PAGES AND PICTURES FROM THE WRITINGS OF JAMES FENIMORE COOPER With Notes by Susan Fenimore Cooper

New York: W. A. Townsend and Company, 1861. First Edition. A gorgeous book in Fine condition. F. O. C. Darley and others. Quarto (7-1/2" x 9-3/4") bound in modern 3/4 bright red morocco leather with a heavily gilt-decorated and lettered spine with five raised bands, all edges gilt. Excerpts from Cooper's major novels, each with an introduction by his daughter Susan Fenimore Cooper. Beautifully illustrated with many steel and wood engravings, most by F. O. C. Darley.