Irving, Washington (1783-1859). The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. No. I [-VII]. New York: C.S. Van Winkle, 1819-1820.

7 parts in one, 8vo (210 x 127 mm). (Scattered browning and offsetting, small marginal repair on p.26, a few leaves in part VI dampstained, p.119/120 reinserted on stub). Contemporary calf (rebacked, boards worn). Provenance: early illegible ownership signature on parts I and IV, dated 1820.

FIRST EDITIONS, FIRST PRINTINGS of Nos. I, VI and VII (i.e., first printing throughout where such a distinction has been made by BAL). Published serially in parts between 1819 and 1820, The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, contains two of Irving’s most celebrated tales, “Rip Van Winkle” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” The work also marks Irving’s first sustained use of the fictional narrator Geoffrey Crayon, a persona he would employ in several later writings. BAL 10106; Langfeld & Blackburn pp.15-23; Peter Parley to Penrod, p.143.

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Irving, Washington (1783-1859). The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. No. I [-VII]. New York: C.S. Van Winkle, 1819-1820.

The Library of Stephen J. Farber

Irving, Washington (1783-1859). The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. No. I [-VII]. New York: C.S. Van Winkle, 1819-1820.

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