The Water Witch; or, The skimmer of the seas. : A tale. / By the author of "The borderers," "The prairie," &c. &c. ; [One line in French] ; Revised, corrected, and illustrated with a new preface, notes, etc. by the author.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851.

Contributor:

• Cumming, John (Publisher), publisher.
• Spottiswoode, Andrew, printer.
• Pickering, F. (Ferdinand), 1810-1889, illustrator.
• Rolls, Henry, engraver.
• Richard Bentley (Firm), publisher.
• Bell & Bradfute, publisher.
• Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

• Water-witch

Language:

English

Genre:

• Novels.
• Intaglio prints.
• Publishers' cloth bindings (Binding) -- 1837.
• Blocked bindings (Binding)
• Fiction.

Penn Provenance:

• Ackart, Gladys J. (bookplate) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
• M. Ogle & Son Booksellers (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
• Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

viii, 429 pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm

Place of Publication:

London: : Richard Bentley, 8. New Burlington Street; Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh; J. Cumming, Dublin., 1837.

Notes:

• Added engraved title page, dated 1834: The Water Witch, or The skimmer of the seas: by J. Fenimore Cooper.
• Frontispiece and engraved title page signed: F. Pickering, pinxt. Henry Rolls, sculp.
• Signatures: [A]⁴ B-2E⁸ (2E8 blank).
• Publisher's cloth binding.

Local Notes:

• Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has bookplate of Gladys J. Ackart on front pastedown.
• Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has sticker for M. Ogle & Son Booksellers on front pastedown.

OCLC:

198131518