The Deerslayer
The Deerslayer
The Deerslayer

The Deerslayer

Object number2017.38.1
Writer (1789 - 1851)
Publisher
Publisher
Writer (1813 - 1894)
Date1898
OriginCambridge, MA
MediumPaperboard; Fabric; Paper; Ink; Adhesive
Credit LineGift of William A. Lape
DescriptionHardcover book with light yellow-brown cloth cover.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 7.625 × 5.313 × 1.375 in. (19.4 × 13.5 × 3.5 cm)
InscriptionsFront right end paper has handwritten text in black ink "My / Dear son Stanford / I hope you will / Enjoy the reading / of Coopers Indian / stories as much, as I did, when I was / about your age. / Your Father. / Christmas 1904".
MarksFront cover has gold text in top left corner "LEATHER / STOCKING / TALES".

Spine has gold text at top "THE / DEERSLAYER / COOPER" and bottom "HOUGHTON / MIFFLIN & CO".

First title page has printed black text "Riverside Edition / THE LEATHER STOCKING TALES / BY / JAMES FENIMORE COOPER / VOLUME I / THE DEERSLAYER".

Main title page has printed black text "THE DEERSLAYER / OR, THE FIRST WAR-PATH / A Tale / BY / JAMES FENIMORE COOPER / WITH / AN INTRODUCTION BY SUSAN FENIMORE COOPER / ... / BOSTON AND NEW YORK / HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY / The Riverside Press, Cambridge 1898".

Copyright page has printed black text "COPYRIGHT, 1876, BY SUSAN / FENIMORE COOPER; 1898, BY / HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO. / ALL RIGHTS RESERVED".

Page following page 595 has printed black text "The Riverside Press / CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, U. S. A. / ELECTROTYPED AND PRINTED BY / H. O. HOUGHTON AND CO."
Historical NotesA copy of The Deerslayer by James Fenimore Cooper that was inscribed by Sebastian Mueller to his son Stanford Mueller. Mueller was both Heinz’s cousin and his brother-in-law. Heinz entrusted him to manage the Pittsburgh plant. All of the Mueller’s three children, including Stanford, died young. The Mueller’s made their home, Eden Hall Farm, a retreat for the women workers at the Heinz plant. The farm became part of Chatham in 2008.
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