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Knickerbocker's History of New York
by Irving, Washington; Ed. by Anne Carroll Moore
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
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About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday Doran. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1928. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Gold cloth titled in brown. Stated first edition. Inscribed to 2nd ffep to George C. Cory by editor Anne Carroll Moore; also inscribed by PO. Hinges a bit loose; minor shallow dampstain to crown, corners softened, backstrip sunned. Anne Carroll Moore was an American educator and Newbery Medal award winning author. George C. Cory was an American pianist and composer whose most notable work was the music to the song "I Left My Heart in San Francisco." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Editor .
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
- curtis paul books inc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24687
- Title
- Knickerbocker's History of New York
- Author
- Irving, Washington; Ed. by Anne Carroll Moore
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Doubleday Doran
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1928
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