COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE — The Pilot

New York: The Heritage Press, [c.1970s]. Hardcover. An attractive, illustrated edition in slipcase of James Fenimore Cooper's seafaring novel, which is set during the time of the American Revolution. It presents a fictionalized profile of John Paul Jones, a very adept sailor. With colored and black & white woodcut illustrations by Robert M. Quackenbush and an introduction by John T. Winterich. Sandglass leaflet laid in (Del Mar, no. III: 35). --- Bound in full off-white cloth covered boards with Quackenbush illustration in green to cover, titling in silver on green spine block. Volume housed in green paper-covered slipcase. --- An about-Near Fine copy: clean, tightly-bound and bright (though with small area of soiling to tail of spine), otherwise lacking apparent damages. Slipcase with a little sunning & soiling, is structurally sound.(NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested.) ; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; xvi, 357 pages. Near Fine .