Posted by Gayle on August 24, 1998 at 07:57:00:
Ayesha,
The Advanced Book Exchange on the Web has everything you could wish for in Cooper novels. Obviously you will have to look through their list and pick one that fits your pocketbook. Here is their current stash of The Wept with contact information at the bottom. Happy searching.
Gayle
1. Cooper, James Fenimore. THE WEPT OF WISH TON-WISH: A TALE. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Carey, 1829. 1st U. S. ed. 1/2 red leather w/ marbled paper, 251 + 234pp. Soiled, rubbed, worn at edges, spine sunned, front board hanging by threads, slightly foxed, o/w nGood. 2 vols. rebound in one, omitting ads. BAL 3844. Book# 84840 US$ 85.00. Please contact The Bookshop, Inc. for more information about purchasing this book.
2. Cooper, J. Fenimore The Borderers; or, The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish: A Tale. London: Bentley, 1837. Sm8vo, half-calf, marbled boards, viii,400 pages. Covers rubbed, but generally good; text clean and crisp. Book# 9070 Punt 20.00 (approx 28.13 American Dollars). Please contact Naughton's Bookshop for more information about purchasing this book.
3. Cooper,James Fenimore WEPT OF WISH TON-WISH: A Tale/THE. THE WEPT OF WISH TON-WISH: A Tale. Philadelphia: Carey,Lea & Carey,1829. 2 vols.,8vo,251pp and 234pp. Orig. blue-grey boards with paper spine labels. Lower half of front joint broken on Vol. I,vertical crack in spine of Vol. II,which is chipped at ends and lacking most of the paper label. Still,quite an acceptable set,better than it sounds. First American edition,and first edition under this title (the London edition,issued earlier the same year,was entitled The Borderers: A Tale). Rare in original boards. BAL 3844. Book# 7430 US$ 550.00. Please contact Chapel Hill Rare Books for more information about purchasing this book.
4. Cooper, James Fenimore Works of J. Fenimore Cooper The Ways of The Hour, Wing and Wing, The Wept of the Wish-Ton-Wish, Precaution Peter Fenelon Collier HB Poor/-- spine torn and separating worn and aged Vol 9 Book# M2001 US$ 15.00. Please contact A Bard's Corner for more information about purchasing this book.
5. Cooper, J. Fenimore Works of J. Fenimore Cooper Volume Nine The Ways of the Hour. Wing and Wing. The Wept of the Wish-Ton-Wish. Precaution. Peter Fenelon Collier 1893. G-/no dj:cover vy worn,spine darkened,cover & edges soiled. Volume 9 of a 10 volume series. Book cont: some pp foxed, shaken. Illustrated by illus w/ wood-engravings. Binding is hc. Book# 022644 US$ 10.00. Please contact Alden Books, Inc. for more information about purchasing this book.
6. Cooper,James Fenimore WEPT OF WISH TON-WISH: A Tale,THE. THE WEPT OF WISH TON-WISH: A Tale. Philadelphia: Carey,Lea & Carey,1829. 2 vols.,8vo,251pp and 234pp. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards with gilt spine florets. Signature of early owner S.A. Foot,clean horizontal tear in pp. 121-22 in Vol. II with no text missing,else a very good set. First American edition,and first edition under this title (the London edition,issued earlier the same year,was entitled The Borderers: A Tale). BAL 3844. Book# 8139 US$ 450.00. Please contact Chapel Hill Rare Books for more information about purchasing this book.
7. Cooper, James Fenimore The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish President Publishing Company No Date, ex-library (references to library crossed through or stamped Withdrawn), scuffed and worn cover, spine has clear tape, foxing Fair. No DustJacket. Binding is HB. Book# 11888 US$ 12. Please contact R. Jackson Booksellers for more information about purchasing this book.
8. Cooper, James Fenimore THE WEPT OF WISH-TON-WISH WYANDOTTE no date, circa 1890s H.M. Caldwell, NY blue cover with gilt ltg & dec on spine. Illus. 406 pgs 5"x7.5" Minor wear at edges and spine ends, else is VG Book# 9028 US$ 15.00. Please contact Connie Popek, Bookseller for more information about purchasing this book.
9. Cooper, J Fenimore Wept Of Wish-Ton-Wish, The Tale, A WA Townsend And Company - New York 1859 FN/FN/L. First. Owner's Bookplate On Inside Front Printed; Blemish 1/2 Dia On Leather Front Cover Owner's Bookplate On Inside Front Printed; Blemish 1/2 Dia On Leather Front Cover. Book# 4490 US$ 650. Please contact D Brooke & Son Booksellers for more information about purchasing this book.
10. Cooper, James Fenimore. The Wept of Wish Ton-Wish. Philadelphia:. Lea & Carey,, 1829. 2 vol. Contemporary full leather.. G+ (sp worn/leather rubbed @ extremities/sporadic foxing).. 1st ed (BAL 3844). edition. Evidently custom bound by a prior owner who collected Cooper. The spines have the nos. 17 & 18 on them.. Book# 2934 US$ 450.00. Please contact Tavistock Books, ABAA for more information about purchasing this book. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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