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The sketch book of Geoffrey Crayon, gent.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection AC8 Ir844 819s 1823 v.1-2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Irving, Washington, 1783-1859.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.)--Fiction.
- Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.).
- Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.)--Fiction.
- Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.).
- England--Description and travel.
- England.
- Christmas--England.
- Christmas.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- B., F.C. (bookplate)
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes ; 19 cm
- Edition:
- New edition In two volumes.
- Place of Publication:
- London : J. Murray, 1823.
- Contents:
- v.1. The author's account of himself. The voyage. Roscoe. The wife. Rip Van Winkle. English writers on America. Rural life in England. The broken heart. The art of book making. A royal poet. The country church. The widow and her son. The Boar's Head tavern. The mutability of literature. Rural funerals. The inn kitchen. The spectre bridegroom. Westminster abbey.
- v. 2. Christmas. The stage coach. Christmas eve. Christmas day. The Christmas dinner. Little Britain. Stratford-on-Avon. Traits of Indian character. Philip of Pokanoker. John Bull. The pride of the village. The angler. The legend of Sleepy Hollow. L'envoy.
- Notes:
- "London: Printed by C. Roworth, Bell Yard, Temple Bar."--T.p. verso.
- Publisher's advertisements (1 leaf) at end of v. 2
- Local Notes:
- Culture Class Collection copy has bookplate of F.C.B.
- Cited in:
- Halkett & Laing (2nd ed.), V:281
- BAL, 10235
- OCLC:
- 6218552
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