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