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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
by Irving, Washington
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Verso of free front endpaper a little foxed. One small bump on top edge of back cover. Otherwise a fine, tight, clean desirable /Dust jacket has a 3/4" chip from top of spine. It shows a little soil but overall sturdy and attractive.
- Seller
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Toledo, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Drexel Hill, Penna: Bell Publishing Co, nd. 102 pp. small 4to., 9-7/8" x 7-1/2" bound in brick colored cloth with pictorial paper cover plate. Verso of free front endpaper a little foxed. One small bump on top edge of back cover. Otherwise a fine, tight, clean desirable copy./Dust jacket has a 3/4" chip from top of spine. It shows a little soil but overall sturdy and attractive.. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. With 8 color plates and many line drawn illustration by Rackham grace this lovely book.
Synopsis
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is a famous short story by Washington Irving that was published in 1820 in his collection, The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. It tells the tale of Ichabod Crane, a poor school teacher who falls in love with a lovely girl in town and plans to court her despite his rival for her affection, Brom Bones. After rumors of the Headless Horseman start, things get more complicated...
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- Bookseller
- Frogtown Books, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 316
- Title
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
- Author
- Irving, Washington
- Illustrator
- Illustrated by Arthur Rackham
- Format/Binding
- 102 pp. small 4to., 9-7/8" x 7-1/2" bound in brick colored cloth with pictorial paper cover plate
- Book Condition
- Used - Verso of free front endpaper a little foxed. One small bump on top edge of back cover. Otherwise a fine, tight, clean desirable
- Jacket Condition
- Dust jacket has a 3/4" chip from top of spine. It shows a little soil but overall sturdy and attractive.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bell Publishing Co
- Place of Publication
- Drexel Hill, Penna
- Date Published
- nd
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About the Seller
Frogtown Books, Inc.
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Toledo, Ohio
About Frogtown Books, Inc.
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- 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....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- ND
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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