Author: Washington Irving
Title: Irvings Sketchbook
Description: Putnam: Hurd & Houghton, 1863. Unstated. Hardcover. Richardson and Cox. Irving's Sketch book The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon,Gent aka Irving Putnam: Hurd & Houghton, 1863 Hardback in good condition. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight, some tanning of pages due to paper used and age. Leather bound cover is clean however the spine leather has cracked from the front board on the outside on both sides see photos. Gold casing all round otherwise cover is clean. Contains gift inscription dated 1963 inside page. This book contains the works of Washington Irving including many of his famous tales. It includes many of the Rip Van Winkle stories, Sleepy Hollow and many more you may never heard of over 100 in all. There are 123 illustrations woodcuts by Richardson & Cox. Simply put this is a very nice copy that needs the spine leather repaired to make it mint. Good.

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