Condition Report
Contact Information
Lot 69
Sale 2721 - Books & Manuscripts
May 28, 2020
9:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
Own a similar item?
Estimate
$300 -
500
Price Realized
$188
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[Literature] Irving, Washington The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.
New York: The Heritage Press, (1939). Reprint. 8vo. (ii), (xvi), 399, (5) pp. Illustrated by Gordon Ross. Full red morocco, stamped in gilt; top edge gilt, other edges trimmed; gilt dentelles; marbled endpapers; by Maurin. Together with: The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1895. First volume only. The Van Tassel edition. 8vo. (xx), 294 pp. Illustrated with frontinspiece and plates by Arthur Rackham and others, with captioned tissue guards. Original blue cloth-covered boards, spine ends and corners lightly worn, decoritvely stamped in gilt, white oval cover onlay; top edge gilt, other edges trimmed; front joint starting; book-plate on front paste-down.