Three stories / by Washington Irving.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Irving, Washington, 1783-1859, author.

Contributor:

Random House (Firm), publisher.

Walpole Printing Office, printer.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Folklore--United States.

Folklore.

Genre:

Private press books (Printing)

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copies)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copies)

Physical Description:

3 volumes : illustrations ; 16 cm

Manufacture:

New Rochelle : Walpole Printing Office

Place of Publication:

[New York] : [Random House], [1930]

Contents:

[v.]1. Rip Van Winkle; a posthumous writing of Diedrich Knickerbocker.

[v.]2. The legend of Sleepy Hollow, found among the papers of the late Diedrich Knickerbocker.

[v.]3. A time of unexampled prosperity, the great Mississippi bubble.

Notes:

Each volume has separate title page with title-vignette.

"750 copies printed at the Walpole Printing Office, New Rochelle."--Colophon.

In slip case.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy purchased by the Penn Libraries in 2013.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy imperfect: have volume 1 only.

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy in slipcase. All 3 volumes .

Contains:

Irving, Washington, 1783-1859. Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

Irving, Washington, 1783-1859. Rip Van Winkle.

Irving, Washington, 1783-1859. Great Mississippi bubble.

OCLC:

5780335