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Old Christmas
by Irving, Washington
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Harrogate, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: MacMillan & Co., 1876. First edition, first printing. Published by MacMillan & Co. in London, 1876. This is a very near fine copy. In the original binding with gilt illustrations R. Caldecot, with internal illustrations also by Caldecott. The gilt is bright and without any mentionable damage. The gilt text blocks are bright and unblemished, with some very slight rubbing present. There is a slight lean to the boards. The internal illustrations are present and bright. There is a small neat previous owners inscription to the half title page in black ink dated to the year of publication. Overall, this is very near fine copy. Chronicles the American writer Washington Irving's nostalgic recollections of Christmas traditions in 19th century England. The text first appeared in 1819 in Irving's "Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent."
Synopsis
There is nothing in England that exercises a more delightful spell over my imagination than the lingerings of the holiday customs and rural games of former times. They recall the pictures my fancy used to draw in the May morning of life, when as yet I only knew the world through books, and believed it to be all that poets had painted it; and they bring with them the flavour of those honest days of yore, in which, perhaps with equal fallacy, I am apt to think the world was more home-bred, social, and joyous than at present.
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Details
- Bookseller
- John Atkinson Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15587
- Title
- Old Christmas
- Author
- Irving, Washington
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- MacMillan & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1876
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Harrogate, North Yorkshire
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- Gilt
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- Title Page
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- Fine
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