Washington Irving — Bracebridge Hall or the Humourists

New York and London, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1896. Cloth. A smart complete two volume set of this episodic novel from American author Washington Irving, illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Complete in two volumes. The Surrey edition. In the publisher's original blue decorative cloth bindings, with a gilt to top edge.A work by Washington Iriving, an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century.Irving was one of the first American writers to earn acclaim in Europe, and he encouraged other American authors such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Herman Melville, and Edgar Allan Poe.Originally published in 1822 under the pseudonym Geoffrey Crayon, this episodic novel contains a series of  location-based series of character sketches, with a number of individual plots. Volume one is illustrated with a frontispiece and 13 plates, three of which by Arthur Rackham. Volume two is illustrated with a frontispiece and 13 plates, one of which by Arthur Rackham. Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally, very smart. Light bumping to the heads and tails of the spines. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Light spotting to fore edges. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: C.H. Schmolze; Arthur Rackham; William Hyde; F.S. Church; Harrison Miller; Henry Sandham; C.S. Reinhart; Julian Rix. Very Good Indeed .