Author: Washington Irving
Title: Bracebridge Hall
Description: London, Macmillan and Co. 1892. Fine Binding. A charmingly illustrated edition of Washington Irving's episodic novel. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece, title page, seven plates, and many in-text figures. Collated complete. A reprint of the 1887 third edition. This episodic novel was originally published under his pseudonym Geoffrey Crayon. The tales centre on the occupants of an English manor which is based on Aston Hall, near Birmingham, England, where Irving had previously visited the Bracebridge family. Written by Washington Irving, an American short-story writer, biographer, historian, essayist, and diplomat best know for his work Rip Van Winkle (1819). Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott, a British artist and illustrator. Bound by Riviere & Son. Bound in full tree calf with gilt. Externally, smart with rubbing and light shelf wear to the extremities. Fading to the spine. A crack to the front joint. Front hinge starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Good . Ill.: R. Caldecott. Good .
Keywords: Bracebridge Hall Irving Caldecott Hall R. Caldecott
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Title: Bracebridge Hall
Description: London, Macmillan and Co. 1892. Fine Binding. A charmingly illustrated edition of Washington Irving's episodic novel. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece, title page, seven plates, and many in-text figures. Collated complete. A reprint of the 1887 third edition. This episodic novel was originally published under his pseudonym Geoffrey Crayon. The tales centre on the occupants of an English manor which is based on Aston Hall, near Birmingham, England, where Irving had previously visited the Bracebridge family. Written by Washington Irving, an American short-story writer, biographer, historian, essayist, and diplomat best know for his work Rip Van Winkle (1819). Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott, a British artist and illustrator. Bound by Riviere & Son. Bound in full tree calf with gilt. Externally, smart with rubbing and light shelf wear to the extremities. Fading to the spine. A crack to the front joint. Front hinge starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Good . Ill.: R. Caldecott. Good .
Keywords: Bracebridge Hall Irving Caldecott Hall R. Caldecott
Price: GBP 45.00 = appr. US$ 64.26 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 880T27
- Book number: 880T27
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