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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
de RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); IRVING, Washington
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London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd,, 1928. 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". 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. Latimore & Haskell, pp. 63-64; Riall, pp. 164-165. Saturday Review, 8 December 1928, p. 786.
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- Título
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
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- RACKHAM, Arthur (illus.); IRVING, Washington
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- Usado
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- London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd,
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- 1928
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Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 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...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
