Bracebridge Hall, or, The Humorists: Two Volumes
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1896.
Price: $700.00
Hardcover. Heyliger edition. This is number 43 of one hundred copies. English calf decorated with gilt. Top edge gilt. Red suede pastedowns embossed with gilt and red suede endpapers blind stamped with similar decor. Two volumes. Front endpapers loose and laid in, spine a bit faded, else near fine.
Item #324265
Washington Irving
birth name: Washington Irving
born: 4/3/1783
died: 11/28/1859
Biography
Writer called the "first American man of letters." He is best known for the short stories "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle." - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore