The Keeping of Christmas at Bracebridge Hall
by Irving, Washington (illus. C. E. Brock)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good, 1st thus edition, no d/j, grey/green boards with gilt pressed decoration and titling bright (in protective sleeve),
- Seller
-
Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: J. M. Dent & Co, 1906. 1st thus. h/b. Very good, 1st thus edition, no d/j, grey/green boards with gilt pressed decoration and titling bright (in protective sleeve), text block firm (top edge gilt), untrimmed pages crisp and unmarked (slight browning). With 24 full colour plates.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). Washington Irving (1783Ð1859) was an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He is best known for his short stories ""Rip Van Winkle"" (1819) and ""The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"" (1820). One of Irving's most lasting contributions to American culture is in the way that Americans celebrate Christmas. In his 1812 revisions to A History of New York, he inserted a dream sequence featuring St. Nicholas soaring over treetops in a flying wagon, an invention which others dressed up as Santa Claus. In his five Christmas stories in The Sketch Book, Irving portrayed an idealized celebration of old-fashioned Christmas customs at a quaint English manor which depicted English Christmas festivities that he experienced while staying in England, which had largely been abandoned.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC132840
- Title
- The Keeping of Christmas at Bracebridge Hall
- Author
- Irving, Washington (illus. C. E. Brock)
- Format/Binding
- H/b
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, 1st thus edition, no d/j, grey/green boards with gilt pressed decoration and titling bright (in protective sleeve),
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1906
- Pages
- 267
- Size
- 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6"")
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1st thus, short stories, fiction, Irving, illustration, Brock
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
Terms of Sale
Inklings & Yarnspinners
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Inklings & Yarnspinners
Biblio member since 2021
Maidenhead, Berkshire
About Inklings & Yarnspinners
INKLINGS & YARNSPINNERSA new online bookshop forFIRST & SIGNED EDITIONS, RARE BOOKSA particular focus on:- The Oxford Inklings with their Friends & Influences (C.S. Lewis, Tolkien, Barfield, Williams, Chesterton, Macdonald, Sayers, etc)- Great 20th Century Novelists (e.g. Graham Greene & John le Carré; Anthony Powell & Evelyn Waugh; P. D. James etc)- Great 20th Century Poets (e.g. T. S. Eliot, John Masefield, Walter de la Mare, Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath, Stevie Smith, W. H. Auden, Stephen Spender, Dylan Thomas, etc)- Christian Theology (e.g. from library sales)
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
- 1st Thus
- This indicates that this is not the first appearance of a book in print, but that this is the first appearance in a...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....