First edition book: The Pathfinder: or, The Inland Sea, Vols. I and II, by James Fenimore Cooper. First edition, first state [determined by no date on copyright page of Vol. I]. Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1840. Hardcover, 4.75 x 7.5, 473 pages. Book condition: VG-/None, with moderate to heavy foxing to textblock, sunning to boards, and rubbed title labels to spine. A classic historical novel by Cooper, The Pathfinder is the fourth novel to feature Natty Bumppo, his fictitious frontier hero, and the third chronological episode of the Leatherstocking Tales.
