Rip Van Winkle
by Irving, Washington
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Craftsbury Common, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
New York: Garden Cit Publishing, 1939. Book. Illus. by Everett Shinn, both color plates and large green margin drawings. Very Good. Decorative Cloth. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Original green cloth spine with Shinn illustration of Rip and elves on the front of the book as well as the dust jacket. Slight edge wear. Very clean and tight inside, with no stains and no prior owner marks. Dust jacket has wear at the spine edges as well as the corners and spine ends. Three small closed tears. Spendid profuse illustrations on the end papers and each page of the book. First edition of this children's version. Unpaginated..
Synopsis
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow first appeared in a story collection by Irving called The Sketch-Book Of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. This first classic collection of American short stories also featured the popular Rip Van Winkle . The fantastical portions of Irving's works were inspired not only by his travels around Europe and hearing old folk tales and mythology, but also by a visit to upstate New York in the Catskill Mountains as a youth. His exposure to the old Dutch customs and ghost stories around Tarrytown, New York planted the seeds for his Headless Horseman character.
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- Bookseller
- Craftsbury Antiquarian Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 079788
- Title
- Rip Van Winkle
- Author
- Irving, Washington
- Illustrator
- Everett Shinn, both color plates and large green margin drawings
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Garden Cit Publishing
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1939
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- childrens
- Bookseller catalogs
- Childrens;
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