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Washington Irving | First Editions
1783 - 1859
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Salmagundi. Or, The Whim-Whams and Opinions of Launcelot Langstaff, Esq. and others.
London: Printed by T. Davison for Thomas Tegg, 1824. [Satire] SECOND UK EDITION. Octavo (21 x 13cm), pp.viii; 391; [1]. Contemporary brown quarter cloth with gilt titles to a dark red morocco label on the spine, and plain grey paper covered boards. Small label of R. Riviere, bookseller, to front..... More
A History of New York, From the beginning of the world to the end of the Dutch dynasty. Containing, among many surprising and curious matters, the unutterable ponderings of Walter the Doubter, the disastrous projects of William the Testy, and the chivalric achievements of Peter the Headstrong, the three Dutch governers of New Amsterdam; being the only authentic history of the times that hath ever been published.
London: John Bumpus, 1825. [History] Duodecimo (16 x 11cm), pp.xx; 340. Bound in pictorial paper boards, with titles to spine and publisher's advertisements to rear boards, edges uncut. Binding is rubbed and chipped, with a small split to front hinge. Text shows some spotting, particularly to front matter. Very good..... More
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