RIP VAN WINKLE AND THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW.
by Irving, Washington. Introduction and notes by Blanche E. Weekes
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good-/No Jacket
- Seller
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Oakville, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Philadelphia: John C. Winston, 1928. 106 pp, 8 1/4" H. Blue cloth with dark blue lettering on spine and front board, dark blue & orange decoration on front board. Pictorial endpapers, color frontispiece and 13 b&w illustrations (all present). Two of Washington Irving's most beloved stories, complete with an introduction and a glossary explaining some of the names, words and phrases (e.g. "Major Andre", "olykoek" and "by hook and by crook"), that Irving uses. Thoreau Macdonald bookplate, depicting a squirrel reading a book, on verso of front free endpaper - no ownership name filled in. Moderate to heavy browning to endpapers, several air bubbles under rear pastedown, moderate browning to pages, 1" edge tear to page leaf 95/96 - archivally taped, heavy browning to edges of text block, slight twist to spine, moderate browning to colour faded spine, light browning to edges of boards, light edge wear, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine.. Hard Cover. Good-/No Jacket. Illus. by John Fitz, Jr..
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- Bookseller
- Capricorn Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30531
- Title
- RIP VAN WINKLE AND THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW.
- Author
- Irving, Washington. Introduction and notes by Blanche E. Weekes
- Illustrator
- John Fitz, Jr.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- John C. Winston
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1928
- Keywords
- Rip Van Winkle, Legend of Sleepy Hollow, American Literature, Mythology, Illustrated Books, Ichabod Crane, Katrina Van Tassel, Hans van Ripper, Headless Horseman, Legends, Dutch Settlers, Diedrich Knickerbocker, New York, Catskill Mountains, Ninepins.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Childrens; Fantasy; Literature; Myths, Legends & Fantasy;
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Capricorn Books
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About the Seller
Capricorn Books
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Oakville, Ontario
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