Washington Irving , Ed. Geoffrey Crayon A Book of the Hudson Collected from the Various Works of Diedrich Knickerbocker
N. Y.: G. P. Putnam, 1849 Hard Cover. First Edition. green stamped cloth, rubs and bumps at corners of covers, spine cracked and last of two blank fly pages torn. Important first appearence of stories such as The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle, interior good. In the rear of the book the last sixteen pages contain catalog of Putnam's new publications. Very scarce. Historical American Literature collectible.
Contents:
Introduction
Communipaw
Guests from Gibbet Island
Peter Styvesant's Voyage up the Hudson
The Chronicle of Bearn Island
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Dolph Heyliger
Rip Van Winkle
Wolfert Webber
