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The Sketch Book
by Washington Irving
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
€229.48€206.53
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About This Item
London: George Newnes, 1902. Hardback. Very Good. 8" by 6". Edmund J. Sullivan. A very scarce two volume limited edition of Washington Irving's literary anthology 'The Sketch Book', signed by the illustrator, Edmund Sullivan. Each volume number seventy-four of one-hundred and six copies, printed, with volume I signed by British illustrator E. J. Sullivan to the colophon. This limited edition with Sullivan's illustrations is very scarce.Illustrated with a frontispiece to each volume, and eighteen further plates equally divided across both volumes. Collated, complete. First published serially between 1819 and 1820, 'The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.', commonly referred to as 'The Sketch Book', is a collection of thirty-four essays and short stories, including two of Irving's best known tales: 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow', and 'Rip Van Winkle'. With a former owner's inscription, dated Christmas 1903, to the volume I half title. In the publisher's original quarter paper vellum binding, with paper covered boards. Discolouration to back strips, with bumping to spine head and tail. Inscription to half title of volume I, with ink penetrating to verso of leaf. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fore edge of final few leaves of volume II unopened. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 832F38
- Title
- The Sketch Book
- Author
- Washington Irving
- Illustrator
- Edmund J. Sullivan
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Newnes
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1902
- Size
- 8" by 6"
- Keywords
- The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon sleepy hollow Edmund Joseph Sullivan E. J. Sullivan sleepy hollow
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Colophon
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- Leaves
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- Half Title
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- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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....
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
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