The World of Washington Irving
by Brooks, Van Wyck
- Used
- first
- Condition
- very good: age soiling to boards and spine, toning to endpapers, name and stamp on front paste down, text clean, binding tight./no DJ
- Seller
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1944. first edition. hardcover. very good: age soiling to boards and spine, toning to endpapers, name and stamp on front paste down, text clean, binding tight./no DJ. 8vo 495pp. stated first edition. from author's Note: "This is the first volume of a series which I hope to finish on the literary history of the United States. It is intended to precede The Flowering of New England. I am now planning a volume on the period of Walt Whitman and Herman Melville" #01176.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Matthew's Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1103
- Title
- The World of Washington Irving
- Author
- Brooks, Van Wyck
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - very good: age soiling to boards and spine, toning to endpapers, name and stamp on front paste down, text clean, binding tight.
- Jacket Condition
- no DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- Publisher
- E.P. Dutton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1944
- Keywords
- literary history, history, america, literary criticism, book on books, nonfiction, first edition.
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Matthew's Books LLC
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