A book of the Hudson. / Collected from the various works of Diedrich Knickerbocker. Edited by Geoffry Crayon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Irving, Washington, 1783-1859.

Contributor:

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

American Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.).

Genre:

Short stories.

Physical Description:

viii pages, 9 unnumbered pages-283 pages, 3 plates. : illustrations ; 16 cm

Place of Publication:

New-York : G. P. Putnam, 1849.

Contents:

Communipaw.

Guests from Gibbet island.

Peter Stuyvesant's voyage up the Hudson.

The chronicle of Bearn island.

The legend of Sleepy Hollow.

Dolph Heyliger.

Rip Van Winkle.

Wolfert Webber.

Notes:

Added t.p., engraved.

"John F. Trow, Printer and Stereotyper, 49 Ann-street, N.Y."--T.p. verso.

Error on contents page, "Communipaw" listed as p. 7 instead of p. 9.

Second printing. Binding A: green cloth with the front goldstamped with a vignette of Rip van Winkle with the hat slipping further off his head and the dog slumbering with his head on Rip's side. Back is blindstamped with the same vignette and the title on the spine is "Book of the Hudson".--Cf. BAL.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy has [1] large card, [1] loose leaf and [1] slip from a catalog describing this book laid in.

Cited in:

BAL, 10170

OCLC:

228688885