The borderers : a tale / By the author of "The spy," "The Red Rover," "The prairie," &c. &c. &c. ; In three volumes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851.

Contributor:

Collection of British and American Fiction, 1660-1830 (University of Pennsylvania)

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Wept of Wish-ton-Wish

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

King Philip's War, 1675-1676--Fiction.

King Philip's War, 1675-1676.

Genre:

Fiction.

Advertisements -- England -- London -- 19th century.

Penn Provenance:

Phillipps, H. P. Marsh (autograph)

Physical Description:

3 volumes ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1829.

Notes:

Caption title, v. 1, p. [1]: The borderers; or, The wept of Wish-ton-Wish.

"Printed first in Florence by Molini, and shipped by Wells & Co., from Paris on May 25, 1829, to Carey, to Colburn, and to Gosselin. Published: London: Henry Colburn, September 29, 1829; Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Carey, November 9, 1829; Florence: Dante's Head (Molini), date uncertain but probably after the English and before the American edition."--Spiller, R.E., A descriptive bibliography of the writings of James Fenimore Cooper, 1934, p. 58.

American editions have title: The wept of Wish-ton-Wish.

"London: Shackell and Baylis, Johnson's-Court, Fleet-Street."--T.p. versos.

Vol. 1: xiv, 299, [1] p.; v. 2: [2], 311, [1] p.; v. 3: [2], 316 p.

Signatures: v. 1, pi¹ a⁶ B-N¹² O⁶; v. 2, [A]¹ B-O¹²; v. 3, [A]¹, B-O¹² P².

Errors in paging: v. 2, p. 87 misnumbered 88, v. 3, p. 197 misnumbered 971.

Publisher's advertisements for "Works by Mr. Cooper," v. 1, p. [300], and "Works published by Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley," v. 2, p. [312].

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy has autograph of H.P. Marsh Phillipps.

Cited in:

BAL, 3843

Halkett & Laing (2nd ed.) I,223

English novel, 1770-1829, 1829:27

OCLC:

1471767