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[Blank postcard]
[Brooklyn]: Angelica Press, 1975. Blank postcard, illustration by Marilyn Grastorf, accompanying text from Irving's "Christmas at Bracebridge Hall"; fine. More
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The legend of Sleepy Hollow ... printed in the easy reporting style of phonography, in accordance with the "Manual of Phonography," by Benn Pitman and Jerome B. Howard.
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
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The life and letters of Washington Irving. By his nephew Pierre M. Irving
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
Life of Mahomet
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
Novelas españolas. El serrano de las Alpujarras; y El cuadro misterioso
Brunswick: imprenta de Griffin. Se halla de Venta en la Libreria de Colman - Portland, 1830. First edition, the first of two issues as outlined in BAL; 12mo, pp. 80; original cloth-backed marbled paper-covered boards, front cover loose, but present; spine perished; textblock clean and sound. This work is dedicated..... More
Rip Van Winkle ... published in the easy reporting style of phonography, in accordance with the "Manual of Phonography," by Benn Pitman and Jerome B. Howard
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
The sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, gent.
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
The Alhambra: a series of tales and sketches of the Moors and Spaniards.
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
Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada. From the mss. of Fray Antonio Agapida.
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
The mutability of literature: a colloquy in Westminster Abbey. As reported by Washington Irving in his sketchbook.
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
Abbotsford, and Newstead Abbey
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
Washington Irving: a bibliography compiled by William R. Langfeld with the bibliographic assistance of Philip C. Blackburn, and A census of Washington Irving manuscripts by H. L. Kleinfield.
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
The Alhambra. By Geoffrey Crayon
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
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