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Knickerbocker's History of New York (Two-Volume"Van Twiller" Edition in original dust jackets)
by Irving, Washington
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: G. P. Putnam / The Knickerbocker Press, 1894. Book. Illus. by Edward Kemble, Illustrator. Very Good. Hardcover. Beautiful two-volume set, complete, in original dust jackets. Decorated American trade bindings - white cloth boards with bevelled edges, elegant blue, gold and red decoration on front covers and spines. Light soiling; very slight fraying at spine ends. Bindings are tight and square, hinges are sound, with no cracking. Clean decorated endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Gilt top page edges. Each book has a frontispiece illustration with clean tissue guard. All pages have color decorative border, with many illustrations throughout by Edward Kemble. Volume 1 - 364 pages; Volume 2 - 380 pages. Stiffened cloth dust jackets (brown in color) with gold lettering on spines; lettering on Volume 2 is no longer discernible. Very light edge wear to jackets. .
Synopsis
For the bicentennial of its original publication—the first full-length book from the father of the American short storyIn 1809, New Yorkers were buzzing about a series of classified ads concerning the whereabouts of Dutch historian Diedrich Knickerbocker. They were unaware that Washington Irving had invented the man entirely and placed the ads himself. Knickerbocker's purported manuscript, A History of New York, was Irving's own. Told from Knickerbocker's point of view, A History of New York is a chronicle of New York's fifty years under Dutch rule in the 1600s that plays fast and loose with the facts, to uproarious effect. Irving's good-humored spoofing had staying power, and his satire provided the city with its first self-portrait. A History of New York propelled Irving to the heights of literary stardom and even made a little history of its own: New Yorkers are called Knickerbockers to this day.
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 034203
- Title
- Knickerbocker's History of New York (Two-Volume"Van Twiller" Edition in original dust jackets)
- Author
- Irving, Washington
- Illustrator
- Edward Kemble, Illustrator
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam / The Knickerbocker Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1894
- Keywords
- History of New York State, Washington Irving, Van Twiller Edition, Edward Kemble Illustrated, Decorated American Trade Binding, DATB
- Bookseller catalogs
- New York State; Decorated American Trade Bindings;
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