Washington Irving F O C Darley (23 results)

Condition: As New. Hart, Wm; Oertell; Darley, F. O. C.; Huntington, Daniel; Hoppin; Kensett, John Frederick; Richards, T. A.; Leutze, Emanuel (illustrator). Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Darley, F.O.C. (illustrator). First Thus. First Sleepy Hollow Press Edition, First Printing. Bound in Blue cloth with the front cover and spine stamped in gilt and blind. Illustrated throughout in black-and-white. The contents pages have underlining, highlighting, and notations in ink otherwise the text is unmarked. The dust jacket has chips and closed tears to the edges and the longest, 1 inch, has been closed with clear tape in the inside. The dust jacket has damp stain to the spine. The book has a minor stain to the fore edge. Better than it sounds. vii + 425 pp.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Darley, F. O. C. (illustrator).

Embossed Blue Cloth. Condition: Very Good+. F.O.C. Darley (illustrator). Facsimile Reprint. Facsmilie reprint of 1854 Edition; Textblock very clean and tight; Light bumping to head and foot of spine, rubbing to the tips of spine and corners, couple light moisture spots on the back cover. Large rear fold-out showing Peter Stuyvesant's Army Entering New Amsterdam (from a drawing of William Heath of London). 454pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Darley, F. O. C. (illustrator). 1st Edition. No writing. Cover is worn on edges and soiled. Binding is good. Gold page edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. F. O. C. Darley (illustrator). Uncommon and nicely illustrated edition. Decorative boards with illustrated covers. Boards with heavy wear, spine with chips taken, rear panel with severe paint loss; gift inscription inside; pages wrinkled.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Darley, F. O. C. (illustrator). Tarrytown, NY. Sleepy Hollow Press.1981 Hard Covers. Facsimile Edition. Originally published in 1848 Navy boards with elaborate gilt tooling embossed on front board and gilt decoration to spine. Illustrations by F.O.C Darley. Intro. by Andrew B. Myers. Lovely engravings. A sumptuous reproduction which is fine except for some minor deckling to the top of the front wrapper The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., commonly referred to as The Sketch Book, is a collection of 34 essays and short stories written by the American author Washington Irving Washington Irving's classic tales Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow made their first appearance in his Sketch Book (1819-20) but soon achieved a popularity of their own, carrying Irving's reputation beyond his native America. Published in many editions, these two little stories continue to charm readers all over the world, and their characters have become part of popular legend The Sketch Book, was among first widely read works of American literature in Britain and Europe. It also helped advance the reputation of American writers with an international audience.

Pictorial Boards. Condition: Good. No Jacket. F O C Darley (illustrator). First Thus. 87 pgs. Pictorial boards, edge worn, soiled, cracking along spine folds, small losses to spine, gift inscription and damp stain to title page, a few marks and corner bends. Excerpted from Diedrich Knickerbocker's History of New York with illustrations by Darley which originally appeared in the 1850 edition and would be the launchpad for Darley's renown as an illustrator (Bolton pgs 140-1). BAL 10397. Size: 8vo.

Leather. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham; F.O.C. Darley; et al. (illustrator). Limited Edition. First Printing. Westminister Edition, a Limited Edition of 175 copies, of which this is No. 59. Printed on linen paper, in royal octavo size, with tissue-protected proofs on Japan paper of the full-page illustrations (including the frontispiece), and decorative borders in gold and colors. Whole bound in English calf, with gilt tops and rough edges. Thick printed purple and gilt endpapers . Head and heel of spine and edges very mildly worn, shadows of tissue protectors, else fine; unmarked, tight, square, and clean. VERY GOOD. . Engravings. 4to 11" - 13" tall. vi, (ii), 315, (1) pp.

Original printed brown wrappers, wrappers detached. Corners bent, front wrapper chipped and worn at edges. Very light foxing and stains at edges. 16 pp., 6 uncolored plates lithographed by Sarony & Major. Copyright date of 1850 on verso of title page. Another Darley illustration, in the same style as the six included in this work, is laid in.

Hardcover. Condition: Collectible-very Good. F. O. C. Darley (illustrator). First British Illustrated Edition. 456 pages. 8vo. Bound in gilt decorated dark green (blue?) morocco, with gilded dentelles. First British illustrated edition, published in the same year as the first American illustrated edition. Both contain 17 engraved plates after drawings by F. O. C. Darley. Short stories and essays written by Washington Irving under the pseudonym Geoffrey Crayon. The book is in very good condition: clean and tight, with some toning of pages; some rubbing of leather covers. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

hardcover. Illus. by F.O.C. Darley (illustrator). Revised ed. 8vo, 465 pp., Bound in red cloth with gilt and blind stamping; all edges gilt. Stated as "Authpr's Revised Edition" on title page., This copy bears the signature of Washington Irving on a small piece of paper which is affixed to the front pastedown. The signature is followed by the printed word "President" and was therefore likely taken from a document from the Astor Library, forerunner to the New York Public Library,where Irving was appointed as first chairman in John Jacob Astor's will on his death in 1848. Very good copy in the original decorated cloth.