Sleepy Hollow by Washington, First Edition (136 results)

Signed limited edition, number 146 of 250 British copies signed and numbered by the artist. A further 125 signed and numbered copies were issued for America. Latimore & Haskell, pp. 63-4; Riall, pp. 164-5. Quarto. Original Japanese vellum, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, colour pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Colour frontispiece and seven colour plates mounted on paper, with lettered paper guards, black and white illustrations in the text, all by Rackham. Head and foot of spine slightly bumped, occasional browning, fixed endpapers slightly cockled; a near-fine copy.

Full-Leather. Condition: Good. Rackham, Arthur (illustrator). First Edition. Rare limited edition beautifully signed and likely numbered by Arthur Rackham with what appears to be fountain pen at limition page: "Edition limited to Two Hundred and Fifty Copies for England and One Hundred and Twenty-five Copies for the United States, of which this is No. '80' of the English issue. 'Arthur Rackham.'" Stated at copyright: "Published 1928 by George G. Harrap & Co." Larger 8 1/4" x 10 1/2" gift book design. Cream vellum (leather) boards, whimsically stylish gilt cover and spine titles, moderate cover, edge wear, discoloration, bow. Rough-cut deckled leaves very good, no writing. Frontispiece color plate by Rackham: "Frequently see strange sights, and hear music and voices in the air." Classic two-page illustrated spreads at front and back endpapers in monochromatic golden browns, with varying hues of black & white. Scene features main characters below trees teeming with ghouls and black cats and Sleepy Hollow in b.g. Beautifully, aptly illustrated throughout by the esteemed artist Arthur Rackham. Includes eight richly colored mounted plates with partial-page imagery, decoration, headers and tailpieces throughout. Plates are captioned at adjacent page with vignette verso this preceding page. Bind good; hinges intact. Rare signed limited edition of this classic. Contains a prologue by D. K., Irving's most well known public persona, Diedrich Knickerbocker. One of American literature's most enduring and popular tales, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow tells the tragic story of the love triangle that develops between the ill-fated Ichabod Crane, Brom Bones and Katrina Van Tassel. Lavishly decorated by Rackham in his, by turns, humorous and blood-curdling illustrations. Headless horsemen hail from Northern European storytelling, in German, Irish, Scandinavian (The Wild Hunt) and English legends, and were included in Robert Burns's "Tam o' Shanter" (1790) and The Wild Huntsman (1796). Appearing as omens for those who disregard apparitions, these spectors found victims in proud schemers bearing hubris and arrogance. The most notable, however, was the spector of Sleepy Hollow, who had been riding the trails with his horse among the church yard graves. Enter Brom Bones, who made light of the galloping Hessian as an arrant horseman. He disaffirmed that returning one night from a neighboring village, being overtaken by the midnight trooper. That he had offered to race with him for a bowl of punch and should have won it too, for Daredevil beat the goblin horse all hollow, but as they came to the church bridge, the Hessian bolted and vanished in a flash of flame. All these haunts, told in a hushed undertone as men whisper in the dark, the countenances of the listeners only now and then receiving a casual gleam from the shine of a pipe, sank deep in the mind of Ichabod.Washington Irving was an American author, essayist, biographer and historian of the early 19th century. In 1809, he published, The History of New York, under his most well known public persona, Diedrich Knickerbocker. Irving is best known for his short stories, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle". Printed in Great Britain by H. & J. Pillans & Wilson, Edinburgh. 103 pages. Insured post. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by Artist.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., Nos. I-VII. New-York: Printed by C.S. van Winkle, 1819-1820. Bound in two books, Mixed states. 8.25 x 5.25", 8vos. **Previous provenance of George Washington Nesmith (friend of Daniel Webster). No. I: 1819, 2nd Printing, according to BAL 10106 (Bibliography of American Literature): Last line of copyright notice "-ving, and etching.". & Title-page imprint "101. Greenwich Street." **Includes first appearance of RIP van Winkle p. 55. No. II: 1820, printed one year after first edition - BAL 10106 found no typographic or textual variations in Part II. Pagination includes No. I as well, 169 pp. No. III: 1820, later printing. New pagination: 1-92 pp. No. IV: 1819, first printing, BAL 10106 has found no typographic or textual variations. 242 - 335 pp. **End of first book. No V: 1820, later printing. New pagination: 1-108 pp. No. VI: 1820, first printing, 120 pp total. - BAL 10106 explains variations which make this a first printing: p. 38 (last line): "species."; p. 93 (line 8): ".his/"; p. 105 (line 9): ".la-"; p. 106 (line 16): ".yeo-"; p. 114 (line 11): ".cast-iron"; p. 115 (line 13): ".and"; p. 116 (line 3): ".intelli-"; p. 117 (first line): "the.". Includes first appearance of Legend of Sleepy Hollow p. 50. No. VII: 1820, first printing, 123 pp total. - BAL 10106 explains variations which make this a first printing: p. [5] (line 2 of preliminary poem): ".they."; p. 21 (line 20): ".notes, and piling"; p. 33 (line 6): ".which lavish,"; p. 34: 22 lines of text; p. 36 (line 10): ".reccollections"; p. 41 (line 13): ".thick-"; p. 45 (line 3): "flowers."; p. 46 (last line): "tre of his cage. The scene."; p. 64 (last line): ".royal". A Discourse, Delivered at Plymouth, December 22, 1820. In Commemoration of the First Settlement of New-England. By Daniel Webster. Boston: Wells and Lilly, 1821. 104 pp, found after No. VII of Geoffrey Crayon in 2nd book. In poor condition. As is. Leather boards are generally scuffed and worn at edges and corners. All front and rear hinges are split with exposed cording. Heads and tails of spines lacking - binding exposed. Both bindings are beginning to break - fragile. Front boards attached by cording only. No front end-pages or fly-leaves in either book. Title pages of No. I & No. V (first in each new book) exhibited previous ownership signature and marginalia: G.W. Nesmith, Franklin, 1822. & Geo. W. Nesmith, March 10, 1823. Water dampness staining exhibited in both volumes, mostly around edges or at tail of gutter. Toning, foxing, and age-staining exhibited throughout text-block, but all leaves are legible. Some instances of exposed cording. Bindings are intact, but very fragile. Perfect candidates for restoration. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. Washington Irving (1783-1859) was an American short-story writer, essayist, biographer, historian and diplomat in the early 19th century. He is most well-known for his short-stories Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, for which these are FIRST EDITIONS being sold. No. I, of which Rip Van Winkle is included, is a 2nd printing (according to BAL), and No. VI, of which Sleepy Hollow is included, is a 1st printing (also according to BAL). All points of first printings have been checked and compared. George Washington Nesmith (1800-1890), previous provenance, was a justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court from 1859 to 1870, and was later involved in the administration of the New Hampshire Agricultural College. He was described as being "an intimate friend of Daniel Webster (1782-1852)," and as "one of New Hampshire's most noted jurists." Nesmith's close friendship with Daniel Webster was "one of his most pleasant recollections," and he has long been quoted in matters relating to the history of the great expounder. He was noted as having "resembled Webster somewhat in personal appearance". Nesmith first saw Webster speak in 1818, while Nesmith was still a student at Dartmouth. He became personally acquainted with Webster in 1824, when brothers Daniel and Ezekiel Webster visited a farm that had been their childhood haunt, and over the following years, Nesmith and Webster became very close friends. In 1858, Nesmith wrote a well-received biography of Webster's father, Ebenezer Webster. Nesmith most likely included a work by Webster in the second book to keep pagination relatively similar between the two individually bound works, and also because Webster was his close friend & respected colleague. Incredibly scarce first printing with interesting provenance. Please message us with any questions.

8vo, old full straight-grain morocco gilt; gilt spine. First edition; first printing of Parts I, II and VI. BAL 10106. Marginal ink stains to the last few leaves of text; old ink ownership signature on blank leaf; two short tears, one marginal and the other not affecting legibility. Slight small scuffs to the handsome binding at joints; tight and sound.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Rackham, Arthur (illustrator). First Edition. Stated at copyright: Published 1928 by George G. Harrap & Co. No other dates, indications. Large 8" x 10" gift book design. Dark green full-cloth boards, bright gilt embossed cover and spine design, titles, light shelf wear. Whimsically stylish and crisp gilt titles and cover design feature Ichibod Crane and his lady being swarmed by giant owl. Pages near fine, clean; no writing. Frontispiece color plate by Rackham: "Frequently see strange sights, and hear music and voices in the air." Classic two-page spread, monochromatic in golden brown w/black & white in various hues, illustrated endpapers at front and back. Scene features main characters below trees teeming with ghouls and black cats and Sleepy Hollow townscape in b.g. Beautifully, aptly illustrated throughout by the esteemed artist Arthur Rackham. Includes eight full-color plates and partial-page imagery, decoration, headers and tailpieces throughout. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Rare cream dust wrapper w/large front panel illustration matching front board and crisp titles at spine, moderate shelf, edge wear, rub, discoloration; protected in new clear sleeve. Scarce near fine beautifully crafted volume in near very good original wrapper. Contains a prologue by D. K., Irving's most well known public persona, Diedrich Knickerbocker. One of American literature's most enduring and popular tales, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow tells the tragic story of the love triangle that develops between the ill-fated Ichabod Crane, Brom Bones and Katrina Van Tassel. Lavishly decorated by Rackham in his, by turns, humorous and blood-curdling illustrations. Headless horsemen hail from Northern European storytelling, in German, Irish, Scandinavian (The Wild Hunt) and English legends, and were included in Robert Burns's "Tam o' Shanter" (1790) and The Wild Huntsman (1796). Appearing as omens for those who disregard apparitions, these spectors found victims in proud schemers bearing hubris and arrogance. The most notable, however, was the spector of Sleepy Hollow, who had been riding the trails with his horse among the church yard graves. Enter Brom Bones, who made light of the galloping Hessian as an arrant horseman. He disaffirmed that returning one night from a neighboring village, being overtaken by the midnight trooper. That he had offered to race with him for a bowl of punch and should have won it too, for Daredevil beat the goblin horse all hollow, but as they came to the church bridge, the Hessian bolted and vanished in a flash of flame. All these haunts, told in a hushed undertone as men whisper in the dark, the countenances of the listeners only now and then receiving a casual gleam from the shine of a pipe, sank deep in the mind of Ichabod.Washington Irving was an American author, essayist, biographer and historian of the early 19th century. In 1809, he published, The History of New York, under his most well known public persona, Diedrich Knickerbocker. Irving is best known for his short stories, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle". Printed in Great Britain by H. & J. Pillans & Wilson, Edinburgh. 103 pages. Insured post. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

First Edition, first issue with top edge gilt. With 8 impressive colour plates and numerous drawings in black and white throughout and with coloured illustrated endpapers all by Arthur Rackham 4to, original dark green cloth lettered and pictorially decorated in gilt on the upper cover, lettered in gilt on the spine, with pictorial endpapers by Arthur Rackham, t.e.g. IN THE SCARCE ORIGINAL DUSTJACKET 103. A bright and fine copy, internally completely free of the spotting which so frequently plagues these titles, the cloth bright and fresh, the scarce jacket with only minor edgewear and a bit of mellowing but still showing very well indeed. RACKHAM S MAGICAL, OTHER-WORLDLY ILLUSTRATIONS ADD A GOTHIC FLAVOR TO THIS CLASSIC TALE. Washington Irving s story of "The Headless Horseman", is one of the true and greatest favorites of American literature. Employing his more adult and almost sinister style it is made all the more wonderful by Arthur Rackham s illustrations. A fine combination of efforts between illustrator and author and probably the best rendering to date of Irving s constantly retold tale.

First trade edition, first impression. A contemporary review of the book in the Saturday Review on 8 December 1928 stated "Mr. Rackham's illustrations are beautifully suited to Washington Irving's Legend of Sleepy Hollow. This book is exceptionally well produced". Latimore & Haskell, pp. 63-64; Riall, pp. 164-165. Saturday Review, 8 December 1928, p. 786. Octavo. Original green cloth, spine and front cover lettered in gilt, front cover with vignette in gilt, illustrated endpapers, top edge gilt. With dust jacket. Colour frontispiece and 7 colour plates, title page printed in green and black, black and white illustrations in the text, all by Rackham. Extremities very slightly bumped and rubbed, some light browning; slightly soiled unpriced jacket worn at extremities with tears to spine and front cover, tape repairs to reverse: a near-fine copy in a very good jacket.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Rackham, Arthur (illustrator). First Edition. Undated; circa 1928. Large 8" x 10" gift book design. Black cloth boards, color plate, gilt spine titles, light shelf wear, rub. Cover plate depicts the dynamic haunted headless horseman, stylish titles graced by two mischievous elfin characters. Pages very good, clean. Frontispiece color plate with captioned tissue guard by Rackham: "Frequently see strange sights, and hear music and voices in the air." Classic two-page spread, monochromatic in golden sepias and oranges w/black & white in various hues, illustrated endpapers at front, back. Scene features main characters below trees teeming with ghouls and black cats and Sleepy Hollow townscape in b.g. Classic antiquarian bookstore label at endpapers: "Brentano's, New York." Beautifully and aptly illustrated throughout by the esteemed artist Arthur Rackham. Includes eight whimsically creepy full-color plates and partial-page imagery, decoration, headers and tailpieces throughout. Bind good, square; hinges intact. Rare cream dust wrapper w/large front panel illustration matching front board and crisp titles at spine, moderate chip, rub; protected in new clear sleeve. Scarce very good finely crafted volume in good original wrapper. Contains a prologue by D. K., Irving's most well known public persona, Diedrich Knickerbocker. One of American literature's most enduring and popular tales, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow tells the tragic story of the love triangle that develops between the ill-fated Ichabod Crane, Brom Bones and Katrina Van Tassel. Lavishly decorated by Rackham in his, by turns, humorous and blood-curdling illustrations. Headless horsemen hail from Northern European storytelling, in German, Irish, Scandinavian (The Wild Hunt) and English legends, and were included in Robert Burns's "Tam o' Shanter" (1790) and The Wild Huntsman (1796). Appearing as omens for those who disregard apparitions, these spectors found victims in proud schemers bearing hubris and arrogance. The most notable, however, was the spector of Sleepy Hollow, who had been riding the trails with his horse among the church yard graves. Enter Brom Bones, who made light of the galloping Hessian as an arrant horseman. He disaffirmed that returning one night from a neighboring village, being overtaken by the midnight trooper. That he had offered to race with him for a bowl of punch and should have won it too, for Daredevil beat the goblin horse all hollow, but as they came to the church bridge, the Hessian bolted and vanished in a flash of flame. All these haunts, told in a hushed undertone as men whisper in the dark, the countenances of the listeners only now and then receiving a casual gleam from the shine of a pipe, sank deep in the mind of Ichabod.Washington Irving was an American author, essayist, biographer and historian of the early 19th century. In 1809, he published, The History of New York, under his most well known public persona, Diedrich Knickerbocker. Irving is best known for his short stories, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle". 102 pages. Insured post. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Rackham, Arthur (illustrator). First Edition. Stated at copyright: Published 1928 by George G. Harrap & Co. No other dates, indications. Large 8" x 10" gift book design. Dark green full-cloth boards, bright gilt embossed cover and spine design, titles, moderate shelf wear, some fleck. Whimsically stylish titles and cover design feature Ichibod Crane and his lady being swarmed by giant owl. Pages near fine, clean. Antiquarian inscription at front endpaper: "Poppy., from her loving Oma. The Hague, 24th December, 1929." Frontispiece color plate by Rackham: "Frequently see strange sights, and hear music and voices in the air." Classic two-page spread, monochromatic in golden brown w/black & white in various hues, illustrated endpapers at front, back. Scene features main characters below trees teeming with ghouls and black cats and Sleepy Hollow townscape in b.g. Beautifully aptly illustrated throughout by the esteemed artist Arthur Rackham. Includes eight full-color plates and partial-page imagery, decoration, headers and tailpieces throughout. Bind fine; hinges intact. Contains a prologue by D. K., Irving's most well known public persona, Diedrich Knickerbocker. One of American literature's most enduring and popular tales, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow tells the tragic story of the love triangle that develops between the ill-fated Ichabod Crane, Brom Bones and Katrina Van Tassel. Lavishly decorated by Rackham in his, by turns, humorous and blood-curdling illustrations. Headless horsemen hail from Northern European storytelling, in German, Irish, Scandinavian (The Wild Hunt) and English legends, and were included in Robert Burns's "Tam o' Shanter" (1790) and The Wild Huntsman (1796). Appearing as omens for those who disregard apparitions, these spectors found victims in proud schemers bearing hubris and arrogance. The most notable, however, was the spector of Sleepy Hollow, who had been riding the trails with his horse among the church yard graves. Enter Brom Bones, who made light of the galloping Hessian as an arrant horseman. He disaffirmed that returning one night from a neighboring village, being overtaken by the midnight trooper. That he had offered to race with him for a bowl of punch and should have won it too, for Daredevil beat the goblin horse all hollow, but as they came to the church bridge, the Hessian bolted and vanished in a flash of flame. All these haunts, told in a hushed undertone as men whisper in the dark, the countenances of the listeners only now and then receiving a casual gleam from the shine of a pipe, sank deep in the mind of Ichabod.Washington Irving was an American author, essayist, biographer and historian of the early 19th century. In 1809, he published, The History of New York, under his most well known public persona, Diedrich Knickerbocker. Irving is best known for his short stories, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle". Printed in Great Britain by H. & J. Pillans & Wilson, Edinburgh. 103 pages. Insured post. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. With Endpapers, coloured plates and black and white line drawings by Arthur Rackham. (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition 1928. Top edges gilt. With the publishers pictorial gilt decorated full brown leather. Endpapers, full page colour plates and black and white text illustrations by Arthur Rackham. One fox mark to title page. Leather lightly rubbed around edges and corners, a few light scuff marks to spine and boards. Gilt decoration to front cover by Arthur Rackham is clean and bright. Generally a very good solid copy. This is the rare de luxe full leather binding. 103 p. Book.

First trade edition. Quarto (9 13/16 x 7 1/2 inches; 250 x 191 mm.). Collating 102, [1], [1, blank]. Publisher's green cloth pictorially stamped in gilt on front cover and lettered in gilt on spine. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Pictorial endpapers. Eight color plates and thirty drawings in black and white. A Near Fine copy in a VG+ original color pictorial dust jacket with just some chipping and loss to the spine extremities and edges. By 1928, the traditional Rackham book - freely and lavishly illustrated, and lushly produced - was, culturally no longer in fashion nor financially feasible. Artistically, Rackham's work was being overshadowed by a younger generation. Publisher George Harrap stepped in, took up the challenge, and, through production economies, published a new kind of Rackham book. But if the volumes were not as spectacular as in the past, the artwork was no less impressive. Latimore and Haskell 63-64. Riall 164-165.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Rackham, Arthur (illustrator). First Edition. Stated at copyright: Published 1928 by George G. Harrap & Co. No other dates, indications. Large 8" x 10" gift book design. Dark green full-cloth boards, bright gilt embossed cover and spine design, titles, moderate shelf wear, bow, some bump to lower corner. Whimsically stylish titles and cover design feature Ichibod Crane and his lady being swarmed by giant owl. Pages very good, clean; few with light fox. Frontispiece color plate by Rackham: "Frequently see strange sights, and hear music and voices in the air." Classic two-page spread illustrated at front and back endpapers with monochromatic miasma in golden brown w/black & white in various hues. Scene features main characters below trees teeming with ghouls and black cats and Sleepy Hollow townscape in b.g. Beautifully and aptly illustrated throughout by the esteemed artist Arthur Rackham. Includes eight full-color plates and partial-page imagery, decoration, headers and tailpieces throughout. Bind fine; hinges intact. Near very good first edition. Contains a prologue by D. K., Irving's most well known public persona, Diedrich Knickerbocker. One of American literature's most enduring and popular tales, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow tells the tragic story of the love triangle that develops between the ill-fated Ichabod Crane, Brom Bones and Katrina Van Tassel. Lavishly decorated by Rackham in his, by turns, humorous and blood-curdling illustrations. Headless horsemen hail from Northern European storytelling, in German, Irish, Scandinavian (The Wild Hunt) and English legends, and were included in Robert Burns's "Tam o' Shanter" (1790) and The Wild Huntsman (1796). Appearing as omens for those who disregard apparitions, these spectors found victims in proud schemers bearing hubris and arrogance. The most notable, however, was the spector of Sleepy Hollow, who had been riding the trails with his horse among the church yard graves. Enter Brom Bones, who made light of the galloping Hessian as an arrant horseman. He disaffirmed that returning one night from a neighboring village, being overtaken by the midnight trooper. That he had offered to race with him for a bowl of punch and should have won it too, for Daredevil beat the goblin horse all hollow, but as they came to the church bridge, the Hessian bolted and vanished in a flash of flame. All these haunts, told in a hushed undertone as men whisper in the dark, the countenances of the listeners only now and then receiving a casual gleam from the shine of a pipe, sank deep in the mind of Ichabod.Washington Irving was an American author, essayist, biographer and historian of the early 19th century. In 1809, he published, The History of New York, under his most well known public persona, Diedrich Knickerbocker. Irving is best known for his short stories, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle". Printed in Great Britain by H. & J. Pillans & Wilson, Edinburgh. 103 pages. Insured post. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Cloth. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: good. Arthur Rackham (illustrator). First Edition. 8x 10 inches (20 x 25.5 cm), green cloth with gilt lettering and illustration on front and gilt lettering on spine, gilt on top page edges. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. 8 color plates plus numerous black and white illustrations. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. There are two dust jackets. Outermost jacket has blue and red lettering on spine. Inner dust jacket has some green lettering on spine and large chip at top of spine obscuring most of the word "the". Both jacket have chips and small tears. This book is scarce in dust jacket. 103 pp.

1st Edition. 19 x 24.8 cm green cloth with gilt stamped titles and decoration to the front and titles to the spine, top edge gilt other edges uncut. Pictorial endpapers, 102[1], [1]blank, gilt and black decorative title page, 8 colour plates including frontispiece and black and white illustrations within the text. In original dust jacket. The boards have been well protected by the jacket and are clean and bright with just a touch of rubbing to the spine tips and corners. Internally, without name, inscription or bookplate and just a little light spotting to a couple of pages. The dust jacket which is now protected in a removable, clear cover (not shown) is lightly dust stained with a couple of ink marks on the rear panel. There is loss to the spine tips and corners of up to 1.5 cm. Loss at the head of the spine extends for 1.5 cm on to the front panel and 4.5 cm on the rear. There are a few closed tears on the top and bottom edges extending up to 4.5 cm. All in all a very good looking book in a scarce dust jacket. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.

Publisher's dummy, preceding the first edition. Original green cloth with gilt titles and an illustration to the upper board, and a mock up of the spine for the finalised book with gilt titles affixed to the lower board. In the dustwrapper. Consisting of 10 leaves (not including plates), with illustrated endpapers, two colour illustration plates, and five black and white header and footer illustrations. A catalogue clipping announcing this title is tipped in on the front pastedown, with the statement that the book will be ready in August revised in pencil to September. A very good or better copy, the binding firm, the spine tips a little rubbed and the boards just slightly bowed. Complete with the original dustwrapper which has chipping to the spine tips and flap hinges, and a closed tear to the front flap hinge with associated creasing. A wonderful and scarce artefact of the publishing process. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.

Full-Leather. Condition: Good. Rackham, Arthur (illustrator). First Edition. Stated at copyright: "Published 1928 by George G. Harrap & Co. Reprinted 1928" No other dates, indications. Large 8" x 10" gift book design. Harrap's deluxe issue in binding of full brown calf pictorially blocked in gilt. Rare in the chestnut colored leather boards with some edge wear, rub, spine chip, hinges with some wear. Bright gilt impressed cover titles and design. Whimsically stylish gilt titles and Rackham cover impression features a haunted tree in foreground w/steeple and townscape, rolling hills in b.g. Deckled pages near fine, no writing; front endpaper w/slight discoloration to edge. Bright gilded top edge. Frontispiece color plate by Rackham: "Frequently see strange sights, and hear music and voices in the air." Classic two-page illustrated spreads at front and back endpapers in monochromatic golden browns, w/varying hues of black & white; front pastedown w/small sticker-pull. Scene features main characters below trees teeming with ghouls and black cats and Sleepy Hollow in b.g. Beautifully, aptly illustrated throughout by the esteemed artist Arthur Rackham. Includes eight full-color plates and partial-page imagery, decoration, headers and tailpieces throughout. Bind good; back hinge reinforced. Rare near good leather bound example of this classic. Contains a prologue by D. K., Irving's most well known public persona, Diedrich Knickerbocker. One of American literature's most enduring and popular tales, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow tells the tragic story of the love triangle that develops between the ill-fated Ichabod Crane, Brom Bones and Katrina Van Tassel. Lavishly decorated by Rackham in his, by turns, humorous and blood-curdling illustrations. Headless horsemen hail from Northern European storytelling, in German, Irish, Scandinavian (The Wild Hunt) and English legends, and were included in Robert Burns's "Tam o' Shanter" (1790) and The Wild Huntsman (1796). Appearing as omens for those who disregard apparitions, these spectors found victims in proud schemers bearing hubris and arrogance. The most notable, however, was the spector of Sleepy Hollow, who had been riding the trails with his horse among the church yard graves. Enter Brom Bones, who made light of the galloping Hessian as an arrant horseman. He disaffirmed that returning one night from a neighboring village, being overtaken by the midnight trooper. That he had offered to race with him for a bowl of punch and should have won it too, for Daredevil beat the goblin horse all hollow, but as they came to the church bridge, the Hessian bolted and vanished in a flash of flame. All these haunts, told in a hushed undertone as men whisper in the dark, the countenances of the listeners only now and then receiving a casual gleam from the shine of a pipe, sank deep in the mind of Ichabod.Washington Irving was an American author, essayist, biographer and historian of the early 19th century. In 1809, he published, The History of New York, under his most well known public persona, Diedrich Knickerbocker. Irving is best known for his short stories, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle". Printed in Great Britain by H. & J. Pillans & Wilson, Edinburgh. 103 pages. Insured post. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. Includes remains of dust jacket. With illustrations by Arthur Rackham, including 8 colour plates with caption on facing page and line drawings throughout. Dark green with gilt titles and decorations. Illustrated endpapers. Top edge gilt. Remaining front of the dj laid in. Condition: Top and bottom of spine slightly compressed. Titles and decoration bright. All plates complete. Frontispiece partially detached at spine, with small closed tear to bottom border. Scattered light foxing. Book protected in film which has been taped inside boards. Size: 10 x 8 inches / 26 x 20 cm. 103 pages. Weight: 620g.

8vo., First Edition thus, on laid paper, with coloured frontispiece, title in green and black, 7 fine coloured plates, 30 monochrome illustrations in the text and pictorial endpapers in half-tone and yellow, small neat contemporary inscription on half-title; original green cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt top, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. Latimore & Haskell, pp.63-64; Riall pp.164-165.

Designed and etched by Felix O C Darley. 16 pp. Six engraved plates. Oblong folio, original printed wrappers. First edition. Wrappers spotted and worn; a few marginal spots to some of the plates.

First edition. Number 120 of an undisclosed number of copies. INSCRIBED "For my dear friend of many years Caramai Carroll with all best of wishes from the author, Jennie Prince Black, Dec 15th/38." The music composer and pianist Jennie Prince Black (1868 - 1945) was a life-long resident of Irvington, NY, and the person responsible for the memorial to Washington Irving there. There is a chapter dedicated to the story of "the memorial started in 1919 and finished in 1926," including a recounting of the strange phenomenon that occurred the night of her address at Irvington Town Hall on the 50th anniversary of Irving's death. She also writes about playing on the grounds of the Irving estate and the one time she was invited inside; about growing up in the area; and about the famous people who have visited the area. There are humorous sketches from her life both in Irvington and from her very young days wintering with her family in Manhattan. In a tribute to her in her local paper, The Irvington Gazette, the editor wrote, "This tribute to her memory is but a feeble effort to honor her as she should be honored." As is, we hope, this catalog description of her book. 12mo red cloth, gilt-stamped front board, frontis portrait of the author, illustrated with photographic plates, 112pp. A bit of darkening to gutters otherwise near fine. Scarce to rare.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First edition thus. A very clean, bright and solid copy of this limited edition publication. Illustrated marbled endpapers. Bound in one quarter dark brown cowhide, stamped in gilt on the spine. A lovely copy in all respects. Housed in a plain buff slip-case. Fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Moser, Barry (illustrator). 1st. 1st trade edition, large 8vo, white cloth over black blindstamped boards, illustrated with wood cuts by Barry Moser, signed by Moser on the title page. Very fine in fine, unclipped dj. Signed by the artist.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Oblong folio hardcover volume in gold embossed green cloth boards. Leather spine chipped and failing front board off. No inner markings Rip van Winle plates have a watermark to right side not into images. Some plates have foxing. 12 plates total.

Condition: New. First Edition. First Edition thus. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving. ISBN:9783732690268. Collectible item in excellent condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition in this range thus. Date not known, research suggests 1899. From the collection of an avid collector. Two copies of this fine edition, age toned, some creases, small tear to outer cover of one edition, clean, clear and very readable. delightful.

Condition: New. First Edition. First Edition thus. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) (Annotated) by Washington Irving. ISBN:9781774765418. Collectible item in excellent condition.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good ++. No Jacket. Reprint. Bound in wheat colored buckram, stamped in brown in matching slipcase. This is #1126 out of 1200 copies in this edition. Tight, clean copy in slipcase that has held up well. Six (6) handsome illustrations by Bernhardt Wall Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hardcover. Illustrated by Russ Flint (illustrator). First Edition Thus; Second Printing. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. Previous owner inscription on front paste down. ; 12.1 X 8.2 X 0.8 inches; 64 pages.

Condition: New. First Edition. First Edition thus. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving. ISBN:9780809595143. Collectible item in excellent condition.

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. pp. vii, b, 53, [3]. 8vo., measuring 6.5" x 9". Quarter tan cloth over like paper boards, bright gilt lettering to the spine and front board, lovely untrimmed page edges, single green ribbon-marker. Printed on thick hand-made "RIccardi Paper", in a limited edition of 1000 copies. Remarkably well-preserved, extremities entirely without blemish, contents equally bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; near fine and housed in in the rare original dust-jacket showing a light touch of edge-wear (now housed in protective mylar cover). Overall, very good+. "Of this Edition of Rip Van Winkle & The Legends of Sleepy Hollow in the Eleven Point Riccardi Fount have been printed on hand-made Riccardi Paper, 1000 copies for Great Britain, and on vellum 12 copies, of which 10 are for sale. Hand-numbered with this being, "Paper Copy Number, 403".