2019ref. x-0367286696Taylor & Francis 2019. Hardcover. New. 158 pages. 9.02x5.67x1.09 inches. Taylor & Francis hardcover
1985ref. x-1850770468Darf Publishers Ltd 1985. Hardcover. New. 506 pages. 8.27x5.83x1.25 inches. Darf Publishers Ltd hardcover
1985ref. x-185077045XDarf Publishers Ltd 1985. Hardcover. New. 367 pages. 8.27x5.83x0.94 inches. Darf Publishers Ltd hardcover
2020ref. x-0367452103Routledge 2020. Paperback. New. 532 pages. 10.00x7.00x1.10 inches. Routledge paperback
1986ref. x-185077093XDarf Publishers Ltd 1986. Hardcover. New. 456 pages. 7.50x5.00x1.40 inches. Darf Publishers Ltd hardcover
1922ref. 6438BB1922. New York 1922. 8°. S. 585-622. Mit 16 Tafeln Nr. 30-45. Orig.-Broschur. Bulletin of "The American Museum of Natural History" Vol. XLV. - Broschur gebräunt berieben und mit Einrissen. unknown
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1899ref. 034949Boston: Desmond 1899. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 13 volumes. Complete set. Ex-library set. Green cloth. Desmond hardcover
1985ref. ZB900242Aster Pub Corp 1985. Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday Nov. 2 weekend sale item 496 pp. Hardcover ex library front cover discolored else text clean and binding tight. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Aster Pub Corp hardcover
ref. 0969985703-11-1Pond Casse. Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting. Pond Casse unknown
1928ref. 43096Harrap 1928. 8vo. First Edition thus on laid paper with coloured frontispiece title in green and black 7 fine coloured plates 30 monochrome illustrations in the text and pictorial endpapers in half-tone and yellow small neat contemporary inscription on half-title; original green cloth upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt gilt top uncut a very good bright clean copy. Latimore & Haskell pp.63-64; Riall pp.164-165. Harrap, hardcover
1850ref. 9100Henry G. Bohn 1850. 1850 Revised Edition. hardcover. 280pp half leather with marbled boards rubbed and worn private bookplate foxing endpapers soiled couple of pages loose Good only. . Glacier Books are experienced and professional booksellers. We take pride in offering carefully described books and excellent customer service. Henry G. Bohn hardcover
1895ref. 29276Macmillam 1895. 8vo. with frontispiece illustrated title and very numerous illustrations a number full-page in the text; handsomely bound in contemporary full tree calf boards with elaborate gilt frame border back with five raised bands second compartment with red leather label ruled and lettered in gilt all other compartments richly tooled in gilt marbled edges doublures tooled in gilt marbled endpapers expertly rebacked with old backstrip laid down a most attractive crisp clean copy. Caldecott's edition was first published in 1876. Macmillam, hardcover
ref. 181545John Murray 1820. 2nd edn. 8vo 8½ x 5½ ins. Contemporary half calf on marbled paper-laid boards spine gilt ruled and blind-stamped in six compartments with contrasting gilt lettered label red sprinkled edges top corners lightly lightly bumped and spine a little faded. Pp. vi 354 no inscriptions. John Murray, 1820 unknown
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1890ref. 35170New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. ca. 1890. 2 works bound into one volume. From the handsome edition of Irving's Works published by Crowell an early printing of both works. With a frontispiece photogravure from a drawing by Edmund B. Garrett 8vo handsomely bound in three-quarter tan calf over marbled paper covered boards the spines with raised bands gilt ruled the compartments with gilt tooled devices at the centers two compartments lettered in gilt on dark brown calf lettering labels endleaves marbled. 310; 152 pp. A very handsome copy very well preserved with very little evidence of age or use a fine copy. TWO FINE WORKS BOUND INTO ONE VOLUME. BRACEBRIDGE HALL is one of Irving’s most enduring works depicting in his best style the medley of ideas thrust upon him during his time spent living in England. Irving himself says that he had spent so much time in all stages of his existence reading and thinking about England how the differences between the old country and the new the country of his birth were bubbling all about him. BRACEBRIDGE HALL is his ode to England to tracing the footsteps of history and breathing the poetry of a sanctified land. Irving said that the popularity of his writing is due to an odd reason: “it has been a matter of marvel that man from the wilds of America should express himself in tolerable English. I was looked upon as something new and strange in literature; a kind of demi-savage with a feather in his hand instead of on his head; and there was a curiosity to hear what such a being had to say about civilized society.” WOLFERT'S ROOST AND MISCELLANIES is a collection of essays sketches and stories centered around Wolfert's Roost a historic Dutch stone cottage in Tarrytown New York. The property is named after Wolfert Acker 1667–1753 an early colonial American yeoman and local official who built the original 17th-century farmhouse on the Hudson River. Washington Irving purchased the historic property in the 1830s lovingly renovated and expanded it in the Dutch style and renamed the estate Sunnyside. The book features the title sketch about the estate alongside classic folklore travel pieces and reflections on Dutch-American history. Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. hardcover
1890ref. 35162New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. N.D. ca.1890. 4 volumes. From the handsome edition of Irving's Works published by Crowell. Each volume with an engraved frontispiece from various sources including portraits and views and with full-page portraits and maps throughout the four volumes titles in red and black. 8vo handomely bound in three-quarter tan calf over marbled paper covered boards the spines with raised bands gilt ruled the compartments with gilt tooled devices at the centers two compartments lettered in gilt on dark brown calf lettering labels endleaves marbled. 400; 400; 405; 423 pp. A fine and pleasing set unusually well preserved the bindings all in fine condition the hinges in excellent order tight and strong internally clean and crisp. AN EXCELLENT SET OF IRVING'S POPULAR BIOGRAPHY OF GEORGE WASHINGTON VERY ATTRACTIVE AND IN VERY FINE STATE OF PRESERVATION. The extensive biography of George Washington written by one of the most popular American authors of his time. Already very famous for his Sketch Book that brought to life such Rip Van Winkle and the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow by the 1850s Irving decided to write a biography of George Washington. In the mid-nineteenth century biography was an increasingly popular literary genre and the much-admired Washington was an ideal subject. Previous biographies of Washington had been written by Mason Locke Weems who invented the cherry tree myth and Chief Justice John Marshall but given Irving’s literary talent a biography of George Washington by him was extremely appealing to his publishers. In 1853 Irving began his research about Washington. He utilized two important sources—The Writings of George Washington and a series of George Washington’s letters acquired through the State Department. After two years of research Irving began writing his Washington biography at his home in Sunnyside New York. In his preface Irving explained that he had long wanted to write a biography of Washington though ill health as well as his many travels to Europe delayed the project. According to Irving he sought to write in a narrative style that also rigorously grounded itself in historical fact. Following historians and reviewers have argued that by exploring Washington’s military and personal life in a realistic manner Irving was able to transform him from a demigod figure into a human subject far more approachable and understandable to the average reader. The historian George Bancroft lauded Irving for writing both with the qualities of good historian and with narrative tone that made the events portrayed seem natural. Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. hardcover
1890ref. 35169New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. ca. 1890. 2 works bound into one volume. From the handsome edition of Irving's Works published by Crowell an early printing of both works. With a frontispiece photogravure from a painting by G.H. Brougton 8vo handomely bound in three-quarter tan calf over marbled paper covered boards the spines with raised bands gilt ruled the compartments with gilt tooled devices at the centers two compartments lettered in gilt on dark brown calf lettering labels endleaves marbled. xvi 17 -309 1; 217 1 pp. A very handsome copy very well preserved with very little evidence of age or use a fine copy. TOGETHER A WHIMSICAL AND BELOVED WORK AND A HANDSOME EDITION OF THE GREAT TESTAMENT TO IRVING'S OFT' NEGLECTED ABILITIES AS A HISTORIAN. A companion to his great work on Columbus and written while Irving was a diplomatic attaché in Spain 1826-29 these books were the most painstaking effort of Irving's life. " SPANISH VOYAGES chronicles the voyages of many of Spain’s most important explorers such as Alonzo de Ojeda Ponce de Leon Vasco Nunez de Balboa and Diego de Nicuesa. Irving's "COLUMBUS" was both a scholarly and popular biography based primarily on the work of the Spanish writer Navarrete. Navarrete had published his work on Columbus which contained a number of previously unknown and significant documents. However Irving felt that “the whole presented rather a mass of rich materials for history than a history itself.and the sight of disconnected papers and official documents is apt to be repulsive to the general reader who seeks for clear and continued narrative.” In fact he felt that nearly every account had been incomplete while many important documents and manuscripts had been ignored. Thus he hoped to offer a more rigorous and yet accessible account. Written while Irving was a diplomatic attaché in Spain 1826-29 "it was the most painstaking effort of Irving's life and it won him election to the 'Real Academia de la Historia' the friendship of Navarrete and a literary reputation in Spain where the work is still quoted respectfully" DAB. KNICKERBOCKER'S HISTORY OF NEW YORK is a whimsical history of the city by the mythical Diedrich Knickerbocker. Irving began this work with his brother as a parody of a recently published PICTURE OF NEW YORK a routine guidebook of the period. After his brother abandoned the project Irving moulded it to his own purpose creating a singular work of early American humour. Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. hardcover
1890ref. 35163New York: Thomas Y. Crowell and Sons ca. 1890. 2 works in one volume Early printings of these important books. From the handsome edition of Irving's Works published by Crowell. 8vo handsomely bound in three-quarter tan calf over marbled paper covered boards the spine with raised bands gilt ruled the compartments with central gilt ornaments two compartments with dark brown calf lettering labels gilt. 481 pp. A fine copy fresh and clean the binding beautifully preserved strong and tight. AN EARLY PRINTING IN HANDSOME BINDING OF THESE IMPORTANT WORKS. Irving began writing notes for a book on Mohammed as early as 1827 while working on his biography of Christopher Columbus. He completed his first chapters of the book while simultaneously working on his 'Tales of the Alhambra'. Eventually his LIFE OF MAHOMET was the first sympathetic biography of the Prophet Muhammad ever to appear in America. The renowned researcher and historian Dr. Harold J. Greenburg in his paper on Washington Irving published in London in November 1955 opines: "Christopher Columbus departing from Granada in 1492 and employing the principles of navigation developed by Muslim scientists had brought to America the accumulated wisdom of both the Christian and Muslim civilizations. Three and a half centuries later Washington Irving while penetrating through the Iberian peninsula was to rediscover the proud culture and present it to the West." From the preface: “Some apology may seem necessary for presenting a life of Mahomet at the present day when no new fact can be added to those already known concerning him. Many years ago during a residence in Madrid the author projected a series of writings illustrative of the domination of the Arabs in Spain. These were to be introduced by a sketch of the life of the founder of the Islam Faith and the first mover of Arabian conquest. Most of the particulars for this were drawn from Spanish sources and from Gagnier’s traslation of the Arabian historian Abulfeda a copy of which the author found in the Jesuits’ Library of the Convent of Isidro at Madrid. Such is the origin of the work now given to the public; on which the author lays no claim to novelty of fact nor profundity of research. It still bears the type of a work intended for a family Library; in constructing which the whole aim of the writer has been to digest into an easy perspicuous and flowing narrative the admitted facts concerning Mahomet together with such legends and traditions as have been wrought into the whole system of oriental literature; and at the same time to give such a summary of his faith as might be sufficient for the general reader. Under such circumstances he has not thought it worth while to encumber his pages with a scaffolding of references and citations nor to depart from the old English nomenclature of oriental names.” Thomas Y. Crowell and Sons hardcover
1890ref. 35164New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. ca. 1890. Two works bound into one volume. Early printing of both works. From the handsome edition of Irving's Works published by Crowell. 8vo handsomely bound in three-quarter tan calf over marbled paper covered boards the spine with raised bands gilt ruled the compartments with central gilt tooled devices two dark brown calf lettering labels gilt marbled endleaves. viii 492 pp. A very handsome copy very well preserved with very little evidence of age or use a fine copy. A HANDSOMELY BOUND EARLY PRINTING OF THESE IMPORTANT WORKS. Despite Irving's use of an imaginary chronicler Agapida who’s dialogue livens up the flavor of the text the CONQUEST OF GRANADA was the product of careful historical research in Madrid. Irving was serving as a titular diplomat a post which gave him access to considerable resources as well as access to the most important inner social circles. It remains an excellent history on the expulsion of the Moors from Spain. This work along with his THE ALHAMBRA highlights both Irving’s scholarly abilities and his eloquent writing style. Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. hardcover
1976ref. DADAX0824763440CRC Press 1976-02-01. 1. hardcover. New. 7.12x1.25x10.22. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. CRC Press hardcover
1900ref. 1307231900. IRVING Washington. The Writings. New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons circa 1900. Forty volumes. Octavo contemporary full green morocco gilt elaborately gilt-decorated boards red reverse calf doublures watered silk free endpapers top edges gilt uncut. $6200.Limited ÒJoseph Jefferson"" editionÓ number 163 of 250 sets signed by the actor Joseph Jefferson lavishly illustrated with hand-colored frontispieces in each volume and over 700 full-page and in-text illustrations.""Before Emerson and Lowell Irving married American literature to the literature of the world. He has every right to retain the title enthusiastically bestowed upon him 'Father of American Literature"" Kunitz & Haycraft 407. Contains all of Irving's classic histories biographies travel accounts and tales including Knickerbocker's History of New York Life of Washington Life of Columbus The Sketch Book and Astoria. This set has been named after and signed by the actor Joseph Jefferson 1829-1905 famed for his portrayal of Rip Van Winkle on the stage and in early film. Fine condition. hardcover
1854ref. 1304091854. IRVING Washington. New York and Philadelphia: G.P. Putnam / J.B. Lippincott 1854-71. Twenty-eight volumes. Octavo contemporary three-quarter tan calf gilt red and black morocco spine labels marbled boards endpapers and edges. $3500.The ÒNew Edition RevisedÓ handsomely bound with numerous engraved frontispieces and three folding maps.""Before Emerson and Lowell Irving married American literature to the literature of the world. He has every right to retain the title enthusiastically bestowed upon him 'Father of American Literature'"" Kunitz & Haycraft 407. Contains all of Irving's classic histories biographies tales and accounts of travel including Knickerbocker's History of New York Life of Washington Life of Columbus Sketch Book and Astoria. With Life and Letters in four volumes. The first 15 volumes were issued and bound at an earlier date than the last 13 volumes with minor differences in the gilt tooling and marbled paper. Owner signatures.Interiors very fresh and clean light rubbing and wear to contemporary binding. A handsome set. hardcover
