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Rip Van Winkle: A Legend of the Kaatskill Mountains
by Washington, Irving
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- fair
- Seller
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Santa Monica, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: G.P. Putnam and Sons, 1870. Jefferson edition. Hardcover. fair. Napoleon Sarony. 8vo. 32pp. Black and gilt decorated maroon cloth. Beveled edges. Discoloration, rubbing and white stains to boards. Chipping to head and tail of spine. Corners bumped and worn. Minor age yellowing to pages not affecting text or plates. All gilt edges. Illustrated title page. Inscribed by previous owner. Tipped-in carbon print frontis of Joseph Jefferson. Jefferson was an American actor most famous for his role as Rip Van Winkle. Illustrated with 4 tipped-in interleaved photographs in carbon of Jefferson by one of the most successful 19th-century New York photographers Napoleon Sarony, as well as 13 in-text wood engravings by Darley, Hopin and others. The use of photographs for publicity purposes begain the mid 1860's. These are typical of carte-de-visite style portraits of actors that would have been offered for sale by theaters and stationers. Binding in poor, interior in very good condition.
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13390
- Title
- Rip Van Winkle: A Legend of the Kaatskill Mountains
- Author
- Washington, Irving
- Illustrator
- Napoleon Sarony
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Jefferson edition
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam and Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1870
- Keywords
- American folklore , short stories, american stage, 19th century , american actors, 19th century
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
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- Chipping
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- Rubbing
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- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
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- Tail
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- Fair
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- Poor
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- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- Spine
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- Title Page
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- Inscribed
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- Cloth
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