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The Kaaterskill Edition of Washington Irving
by Irving, Washington. Biographical Sketch By Richard Henry Stoddard
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
East Granby, Connecticut, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Pollard & Moss, 1881. Worn copy, two volumes in one. Collected works of this noted American author, the Kaaterskill edition, illustrated with numerous engravings tinted in orange-sepia tones. Brown cloth lettered and heavily decorated in gilt and black, all edges gilt, 431 + 424 pages. Covers heavily worn and spotted, fabric torn along joints, hinges split but covers secure, front free endpaper and preliminary blank detached and tattered at the edges, text block otherwise sound, pages lightly age-toned but clean, no names or other markings. Reading copy with quite attractive illustrations.. Hard Cover. Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022519
- Title
- The Kaaterskill Edition of Washington Irving
- Author
- Irving, Washington. Biographical Sketch By Richard Henry Stoddard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Publisher
- Pollard & Moss
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1881
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- COLLECTED WORKS WASHINGTON IRVING NEW YORK NEW ENGLAND AMERICAN AUTHORS RIP VAN WINKLE HUDSON RIVER KNICKERBOCKER SLEEPY HOLLOW
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction, Literature, Poetry, Literary History;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
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