Astoria, or Anecdotes of an Enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains: Vol. II
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea, & Blanchard, 1836.
Price: $175.00
Hardcover. First edition, first state with the garbled footnote on p.239. Volume II only. Octavo. 279pp. Folding frontispiece map measuring approximately 18" x 11½". Later half leather and marbled paper over boards, bound without rear ads. Binding rubbed and edgeworn with slight loss at the spine, text lightly foxed throughout, map lightly foxed with two short tears and slightly misfolded at the gutter, sound and about very good.
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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