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Knickerbocker's History of New York: and Salmagundi
de Washington Irving
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Acceptable
- Librería
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
George Routledge & Co., 1850. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1850. No Edition Remarks. 232 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Ex-library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Clean pages with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. Pen markings to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is darkened. Minor wear marks to boards.
Sinopsis
For the bicentennial of its original publication—the first full-length book from the father of the American short storyIn 1809, New Yorkers were buzzing about a series of classified ads concerning the whereabouts of Dutch historian Diedrich Knickerbocker. They were unaware that Washington Irving had invented the man entirely and placed the ads himself. Knickerbocker's purported manuscript, A History of New York, was Irving's own. Told from Knickerbocker's point of view, A History of New York is a chronicle of New York's fifty years under Dutch rule in the 1600s that plays fast and loose with the facts, to uproarious effect. Irving's good-humored spoofing had staying power, and his satire provided the city with its first self-portrait. A History of New York propelled Irving to the heights of literary stardom and even made a little history of its own: New Yorkers are called Knickerbockers to this day.
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- Librería
- World of Rare Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 1674740846BMH
- Título
- Knickerbocker's History of New York: and Salmagundi
- Autor
- Washington Irving
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Acceptable
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- George Routledge & Co.
- Fecha de publicación
- 1850
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
