Mahomet and His Successors In Three Volumes by Irving, Washington - 1896

New York: Pollard & Moss, 1882. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. A few pages lightly foxed. 1882 Hard Cover. xiv, 424, [2] pp. Tall 8vo. Includes color frontispiece protected with tissue guard, and numerous color plates. Irving is most well-known for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and the tale of Rip Van Winkle, though he also numerous other stories, as well as a biography of President George Washington and a history of the United States Navy. Includes: Mahomet and His Successors; Life of Oliver Goldsmith; Bonneville's Adventures in the Far West; The Crayon Papers; The Moorish Chronicles; Bracebridge Hall; Miscellanies from the Knickerbocker Magazine.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1895. Undated, ca. 1895. Holly Edition, a limited edition of 1000 sets, this one number 143. Externally very good, internally near fine. Three attractively bound volumes in red cloth lettered and decorated with a holly leaf design in gilt, top edges gilt, other edges untrimmed, just over eight inches tall. Illustrated with engravings, tissue protected frontis in each volume. Each volume names the edition and limitation on the front pastedown and is hand numbered. Light shelf rubbing with a few external light scuffs, gilt bright and clear, good hinges, firm text blocks (possibly never read), attractive engraved bookplate of Charles Backman MacMurray at the top of each front pastedown, pages clean and otherwise unmarked.. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.