WORKS OF WASHINGTON IRVING
~ Knickerbocker Edition ~
In 27 Volumes
Washington Irving
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(NY: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1870-71). 12mo, 5 1/4" x 7 1/2", 27 volumes. Nicely bound in 3/4 green morocco over marbled sides with matching end papers and page edges; panelled spines with five raised bands, gilt floral decoration, and gilt lettering. 183 illustrations, mostly engravings, including engraved title pages and two manuscript facsimiles.
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS REGARDING OVERALL CONDITION OF SET: Corners of most volumes fairly worn, often with
leather worn away and paper interior showing through. Bottom and top cover edges of most volumes scuffed
or worn, often with leather or paper beginning to flake off. Outer cover hinges on most volumes lightly
scuffed. Heels of spines of most volumes somewhat scuffed, but only on one volume is the heel seriously
worn away (Vol I of 'Columbus'; see photo). Heads of all spines intact, with only light scuffing.
Gilt lettering & decoration on all volumes bright and undamaged. Spine labels on all volumes intact
and bright. Covers overall are tight and bright, including all spines. Hinges on all volumes intact, with
no cracks or loosening. All in all, quite a sound, and very handsome, set.
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THE ALHAMBRA. VG. Light scuffing to edges. (1851, 1871). Illustrated by engravings protected by tissue. 496 pages.
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ASTORIA, or Anecdotes of an Enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains. Author's Revised
Edition, Complete in One Volume. VG. Light scuffing to edges. (1868, 1871).
Frontispiece, appendices, 649 pages.
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BIOGRAPHIES AND MISCELLANIES. Edited by his Literary Executor, Pierre, M. IRving. VG--.
Light scuffing to edges; leather on bottom back corners worn through. (1866, 1871).
Frontispiece portrait of T. Campbell. 487 pages.
~~~ Contents: Letters of Jonathan Oldstyle, Gent.
~~~ (Biographies): Captain James Lawrence; Lieutenant Burrows; Commodore Perry;
Captain David Porter; Thomas Campbell; Washington Allston; Conversations with Talma;
Margaret Miller Davidson.
~~~ (Reviews & Miscellanies): Robert Treat Paine; Edwin C. Holland; Wheaton's History of the
Northmen; Conquest of Granada; Letter to the Editor of "The Knickerbocker"; Sleepy Hollow; National
Nomenclature; Desultory Thoughts on Criticism; Communipaw; Conspiracy of the Cocked Hats; Letter from
Granada; The Catskill Mountains.
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THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN BONNEVILLE, U.S.A., IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS AND THE FAR WEST, Digested
from his Journal and Illustrated Various Other Sources.. Author's Revised
Edition, Complete in One Volume. VG--. Light scuffing to edges. Corners worn through. (1868, 1871).
Frontispiece engraving: 'Buffalo Hunt' from the original by Lt Eastman and title page engraving: 'Wind River Mountains' by Fremont.
Appendices, 503 pages.
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BRACEBRIDGE HALL, or THE HUMORISTS: A Medley. By 'Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.'. Author's Revised
Edition, Complete in One Volume. VG--. Light scuffing to edges. Corners worn through.
Leather flaking loose from top edge of front cover. (1865, 1871).
Eight engravings by 'Schmolze'. 543 pages.
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THE LIFE AND VOYAGES OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS, TO WHICH ARE ADDED THOSE OF HIS COMPANIONS.
Author's Revised
Edition, Complete in Three Volumes.
~~~ VOLUME ONE: VG--. Worst damage is to heel of spine,
which is worn completely away about 1/10-inch. Head of spine scuffed, with about 1/2-inch gilt missing
from top of spine. Three of four corners worn. 1/2-inch paper missing from top edge of front & rear cover.
(1868, 1871). Frontispiece & titlepage engravings, plus a 7-page section of drawings and engravings at
front of book, several of them drawings of ships taken from Columbus's letters. Vol I covers the years
1435 to 1492. 495 pages.
~~~ VOLUME TWO: VG. Scuffing of leather along hinges and head of spine. All four corners scuffed, with one corner worn through.
Illustrated with four engravings, all placed at front of book. Volume II covers the years 1494 to Columbus's death in 1505. 565 pages.
~~~ VOLUME THREE: VG. Two corners worn through. Illustrated with two engravings at front of book.
Volume Three contains accounts by nine of Columbus's companions plus a 60-page section of Appendices containing 39 documents. The volume
concludes with a 35-page, highly-detailed index. 634 pages.
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CHRONICLE OF THE CONQUEST OF GRANADA, from the MSS. of Fray Antonio Agapida. Author's Revised
Edition. VG. Light scuffing to top edge. Scuffing to all four corners, two of which are worn through to the paper.
(1850, 1871).
Illustrated with headpieces & tailpieces throughout and three engravings: frontispiece, title page and at commencement of text. 644 pages.
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THE CRAYON MISCELLANY. Author's Revised
Edition, Complete in One Volume. VG. Scuffing to head of spine, with slight loss of gilt just at top.
Scuffing to all four corners, with one just worn through to paper.
(1865, 1871).
Illustrated with headpieces & tailpieces throughout and a number of engravings. 441 pages.
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Remainder of individual volume descriptions to be added as soon as time and opportunity permit.
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