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The Sketch Book
by IRVING, WASHINGTON
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Chicago, Illinois: The Fountain Press, 1965. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. James G. Teason. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition. No dust jacket. Absolutely delightful illustrations by James G. Teason, including frontis: Rip Van Winkle--'He Found the House Gone To Decay'; plus eight additional illustrations. Binding of bright red cloth with gilt lettering and elaborate gilt design on front and spine. Clean, tight, solid, square. Front panel has three very small brownish marks, light wear extremities, scuffed on upper rear edge near spine. Text block fore edge is foxed. Interior is quite clean and free from any markings, no creasing, faintly toned. Inner hinge partially cracked. Originally Published in 1820, Washington Irving's celebrated Sketch Book has proved as enduring as the Kaatskill Mountains he immortalized. From these masterpieces in miniature have emerged such universal figures of American fiction and fantasy as Rip Van Winkle, Ichabod Crane, and the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow. 329 pages. 8.75 x 6 inches. The Fountain Press, Chicago, Illinois, 1965.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013523
- Title
- The Sketch Book
- Author
- IRVING, WASHINGTON
- Illustrator
- James G. Teason
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Fountain Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, Illinois
- Date Published
- 1965
- Size
- 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- LITERATURE, 19TH CENTURY AMERICAN CLASSICS RIP VAN WINKLE ICHABOD CRANE HEADLESS HORSEMAN AUTHORS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction. Modern Classics;
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Glossary
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- 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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Miniature
- A book that is less then 3 inches in width and ...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- 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....
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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