Author: Irving, Washington.
Title: The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. : No. I[-VII].
Description: New York: Printed by C.S. Van Winkle, 101 Greenwich Street, 1819-[1820]. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. 7 parts in 2 volumes. Title-page to volume 1 repaired and mounted. Parts I, VI, and VII are first edition, second printing. Parts II, III, IV, and V were printed one year after the first edition. I (1819): 94 pages; II (1820): 96-169 pages; III (1820): 92 pages; IV (1820): 93 pages; V (1820): 108 pages.; VI (1820): 120 pages; VII (1819): 123 pages. Modern half calf over marbled boards. Volume II 5/16th of an inch taller than Volume I. Shaw & Shoemaker 48355; BAL 10106; Blanck, J. Peter Parley to Penrod, p. 143. Foredge of pp. 73-74 of Part I missing, affecting one letter on page 74. Pages 115-118 of Part VII with a running tear. Some other pages repaired not very well at an earlier date. Staining to some pages. Without the wrappers. Good.

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