The Crater; or Vulcan’s Peak: A Tale of the Pacific

By J. Fenimore Cooper

Published by D. Appleton & Company, New York, 1901

• Part of the Ideal Edition of the Works of J. Fenimore Cooper

• Limited to 1,000 sets, this copy is #898

• Includes steel-engraved illustrations by F. O. C. Darley

• Half-leather binding with gilt spine and marbled boards

Condition (see photos):

• Binding shows heavy wear; spine leather cracked and flaking

• Marbled boards in good condition with some rubbing

• Interior pages clean, with light age toning

• Hinges intact; illustrations present

Notes:

This scarce numbered edition is part of a limited collector’s set of Cooper’s novels, published in 1901 by D. Appleton & Co. Cooper is one of America’s earliest and most influential novelists, best remembered for The Last of the Mohicans.