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Lot 40
Sale 741 - Books and Manuscripts including Americana
Jun 23, 2020
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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[MONASTERY HILL BINDING]. IRVING, Washington (1783-1859). The Alhambra. New York and London: The Knickerbocker Press, 1891.
2 volumes, 8vo. Text printed within red and gold frame borders. Full tan morocco gilt, spine in 4 compartments with 3 raised bands, one large compartment with tan onlay decorated in gilt and blind depicting the Alhambra, gilt-lettered in one, the rest gilt-decorated, board edges gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut, STAMP-SIGNED BY THE MONASTERY HILL BINDERY (spines slightly sunned, a few small scuffs).
The "Darro Edition" of Irving's work first published in 1832, the present edition featuring the text of Irving's Revised Edition, published in 1851.
Property from the Collection of Rhoda H. Clark and The Monastery Hill Bindery