The Pioneers or The Sources of the Susquehanna, a descriptive tale

Full Record:

193-. Cooper. The Pioneers or The Sources of the Susquehanna, a descriptive tale. [Illus. by Elviro Michael Andriolli]

Date:

193-

Author:

Cooper

Illustrator:

[Illus. by Elviro Michael Andriolli]

Collecting Area:

Mathes Childrens Literature

Curator Notes:

gift; [Wunderlich-c]; A.L. Burt, n.d., with dust jacket, inscribed 1936 [the frontispiece is signed Andriolli 1889, and this one illustration first appeared in Frederick Warne's New Illustrated Library Edition of the Leatherstocking Tales (circa1890) of which The Pioneers volume included 8 illustrated plates]; text first appeared in 1823; the endpapers (a far western stagecoach robbery scene) are signed by Will James '29; Famous Books for Young Americans; spine and front cover titles and rulings stamped in black on textured brown cloth

Subjects:

Frontier stories, Wilderness scouts, Indians of North America - Mohicans, Indians of North America - Delaware, Judges, Property rights, Historical fiction - 1790's - New York State, New York State - 1890-s - Cooperstown area, Illustrated editions - black and white plates - engravings - wood engravings, and Illustrated editions - endpapers - ink drawings - tinted stock - double spread