The Spy: A Tale of the Neutral Ground by COOPER, James Fenimore - 1963

New York: The Heritage Press. Very Good+. 1963. Hardcover. Mr. Cooper's second novel, first published in 1821, in an attractive, illustrated, Heritage Press reprint edition in slipcase. The story is set during the American Revolutionary War north of New York City. The plot meanders back and forth over neutral ground between the British and Continental Army forces. With numerous color and b&w illustrations sprinkled throughout by Henry C. Pitz and an introduction by John T. Winterich. Sandglass leaflet laid in (New York, no. VI: 28). --- In quarter navy cloth and decorated paper-covered boards w/silver titling and decorations on spine, and pale blue topstain. Volume housed in blue paper-covered slipcase. --- With lightly sunned spine, else a tightly-bound, bright copy. Structurally sound slipcase with quite a lot of sunning.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall; xv, 406 pages .