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New York: Pollard & Moss, 1881. Worn copy, two volumes in one. Collected works of this noted American author, the Kaaterskill edition, illustrated with numerous engravings tinted in orange-sepia tones. Brown cloth lettered and heavily decorated in gilt and black, all edges gilt, 431 + 424 pages. Covers heavily worn and spotted, fabric torn along joints, hinges split but covers secure, front free endpaper and preliminary blank detached and tattered at the edges, text block otherwise sound, pages lightly age-toned but clean, no names or other markings. Reading copy with quite attractive illustrations.. Hard Cover. Fair. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
The Kaaterskill Edition of Washington Irving ....; Printed from the Original and Early Issues, Complete and Unabridged, with an Original Biographical Sketch ... by Irving, Washington; Stoddard, Richard Henry - 1881
by Irving, Washington; Stoddard, Richard Henry
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The Kaaterskill Edition of Washington Irving ....; Printed from the Original and Early Issues, Complete and Unabridged, with an Original Biographical Sketch ...
by Irving, Washington; Stoddard, Richard Henry
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New York: Pollard & Moss, 1881. Early Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Two 4to. volumes, each marked 'Two Volumes in One'. xxx,431;viii,424pp. Publishers' half black pebbled morocco; spines in six compartments with raised bands, gilt; marbled paper boards, edges and endpapers. Illustrated with engraved frontispieces and with full page three color lithographs depicting scenes from Irving's works. Light edgewear; neat ownership name on a preliminary blank, else a very good copy. Originally prepared in 1879, this format was first issued in 1880. See BAL 19162 for a discussion of the Kaaterskill editions; Blanck notes a later undated reprint, but not this printing, which is clearly dated 1881 on the title pages.
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- Publisher Pollard & Moss
- Place of Publication New York
- Date Published 1881
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The Kaaterskill Edition of Washington Irving
by Irving, Washington. Biographical Sketch By Richard Henry Stoddard
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The Kaaterskill Edition of Washington Irving, Embracing the Following Volumes of His Works… Printed from the Original and Early Issues. With an Original Biographical Sketch Prepared Expressly for This Edition by Richard Henry Stoddard.
by Irving, Washington; Stoddard, Henry (biographical sketch)
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New York: Pollard & Moss, 1880. Hardcover. Very Good+. Two Volumes. Number 129 from an edition limited to 500 proof copies, printed from a first impression of the plates. Half morocco and marbled paper over boards, gilt-stamped lettering and detail on compartmented spine, 5 raised bands, a.e.g.; pp. 5 (list of subscribers), [1], [v]-xiv, 431; [2], 433-856. Scuffing at spine tips, along joints and edges of boards; leather torn at rear joint of Volume II; frontispiece and title-page detached from Volume I, neatly laid in.
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