"Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all."
— Abraham Lincoln
London: Macmillan & Co. Limited, 1900-1901. [American Literature] FIRST BROCK ILLUSTRATED EDITIONS. Complete in five volumes. Octavo (19 x 13 x 18cm). Each volume contains twenty-five line drawing plates by the brothers Brock. Elegantly hand-bound in traditional half tan calf with twin labels, gilt, raised bands, gilt titles and decoration to spines, matching cloth over boards, t.e.g. Contents clean and fresh, exterior as new. A near fine copy in an attractive recent leather binding. An epic series set in the Iroquois area near New York over the lifetime of Natty "Hawkeye" Bumppo, from the mid eighteenth century up to the early nineteenth, and one of the first truly American literary creations. 'The Pathfinder' is a publisher's presentation copy with their blind-stamp to prelims. Item #68946
Price: £1,450.00
An expedited option is also available during checkout - this will usually be sent via FedEx.