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[Brooklyn]: Angelica Press, 1975. Blank postcard, illustration by Marilyn Grastorf, accompanying text from Irving's "Christmas at Bracebridge Hall"; fine. More
[Brooklyn]: Angelica Press, 1975. Blank postcard, illustration by Marilyn Grastorf, accompanying text from Irving's "Christmas at Bracebridge Hall"; fine. More
Cincinnati: Phonographic Institute Co., 1902. Small 8vo, pp. 31, [1], [2] (ads); text in Pitman shorthand; original printed paper wrappers; wrappers lightly toned, very good. Not in BAL. More
New York: G. P. Putnam, 1862-63. First edition, 4 volumes, 8vo, engraved frontispiece portrait of Irving in each volume at different ages in his life, plus one additional engraved portrait in vol. I; original green TR cloth, gilt-lettered spine; very good, sound set. This is the "National Edition (superfine)" as..... More
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1850. Small 8vo, pp. 224; engraved plate; BAL 10342; bound with: Irving, Washington, The Voyages and Discoveries of the Companions of Columbus, London: Henry G. Bohn, 1850; author's revised edition, pp. x, [609]-926, BAL 10347; bound with: Franklin, Benjamin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. Published verbatim..... More
Cincinnati: Phonographic Institute Company, 1902. Small 8vo, pp. 22, 8; main text in Pitman shorthand followed by 8pp. of ads; original printed paper covers; covers lightly toned, very good. Not in BAL. More
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1888. The author's revised edition, 2 volumes in 1, 12mo, pp. 307, iii, [1], 290; engraved portrait frontispiece, decorative head- and tail-pieces; publisher's tan floral decorative cloth (dampstaining) stamped in green, gilt, and white, t.e.g., blue floral endpapers; spine darkened, else very good. At head..... More
Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1832. First American edition, 2 vols., 12mo, pp. iv, [13]-234, [1]; 236; original brown muslin-backed boards, printed paper labels on spines; some chipping at the extremities of the labels, minor foxing, some dampstaining in the gutter and margins of vol. II; generally a good, sound set..... More
London: John Murray, 1829. First English edition, 2 vols., 8vo, pp. xv, [1], 407, [1]; viii, 421, [1], [2] ads; original quarter cloth over drab paper-covered boards, printed paper labels on spines; some foxing to the early leaves of both volumes, else a very good, sound, and largely unopened copy..... More
Seattle: Silver Quoin Press, 1948. Edition ltd. to 170 copies, 8vo, 21 unpag. pages., title decorated & ruled in red; very fine in original rust cloth, printed paper label on front cover. More
London: John Murray, 1835. First edition, 8vo, pp. 290, [1]; contemporary half brown morocco over cloth (discoloration from damp) recently rebacked, tan gilt spine label, marbled endpapers; ring of unidentified white residue on rear cover, top edges faded, boards scuffed; lacking the general title page for the author's "Miscellanies"; p...... More
Port Washington, NY: Kennikat Press, [1968]. First compiled edition, 8vo, pp. vii, [3], 90, [2], 13-32; frontispiece portrait and 8 plates; fine in original light gray cloth stamped in black on spine. Two important NYPL publications on Irving brought together; the bibliography first appeared separately in 1933, and the census..... More
London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1832. New, cheaper edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, pp. viii, 312; [iv], 295, [5]; original brown cloth-backed drab boards, paper labels on spines (BAL 10135 label B), labels browned with small chips and losses along edges, cloth worn, edges bumped and rubbed; contemporary owner's signature..... More