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Lot 227

Sale 5670 - Fine Books
Sep 29, 2005 6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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$500 - 800
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$375
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2 vols.


2 vols.
(Irving, Washington.) Bracebridge Hall; or the Humorists. By Geoffrey Crayon. London: John Murray, 1822. Presumed second edition. 8vo, early 19th-century full gilt-paneled crushed scarlet levant morocco, richly gilt-lettered spine, t.e.g., inner dentelles gilt, raised bands; occasionally scuffed, by The Club Bindery. Tall, clean & uncut. With text extended to vol. 2, p. 404.
With 11 line Autograph Note Signed by Irving, discussing Robert Heriot Barclay - commander of the British flotilla on Lake Erie during the War of 1812 - mounted on front fly recto. Bookplate of Robert Hoe.
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