Skip to content

The Borderers: A Tale [The wept of Wish Ton-Wish]

The Borderers: A Tale [The wept of Wish Ton-Wish]

The Borderers: A Tale [The wept of Wish Ton-Wish]
Click for full-size.

The Borderers: A Tale [The wept of Wish Ton-Wish]

by COOPER, James Fenimore (1789-1851)

  • Used
  • Fine
  • first
Condition
Fine
Seller
Fine Editions Ltd
Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Item Price
£403.94
Or just £387.75 with a
Bibliophiles Club Membership
£4.05 Shipping to USA
Standard delivery: 4 to 8 days
More Shipping Options
Ask Seller a Question

Payment Methods Accepted

  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • American Express
  • Discover
  • PayPal

About This Item

London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington-Street, 1829. First Edition. Half-Calf. Fine. Scarce First Printing, complete in three volumes, of the "first anti-miscegenation novel in our literature [Fiedler]. 12mo: xiv,299,[1]; [2],311,[1]; [2],316pp. Contemporary pink half calf over marbled boards by Harrison of Belfast (their ticket to front paste-down of vol. I); black morocco lettering pieces gilt; spines decorated in blind; marbled endpapers and edges. A truly excellent set, occasional light foxing, mostly marginal; spines rubbed and faded to tan. Spiller & Blackburn 11. BAL 3843. Sabin 16416. Fiedler, quoted in Wallace, James D., "Race and Captivity in Cooper's the Wept of Wish-ton-wish," American Literary History 7.2 (1995): 189-209. True First Edition of this historical novel (published in London, September, and later, in November, in Philadelphia, under the title The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish: A Tale, both from the same sheets printed in Florence by Molini). Written in Paris, when Cooper was as the center of the small American expatriate community, and set in the seventeenth century on frontier land later part of Connecticut. N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, carefully preserved in archival, removable mylar sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed. (Fine Editions Ltd is a member of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, and we subscribe to its codes of ethics.).

Reviews

(Log in or Create an Account first!)

You’re rating the book as a work, not the seller or the specific copy you purchased!

Details

Bookseller
Fine Editions Ltd US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
BB1450
Title
The Borderers: A Tale [The wept of Wish Ton-Wish]
Author
COOPER, James Fenimore (1789-1851)
Format/Binding
Half-Calf
Book Condition
Used - Fine
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington-Street
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1829
Keywords
King Philip's War, 1675-1676—Fiction. Indians of North America Wars—New England Fiction.
Bookseller catalogs
XIX CENTURY;
Note
May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.

Terms of Sale

Fine Editions Ltd

We guarantee the condition of every book as it's described on the Biblio web sites. If you're dissatisfied with your purchase (Incorrect Book/Not as Described/Damaged) or if the order hasn't arrived, you're eligible for a refund within 30 days of the estimated delivery date. If you have any questions, please contact us and we'll respond within 2 business days.

About the Seller

Fine Editions Ltd

Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
Biblio member since 2005
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Ask Seller a Question

About Fine Editions Ltd

Fine Editions specializes in First Editions of English and American Literature, Landmarks In Science and the History Of Ideas, Natural History and Color-Plate books, Travel and Voyages, and books on Gardening and Landscape Design. Our hallmark is condition: with few exceptions (mostly relating to our antiquarian stock), all books sold are in Near Fine or better conditions and all are highly collectible.

Glossary

Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Marbled boards
...
Paste-down
The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
New
A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
Fine
A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Morocco
Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
Calf
Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
BAL
Bibliography of American Literature (commonly abbreviated as BAL in descriptions) is the quintessential reference work for any...
First Edition
In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Edges
The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...

Frequently asked questions

This Book’s Categories

Also Recommended

Hang on… we’re fetching the requested page.

tracking-