Rip Van Winkle
by Washington Irving
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Peebles, Scottish Borders, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Condition: Very Good for its age; rubbing wear to cover, spine; Text and binding in very good condition; The previous owner's name; light foxing around edges of tissue paper which is in front of the illustrations. Minor age tanning.
Several photographic plates of Kaatskill (Catskills) Mountains; printed with captions on thick paper and tissue guards. Around 40 mounted illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Title printed in red and black with sepia background. Spine with raised bands and gilt titles, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt.
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
- Thistle and Heather Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 682
- Title
- Rip Van Winkle
- Author
- Washington Irving
- Illustrator
- Frank T. Merrill
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John Macqueen
- Date Published
- 1899
- Weight
- 1.93 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian & Collectable;
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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