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204 pages octavo, map, frontiespiece, half title, Photo of the Gilbert homestead, original publishers red cloth stamped in gilt, one of only 276 copies printed, this is library of congress copyright copy, One of the most important North American captivity stories. In 1780 were 15 persons taken in Pensylvania and carried by Iroqouis Indians led by Rowland and John Monteur to Canada.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Special Edition. New York, W.A.Townsend, 1859-61, octavo 190 x 129 mm, The Complete Works, 32 volumes, gilded top edges, with all the engraved illustrations by drawings of F.O.C. Darley, tissue guards present, faint foxing to a few frontis, illustrated title pages and additional frontis, illustrations throughout, in a spectacular half morocco binding by Whitman Bennet, New York, titles and elaborate decoration on spines, raised bands, matching boards, an near perfect set of the Townsend edition including the " The last of the Mohicans", probably the best set in a most pleasing binding on the market for a long time.