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[COOPER, James Fenimore (1789-1851)]. The Wept of Wish Ton-Wish: A Tale… Philadelphia: Cary, Lea & Carey, 1829. 8vos. 251; 234, [6, ads] pp. 2 volumes. Bound in publisher's original plain boards, original paper labels on spines (boards detached, spines partially perished, labels chipped and worn, remnants of early repairs to hinges, text toned, foxed, some pages unopened). Fair. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION IN THE UNCOMMON ORIGINAL BOARDS. Housed in later burgundy clamshell case. Published previously in London (the same year), this novel takes place during King Philip's War and is about a kidnapped daughter of a puritan militiaman who becomes the wife of the Native American chief. BAL 3844.