Rip Van Winkle
by Irving, Washington
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0333290607
- ISBN 13
- 9780333290606
- Seller
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Albury, New South Wales, Australia
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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
- EldoradoBooks (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005465
- Title
- Rip Van Winkle
- Author
- Irving, Washington
- Illustrator
- George Boughton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- Facsimile Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0333290607
- ISBN 13
- 9780333290606
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1980
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