper printed with a pattern painted by Mr. Powers. The title is stamped on the spine in gold leaf.
THE SPY: A TALE OF THE NEUTRAL GROUND. Illustarted by Henry C. Pitz. A. Colish: 1963. Limited Edition, 3 of 12. Twenty-eight full, hand-colored illustrations (three being double-spreads), thirty monochrome drawings and an end-paper drawing. Super Royal Octavo containing 456 pages, text set in 12 pt. English Monotype Bell, headings are set in Bell Italics, and chapter initials in Erasmus. The paper is a natural white, vellum finish. The boards are covered in tough cotton fabric bearing an authentic ear;y American all-over pattern; the title is stamped in gold on the leather label affixed to the shelfback.

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