Selected Writings of Washington Irving (First Modern Library Edition, ML #240.1)
by IRVING, Washington
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. [c.1964]. Hardcover. Stated First Modern Library edition, 1945 (confirmed by list of ML titles at rear of volume). Selections from Washington Irving's "The Sketch Book [of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.]", "Bracebridge Hall", "Tales of a Traveller", "The Alhambra", "Wolfert's Roost" and with the unabridged "[Diedrich] Knickerbocker's History of New York." Edited, with an introduction by Saxe Commins. Volume wrapped in dark blue jacket variant. --- In Toledano spine 8 / blue cloth / gilt titling on burgundy spine & cover blocks / red topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style h, verso lists 306 titles in ML catalog. ML #240.1. --- With dulling to cover gilding and bookseller's pencilings to front free endpaper, interior is otherwise unmarked and binding is sound. Unclipped dust jacket with creases & crumpling along top edge, and with minor creasing & chafing to lower edge, else bright, intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo 7" - 7-1/2" tall; xix, 669, (6, ads) pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 85669
- Title
- Selected Writings of Washington Irving (First Modern Library Edition, ML #240.1)
- Author
- IRVING, Washington
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
- Publisher
- The Modern Library / Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [c.1964]
- Bookseller catalogs
- >>American History & Politics;
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- 12mo
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Good+
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- Verso
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