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Rip Van Winkle
by IRVING, Washington; RACKHAM, Arthur
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: William Heinemann, 1910. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Small folio. Original publisher's green cloth covered boards, with illustration and lettering pieces in gilt to the upper spine and publisher's vignette in blind centre of the rear cover; joints are rubbed; shelf wear to spine head and foot ends; rubbing to boards and board edges; minor soiling and marks to boards; corners bumped. Complete with 50 leaves of mounted colour plates plus frontispiece, all illustrations protected by tissue guard sheets with letterpress. With a date in ink to the front paste down, 16th December 1913 and small surface damage to the same paste down, looks as though someone has tried to erast an owner name or inscription. Else in very good condition. .
Synopsis
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow first appeared in a story collection by Irving called The Sketch-Book Of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. This first classic collection of American short stories also featured the popular Rip Van Winkle . The fantastical portions of Irving's works were inspired not only by his travels around Europe and hearing old folk tales and mythology, but also by a visit to upstate New York in the Catskill Mountains as a youth. His exposure to the old Dutch customs and ghost stories around Tarrytown, New York planted the seeds for his Headless Horseman character.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Michal Sawka Rare & Collectable
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001178
- Title
- Rip Van Winkle
- Author
- IRVING, Washington; RACKHAM, Arthur
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- William Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1910
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Michal Sawka Rare & Collectable
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About the Seller
Michal Sawka Rare & Collectable
Biblio member since 2016
London, Greater London
About Michal Sawka Rare & Collectable
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 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....
- 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...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
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