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Knickerbocker's History of New York
by Washington Irving
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
Putnam, New York. Later Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. DIEDRICH KNICKERBOCKER (WASHINGTON IRVING). A History of New York in 2 volumes, New York: Putnam's, 1893. Octavos, Van Twiller edition, pp. xvii, 364; xv, 379, white cloth boards with gilt and blue stamped lettering, devices and vignettes to spine and fronts, top edges gilt, extensive illustration by E.W. Kemble in text, plates and historiated initials. Ownership signature on free front endpaper. A Washington Irving classic with one of the 19th century's more prominent illustrators. Condition of these books: Remarkably clean and bright. Bottom edges lightly worn, overall fine. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 2-volume set (complete). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Literature & Literary; United States; 19th century; Antiquarian & Rare. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 53790. .
Synopsis
For the bicentennial of its original publication—the first full-length book from the father of the American short storyIn 1809, New Yorkers were buzzing about a series of classified ads concerning the whereabouts of Dutch historian Diedrich Knickerbocker. They were unaware that Washington Irving had invented the man entirely and placed the ads himself. Knickerbocker's purported manuscript, A History of New York, was Irving's own. Told from Knickerbocker's point of view, A History of New York is a chronicle of New York's fifty years under Dutch rule in the 1600s that plays fast and loose with the facts, to uproarious effect. Irving's good-humored spoofing had staying power, and his satire provided the city with its first self-portrait. A History of New York propelled Irving to the heights of literary stardom and even made a little history of its own: New Yorkers are called Knickerbockers to this day.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53790
- Title
- Knickerbocker's History of New York
- Author
- Washington Irving
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Putnam
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Literature & Literary; United States; 19th century; Antiquarian & Rare. Washington Irving Knickerbocker's History of New York
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Warwick, New York
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Edges
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- Tight
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- New
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- Fine
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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