Rip Van Winkle
by Washington Irving
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
IRVING, Washington. Rip Van Winkle. Drawings by Arthur Rackham. London/NY: William Heinemann/Doubleday, Doran, 1931. 8vo, xii 64pp. Olive cloth pictorially stamped in dark green. Green endpapers; 51 mounted color plates with captioned tissue guards. Spine ends minutely rubbed, fixed endpapers discolored, else a remarkably clean, bright copy in original pictorial dust jacket (slight edge wear, spine minutely sunned).
1931 edition being a reprint of the 1905 first edition containing all 51 of the original color plates. Washington Irving's beloved tale of a colonial American villager who falls asleep in the Catskill Mountains only to wake up 20 years later, having missed the American Revolution. Rackham's stunning and extensive color plates beautifully showcase his magnificent talent. This is as close to a perfect copy as we have ever seen!
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
- Books of Wonder (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1049190
- Title
- Rip Van Winkle
- Author
- Washington Irving
- Illustrator
- Arthur Rackham
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1931 edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Heinemann/Doubleday, Doran
- Place of Publication
- London/NY
- Date Published
- 1931
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Size
- 8vo
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