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Three Stories by Washington Irving

Washington Irving · 1930 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.71 | $91.15 | ¥14,556)

New York, Random House, 1930 . Cloth. A charming 1930 limited edition set of three of the most popular short stories from American writer Washington Irving. This set was limited to 750 copies produced.Charmingly bound in cloth backed marbled paper covered boards, and housed in...

The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.

Washington Irving · 1895 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

London, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1895. Cloth. A smart two volume set of this collection of essays and short stories from American author Washington Irving. Complete in two volumes. Van Tassel edition. Volume one is illustrated with a frontispiece, seventeen plates, and many i...

A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus

Washington Irving · 1828 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.11 | ¥61,177)

London, John Murray, 1828 . First edition. Cloth. Three volumes of the first edition of Washington Irving's popular fictionalised account of the life of Christopher Columbus, in the scarce publisher's original bindings. Volumes II, III and IV of the four volume first...

Salmagundi: Or, the Whim-Whams and Opinions of Launcelot Langstaff

Launcelot Langstaff; [Washington Irving]; Various · 1824 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

Paris, Jules Didot; Baudry, 1824. Leather. A Paris edition of Washington Irving's satirical periodical lampooning New York City. Complete in two volumes.An English language edition published in Paris.'Salmagundi' is a satirical periodical, mocking and ridiculing...

A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus

Washington Irving · 1828 · Rooke Books

£690.00 (€827.06 | $911.53 | ¥145,560)

London, John Murray, 1828. First edition. Leather. The first edition of Washington Irving's popular fictional account of the life of Christopher Columbus, bound in half calf. The first edition. Illustrated with two folding maps to 'Volume I&apos. Collated, complete,...

Voyages and Discoveries of the Companions of Columbus

Washington Irving · 1831 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, John Murray, 1831 . First edition. Leather. The first UK edition of Washington Irving's historical account of the explorers of the Americas that followed on from Christopher Columbus. The first UK edition of this work, the publication of which actually preceded th...

The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon Gent.

Washington Irving · 1882 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, J. B. Lippincott & Co, 1882 . Cloth. A delightfully illustrated limited edition of George Washington's popular collection of short stories and essays, including "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle". An Edition de Luxe, with this being number 440 of 5...

Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent

Washington Irving · 1894 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, J. M. Dent and Co, 1894. Cloth. A pleasing set containing Washington Irving's collection of short stories and essays, adorned with illustrations throughout each. Complete in two volumes. Uniformly bound in the publisher's cloth, with decorative gilt. Both v...

The Vicar of Wakefield; Our Village; the Keeping of Christmas at Bracebridge Hall

Oliver Goldsmith; Mary Russell Mitford; Washington Irving · 1904 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

London, J. M. Dent & Co, 1904-1906 . Cloth. A beautifully presented collection of books by Oliver Goldsmith, Mary Russell Mitford and Washington Irving, highly illustrated by Charles E. Brock. In the publisher's original cloth binding, highly decorated with gilt to the fr...

The Life of George Washington; the Alhambra; the Adventures of Captain Bonneville U.S. A.

Washington Irving · 1880 · Rooke Books

£1,500.00 (€1,797.96 | $1,981.59 | ¥316,435)

London, Sampson, Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, 1880-1882 . Leather. A very scarce full morocco seven volume set of American writer Washington Irving's works, including his biography of George Washington. A beautifully presented and very scarce set, from the library ...

Tales of a Traveller

Washington Irving · 1878 · Rooke Books

£95.00 (€113.87 | $125.50 | ¥20,041)

London, George Bell and Sons , 1878. Leather. A scarce edition of this popular Victorian work, by Washington Irving, originally published under his pseudonym, Geoffrey Crayon. A new edition. In a full calf binding from R. Ingalton Drake. A scarce edition of Washington Irving&a...

A Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada from the Mss. Of Fray Antonio Agapida

Washington Irving · 1829 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

London, John Murray , 1829. Leather. A very smart, first UK edition copy of this historical account of the conquest of Granada, published the same year as the true first US edition. A fascinating and comprehensive historical account of the conquest of Granada in Spain, from th...

The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus

Washington Irving · 1830 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, John Murray, 1830. Leather. A smart copy of this abridged edition of Washington Irving's biographical work on Christopher Columbus, complete with illustrated plates and folding maps. A fascinating biographical work of well-known Italian explorer Christopher Columb...

A History of New York, from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty

[Washington Irving] · 1828 · Rooke Books

£290.00 (€347.61 | $383.11 | ¥61,177)

London, Robert Thurston, 1828. Cloth. An early edition of Washington Irving's popular satirical history of New York, published under the pseudonym Diedrich Knickerbocker. Washington Irving's satirical history of New York.Irving first published this work under the pse...

Old Christmas

Washington Irving · 1892 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, Macmillan, 1892. Cloth. A limited large-paper edition of Caldecott's esteemed illustrated edition of Irving's presentation of Christmas that remains popular amongst American perceptions today. The large-paper limited edition of Old Christmas: From the Sketch ...

Select Works of Washington Irving in Twenty Volumes

Washington and Theodore Irving · 1821 · Rooke Books

£2,700.00 (€3,236.33 | $3,566.86 | ¥569,584)

London, John Murray; Davison; Edward Churton; Richard Bentley;, 1821-1837. Leather. This is a beautifully bound twenty volume set of select works by Washington Irving. Volumes as follows:Conquest of Florida in Two Volumes (1835)Astoria in Three Volumes (1836 First English Edit...

Bracebridge Hall; or, the Humorists

Geoffrey Crayon [Washington Irving] · 1822 · Rooke Books

£270.00 (€323.63 | $356.69 | ¥56,958)

London, John Murray, 1822 . First edition. Leather. A beautifully bound example of the first UK edition of Washington Irving's popular episodic novel set in an English manor, 'Bracebridge Hall&apos. The first UK edition, first issue of this work. Volume II concludes ...

Irving&Apos;S Complete Works (Library Edition)

Washington Irving · 1899 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.68 | $310.45 | ¥49,575)

Boston, Desmond Publishing Co, 1899. Cloth. A scarce Library Edition of Washington Irving's works, from the library of Vermont's 59th governor, Redfield Proctor Jr. The publisher's Library Edition of this set, containing the works of American short-story writer,...

Tom Brown&Apos;S School-Days; Wanderings in South America; Old Christmas; Bracebridge Hall

Thomas Hughes; Charles Waterton; Washington Irving · 1882 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1882. Cloth. A scarce collection of popular works by Thomas Hughes, Charles Waterton and Washington Irving, in the original cloth binding. A scarce new collection. Complete with four works in one volume. Bound in the original pictorial cloth. Comprisi...

Tom Brown&Apos;S School-Days; Wanderings in South America ; Old Christmas; Bracebridge Hall

Thomas Hughes; Charles Waterton; Washington Irving · 1885 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, Macmillan and Co. 1885. Cloth. A scarce edition of this volume comprising four works by Thomas Hughes, Charles Waterton, and Washington Irving. With numerous illustrations by Randolph Caldecott and others. A scarce copy of this volume comprising four works by some popu...