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Lot 66
IRVING, WASHINGTON The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. No. I [-VII].
New York: C.S. Van Winkle, 1819-1820. First edition, first printing, bound from the original parts, the Litchfield copy. Seven parts in one. Contemporary tree calf rebacked preserving spine strip, the covers with a tooled border in gilt, the spine tooled and lettered in gilt, housed in a cloth case. 8 1/4 x 5 inches (21 x 13 cm); with all first issue points per BAP, this copy bound without wrappers, the final blank in Part I, the slip in Part II, or ad leaf in Part V (the last two not issued in all copies). A very fine copy with the text quite clean, repair to upper gutter corner of title and lower gutter corner of first leaf, the binding rebacked as noted and lightly rubbed but very attractive and sound overall, a few stray stains or spots, faint ownership signature dated 1819 to title, pencil signature to title of Part IV, the Edward Hubert Litchfield copy with bookplate.
The first edition of The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, including Washington Irving's two most beloved stories Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. This copy sold in the Edward Hubert Litchfield sale, Parke Bernet, 3-5 December 1951, lot 544. BAL 10106; Grolier American 100, 31.
C Private Collection of Barbara and Ira Lipman
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