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Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: One volume ONLY. Worn and scuffed detached leather covers, leather over spine missing, few pages on each end detached with covers including torn and chipped title page, last signature loose, couple of page edges chipped, foxing throughout, but still very legible. First edition, second issue. 274 pages plus ten pages of ads. Photographs and more detailed description happily provided.
Seller: Vintage Quaker Books, Bath, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Original green muslin cloth with paper spine label. 12mo. One of 5000 copies printed. According to Blanck this is the second state with sheets bulking 11/16 of an inch thick. The paper label is of undetermined state due to chipping. The catalog at the end of the book is Blanck's state D with 12 pages of ads. An autobiographical narrative by Irving, published as the first volume of "The Crayon Miscellanies". Irving made a trip to the Indian territory in 1832 along with Henry Ellsworth, a government commissioner, and 3 other companions. They traveled westward from Fort Gibson in Oklahoma and lived among the frontiersmen and in camps and buffalo-hunting grounds of the Pawnee, Osage, and Creek tribes. Irving provides romanticized descriptions of Western life and also recounts various Indian legends and folklore. This is a good to very good copy with some spotting and wear to the covers and some wear to the spine tips. The spine label is darkened and the upper half is chipped. The text is quite foxed but in very good condition. Several page corners are chipped and worn. One section of pages is coming loose in the middle of the book. This copy has the small bookplate of noted printer, Carl P. Rollins. An attractive copy of this uncommon book in original condition.
Seller: Centerbridge Books, Old Saybrook, CT, U.S.A.
Washington Irving. A tour on the prairies. Carey, Lea & Blanchard, Philadelphia, 1835.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: 274 pages + [24] pages publisher's list. Series: The Crayon miscellany ; no. 1. First printing, with "binger" for "Harbinger" at page 247, 24 page advertising supplement at rear. Publisher's cloth covered binding worn and rubbed, short crack to front outer hinge, spine label present but illegible; inner hinges cracked, endpapers soiled, erasure to head of front pastedown, signature of one previous owner and initials of another at front free endpaper, contents moderately foxed. 290 grams.
Seller: Carothers and Carothers, Albany, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Original dark blue/green cloth. Printed paper label to the spine. Includes the additional title, "The Crayon Miscellany. No. 1." First state with sheets bulking to 9/16", exclusive of catalog. Error on page 247, "binger of dawn." The state of the spine label cannot be determined to wear. There is a 36-page catalog at the end. Rubbing to the covers, much wear and chipping to the spine label. Spine ends are bumped. Foxing to varying degrees is found throughout. There are three earlier owner names to the front endpapers, two of which are in pencil. Quite tight. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 274 pages
Seller: Scott Emerson Books, ABAA, El Cajon, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1st printing, 1st state. 12mo. 274 pages, publisher's adverts. Dark blue-green cloth, paper spine label with black titles; 2 title pages; some uncut leaves; has mistake on p. 247 ("binger" for "bringer"), 9 pp. introduction, 24 pp. adverts. Rubbing to extremities, corners bumped, spine label rubbed, wear to front and rear, softening to spine head & tail, scattered foxing to interior, front endpapers missing, loss to rear free endpaper. A good copy.
Seller: Gold Beach Books & Art Gallery LLC, Gold Beach, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Matching green cloth boards; No. 1 is 274 pages, followed by a blank leaf, then 22 pages of adverts; paper spine label is chipped with loss of some material at edges and bottom; binding separation beginning between front free endpaper and title page; significant foxing throughout; occasional stray marks, including a few pencil notations to front and rear endpapers, and Irving's name (in pencil) to title page; significant rubbing; corners bumped; some cocking; as regards No. 2, it is 230 pages, with two blank endpapers which have ghostings of the previously present adverts, which are now gone; its binding is much more solid than No. 1, and generally clean, with very minor cocking; lower front corner has some chaffing; minor edge-wear/chipping to paper spine label; some old tape residue to pastedowns and opposing endpapers; a few leaves imperfectly cut; No. 3 has 276 pages, with two blank endpapers save for ghostings of adverts, now absent; some minor chipping to paper spine label; it has some cocking, with old tape mark residue to pastedowns and opposing endpapers; gutters crinkling a bit in places; some leaves unevenly cut; top edges of all three volumes, especially No. 1, have a century of dust discoloration; overall, a quite presentable set of the famous three volumes, despite their flaws; in good minus (No. 1) to good plus or better condition (Nos. 2 and 3).
Seller: Gold Beach Books & Art Gallery LLC, Gold Beach, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$88.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Recently rebound in full leather. Binding rates fine. Interior has owners signature, evidence of old moisture stain, misprint of binger appears on pg. 247.
Seller: Uncommon Books, Glastonbury, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Description: Good. Boards are rubbed and faded, and fraying at spine ends. Corners are bumped with boards exposed. Previous owner names in ink and label pasted to front pastedown. Owner names in ink also on title page and page viii, and faint pencil notations on rear free endsheet. Light foxing throughout. Contents still good. BAL10140
Seller: Weller Book Works, A.B.A.A., Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: BOOK DESCRIPTION: 12mo, 274 pgs + 12 pgs of advertising, Second Issue with No. 1 printed on spine label. Original green cloth with paper label on spine. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Covers are soiled, spotted and a bit stained. Paper label is mostly intact but with some edge chipping; still readable. Solid in its original endpapers. Interior pages are toned and foxed but generally clean. Solid copy and quite nice in original condition. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: In 1832 Washington Irving joined the party of Indian Commissioner Henry Ellsworth on his expedition to the Osage Agency and the Pawnee hunting grounds. "Everything relating to aboriginal life or manners, had an attraction for Washington which he could not resist. The hard fur-trapper, with his trusty rifle, and his dusky bride, scorning with the fierce pride of independence the sweets of civilization; the wild warrior of the plains, in his swift foray on the herds of the civilized intruders on his domains, or in the bloody invasion of a neighboring tribe, all had for the author a warm coloring which he loved to paint." (FIELD, 186). REFERENCES: HOWES I 88; FIELD 186: WAGNER-CAMP 56
Seller: NorthStar Books, Spokane, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: First Issue. Size: 12mo. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Previous owner's name in pencil on front free end paper. Green cloth over boards with paper spine label, 274 pages, 12 pages advertisements. See BAL 1040. Boards are worn and scuffed, corners and spine ends bumped with wear, spine label worn but readable, some light foxing throughout, damp stain at top of gutter starting around page 200, rear hinge starting. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 lb 11 oz. Category: Travel & Places; Books; History. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 008795.
Seller: Dennis Holzman Antiques, Cohoes, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: First printing Very good- in the publisher's original green cloth covered boards with a new, reproducction of the original paper label on the spine. A 12mo measuring 7" tall by 4 1/4" deep. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine has two short closed tears at the corners and the cloth is worn through at the tips of the boards as well as a 1/3" long area about 1/2" done the front board on its fore edge. The recto side of the last free end page contains illegible notes in ink in an early hand. The second (blank) free end page has been removed. There is a mild water stain on the front paste down which leached onto the margins of the preliminaries to the title page and an early prior owner's name in ink on the verso of the first free end paper . 230 pages of text followed by a blank leaf and 36 pages of ads from the publisher and one final blank leaf. The Crayon Miscellany No. 1 contained A Tour On The Prairies and was published by Carey, Lea, & Blanchard on April 11, 1835. This volume, No. 2 of The Crayon Miscellany, was published six weeks later, on May 30, 1835. Reportedly, only 5,000 copies were printed. The contents are "Irving's fond tribute to the homes of Walter Scott and Lord Byron." (Brian Jay Jones: Washington Irving An American Original.) It was well received by an adoring American public even winning fond praise from Edgar Allan Poe in his review which appeared in the Southern Literary Messenger. The British publication of nearly the same text preceded the American edition by roughly one month. (Langford/Blackburn p. 33; BAL 10142) A highly collectible copy with strong joints and hinges.
Seller: Town's End Books, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Very good+ in a restored binding with new end sheets in the publisher's original green cloth covered boards with a new, faithfully accurate reproduction of the original paper label on the spine. A 12mo measuring 7" tall by 4 1/4" deep. The cloth on the spine is lightly worn around the edges as is the cloth at the edges of the boards; but, there is no fraying. The pages of the text block are all evenly tanned. There are two early prior owner's names in pencil on the second free end page and on the title page. 230 pages of text followed by a blank leaf and 32 pages of ads from the publisher and one final blank leaf. The Crayon Miscellany No. 1 contained A Tour On The Prairies and was published by Carey, Lea, & Blanchard on April 11, 1835. This volume, No. 2, was published six weeks later, on May 30, 1835. Reportedly, only 5,000 copies were printed. The contents are "Irving's fond tribute to the homes of Walter Scott and Lord Byron." (Brian Jay Jones: Washington Irving An American Original.) It was well received by an adoring American public even winning fond praise from Edgar Allan Poe in his review which appeared in the Southern Literary Messenger. The British publication of nearly the same text preceded the American edition by roughly one month. (Langford/Blackburn p. 33; BAL 10142)
Seller: Town's End Books, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.
Irving, Washington. A Tour on the Prairies. Carey, Lea & Blanchard, Philadelphia, 1835.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: First American edition, second state, published shortly after the London edition. 274pp. 1 vols. 12mo. The romanticized version of Irving's journey across the Indian territories of Oklahoma and the west in 1832. He travelled with four others through the western camps living among the Indians and frontiersmen and recording their lives and stories and collecting legends and folklore. Irving's journal of the trip was published in the 1960's and shows a very different view of the journey. BAL 10140 Contemporary half green morocco. Rubbed, text browned with some waterstaining, without the general title-page for "The Crayon Miscellany" or advertisements, else a very good copy First American edition, second state, published shortly after the London edition.
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First American edition, first issue. Small octavo, 274 pp + publisher's ads, in original blue-green cloth with paper spine label. Some edgewear and light scuffing to boards, two chips to spine label, three previous owner's bookplates (Clara & Irwin Strasburger, Wilhelmus Mynderse, George Clinton Fairchild Williams) and one signature on front endpapers and flyleaf. Binding tight, text clean, but pages slightly rippled. "Everything relating to aboriginal life or manners, had an attraction for Washington Irving which he could not resist. The hardy fur-trapper, with his trusty rifle, and his dusky bride, scorning with the fierce pride of independence the sweets of civilization; the wild warrior of the plains, in his swift foray on the herds of the civilized intruders on his domains, or in the bloody invasion of a neighboring tribe, all had for the author a warm coloring which he loved to paint. It is of such scenes, blended with the softer traditions of Indian lore, and the dreams of the better land, this book is composed. Irving eagerly seized the opportunity offered by a government mission to the Pawnees, of observing for himself the peculiarities of a savage race; and of what he saw he has made the most charming picture ever painted of its life" (Field, 186).BAL 10140, Sabin 35139, Wagner Camp 56.
Seller: Walkabout Books, ABAA, Curtis, WA, U.S.A.
Irving, Washington. The Crayon Miscellany.. Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1835.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Poor
Description: The Crayon Miscellany. By the Author of The Sketch Book (Washington Irving) Complete in Three Volumes. Containing A Tour on the Prairies Containing Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey Of the Conquest of Spain Carey, Lea & Blanchard, Philadelphia, 1835, original dark green cloth bindings with paper spine labels, 7.5 x 4.75, 12mo. In as-is condition. Poor. Ex-library. Bindings are quite worn with soiling and rubbing to surface of cloth. Paper labels mostly chipped and toned. Spines faded. Bindings broken and worn. Rear gutters tender with loss. Interiors are soiled and quite toned with various age-staining. Spines slightly slanted from improper storage. Old hand ownerships on pastedown of volume III dated 1855 and 1879. Free of known marginalia. A fragile set. Please see photos. Only 5,000 of the first printings were produced making this title fairy uncommon! This was Irvings first book written entirely in the U.S. following his seventeen year stay in Europe. It was well received by the American public even winning praise from Edgar Allen Poe.
Seller: ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: ; 274 pp.; ; VG;_____ BAL's first issue text.p.247 last line of synopsis is "binger of dawn" (vs "harbbinger"._____ BAL's second issue spine label."No.I" present _____BAL's catalog E.36pp.p.25 is "National School Manual" ______ "Irving's Western tour of 1832 was taken in response to the wide-spread demand for a book on a native subject from his pen after a long preoccupation with European themes, and also to renew a youthful enthusiasm for the frontier._____ He traveled in the company of Henry L. Ellsworth and Charles J. Latrobe, both of whom also wrote accounts of the tour._____The party went down the Ohio and up the Mississippi to St. Louis and across the country to Fort Gibson (Oklahoma), where they were joined by guides and a detachment of mounted Rangers. _____The Tour began here in early October and ended on November 11, when Irving left the party near the Osage agency on the Verdigris River and proceeded by steamboat down the Arkansas and Mississippi to New Orleans._____ A lover of cities and long a resident of Europe, Irving missed the respectful demeanor of Continental servants on this tour, and he was not at home among the familiarities of the Western woodsmen._____ But he was courageous on a buffalo hunt or a foraging party, and.talking with the Indians of the Osage villages._____In contrast to Latrobe's garrulous recital of the same journey, his version is a direct and well-written log book of the tour. " --Clark III 59 _____ Lightly rubbed. ._____ BAL=10140.1_____ Clark.III=59 _____Graff=2159 _____W-C=56.2 Streeter=III.1796. [kwA_ / missouri mo mo. columbia springfield independence st. louis kansas city truman joplin westport cape girardeau carthage sarcoxie jefferson city st.joseph st. joseph sedalia hannibal columbia weston / / oklahoma ok ok. okla okla. tulsa oklahoma city enid indian territory i.t. Blackwell Newkirk Tonkawa Ponca City / ]
Seller: Watermark West Rare Books, Wichita, KS, U.S.A.
Price: US$226.18 + shipping
Description: First U.S. edition, mixed state (with "binger of dawn" p.247 but bulks to 11/16") With label B (no priority) and Catalogue A (no priority). 8vo., orig. cloth, paper spine label, (xvi), (17)-274, (12)pp.ads. Name, cloth rubbed with some marks, spine label chipped and rubbed, a very good copy. BAL 10140.
Seller: David Mason Books (ABAC), Toronto, ON, Canada
Irving, Washington. A TOUR ON THE PRAIRIES.. Philadelphia:Carey, Lea, & Blanchard, 1835.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Philadelphia:Carey, Lea, and Blanchard. 1835. 274pp. First American edition. Hardcover. Covers are worn at the edges and spine, with some soiling to the covers. Edge-points show some bumping. Internally clean and free of stray markings, save for a previous owner's bookplate on the inside front board. Pages are lightly foxed throughout with some age-toning.
Seller: Parnassus Book Service, Inc, YarmouthPort, MA, U.S.A.
Irving, Washington. A Tour on the Prairies. Carey, Lea & Blanchard, Philadelphia, 1835.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: xv, 274 p., 36 p. of ads. First edition, first issue. The Crayon Miscellany, No. 1. This rich narrative describes Irving's journey over the country west of Arkansas from Fort Gibson to the Cross Timbers, in what is now Oklahoma. It relates his experiences as a buffalo hunter, reveals his understanding of the Indians as individuals, and describes the vastness and loneliness of the prairies. The characters that appear are lively but not comic exaggerations. Bookplate of Edgar Monsanto Queeny, Chairman of Monsanto Corporation, with notepad sheet 'From the desk of Edgar M. Queeny' laid in. The number 433 is written on the advertisement and introduction page. A bit of foxing. Small corner of paper label chipped, not affecting text. [Loc.Rare]
Seller: ReREAD Books & Bindery, Little Rock, AR, U.S.A.
Irving, Washington. The Crayon Miscellany: Volumes 1-3. Carey, Lea & Blanchard, Philadelphia, 1835.
Price: US$299.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Three volume set of the early collection of essays and sketches by Irving. Volume One (A Tour On The Prairies) is a second state of the first edition, with "harbinger of dawn" on page 247, "No. 1" on paper spine. Volume Two (Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey) has copyright date on both title pages, publisher's catalog 36 pages in length. Volume Three (Legends of the Conquest of Spain) contains no publisher's catalog, copyright date on both title pages. All three volumes bound in green muslin with paper spine labels, each measuring approximately 4.5 x 7.5 inches. All three show scuffing and wear to covers, some spots of soil, paper spine labels chipped and worn, Volume Two heavily. Bindings generally secure, front hinge a bit loose in Vol. 1, Vol. 2 rear hinge loose; shows signs of previous repair. Vol. 1 first title page and advertisement notice page show 2.5 x 1 inch tear and loss at top outside corner. Vol. 2 has a tear on lower portion of first title page. Vol. 3 has lower outside corner tear on pages 139-144, no text missing. All three show mild to moderate foxing.
Seller: Popeks Used and Rare Books, IOBA, Oneonta, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$302.63 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A Tour on the Prairies (1st US edition, 1st issue, 1st state, without 'No.1' to the spine title label, with 'binger' to p. 274), covers marked and worn, spine label rubbed, stains to pages throughout, chip to back free end-paper, small hole to spine and last few pages of advertisements, good. No.2, Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey (1st edition, 1st issue), covers marked and worn, spine label chipped and rubbed, stains to some pages, good. No.3, Legends of the Conquest of Spain (1st edition, 1st issue), covers marked and worn, spine label sound, stains to a few pages, good.
Seller: Byre Books, Newton Stewart, United Kingdom
Price: US$325.00 + shipping
Description: #1 is 1st state, catalog C (BAL 10140); #2 has catalog A (BAL 10142); #3 has setting A (BAL 10144) In good condition with general overall rubbing, soiling and bumping and some losses from labels. A few old ownership marks on endsheets and light foxing to pages
Seller: Weller Book Works, A.B.A.A., Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Price: US$330.00 + shipping
Description: Second printings of vols 1 and 2. 12mo (19cm). Three volumes in original green muslin with printed paper labels, vol. 2 rebacked with original spine laid down; plain endpapers; 1: [i]-[xvi] [17]-274,[14]pp; 2: 230,[22]pp; 3: [2],[i]-[x],[11]-26,8pp; vol. 1 with 12pp catalogue (catalogue D, per BAL), vol. 2 with 22pp publisher's catalogue, and vol. 3 with 8pp publisher's catalogue. 1835 ownership inscription of William C. N. Swift, New Bedford, in vol. 3. A sound set, cloth rubbed, vol. 2 professionally rebacked, spine labels chipped; internally with minor foxing in vols 1 and 3, moderate foxing in vol. 2, with neat repair to series title page of vol. 2: Good or better. Three volumes, published serially, when Irving's fictional alter ego "Geoffrey Crayon" was a well-known literary personality. The first volume discusses Irving's travels into "Pawnee territory in what is now Oklahoma, where his party encountered Indians, hunted buffalo, and traveled with frontiersmen and mounted rangers" (DNB); the second covers his visits to England and Scotland; and the third, the history of Spain. The first two volumes were preceded by London editions. WRIGHT I, 1401-3. BAL 10140, state 2, label B, catalog D; 10142, printing 2, label A; 10144, setting A of the preliminary note.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
[IRVING, Washington]. Crayon Miscellandy. , 1835.
Price: US$385.00 + shipping
Description: [IRVING, Washington]. The Crayon Miscellany. By the Author of The Sketch Book. No. 1 Containing a Tour on the Prairies. Original cloth with printed paper spine label. Phila.: Carey, Lea, & Blanchard, 1835. [With] No. 2. Containing Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey. Original cloth with printed paper spine label. Phila.: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1835. [With] No.3 Containing Legends of the Conquest of Spain. Original cloth with printed paper spine label. Phila.: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1835. 3 Vols. First American editions. Vol. 1: first state, "binger of dawn" on p.247. Label B, Catalogue D (no precedence determined). BAL 10140. HOWES I-86. Wright I: 1401. Vol. 2: first printing, with copyright notices on pp. [2] and [4]. Label B, Catalogue B, BAL 10142. Wright I: 1402. Vol. 3: setting A. BAL 10144. Wright I: 1403.Cloth lightly rubbed, labels sunned and lightly chipped, ownership signatures, light scattered foxing and toning, else a very good set in uniform original bindings housed in custom cloth slipcase.
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 18 x 11 cm., Second edition but first American edition, xv, [17] – 274, ca. [42, advertisements] pp., [Blanck 10140, Graff 2159, Howes I86, Langfeld p. 33, Rader 2029, Sabin 35139, Streeter 1796, Williams & Edge p. 55, WCB 56:2]; dark linen boards with printed paper label, 2 different names written on front free end paper, one dated 20th April 1835, no interior markings, some foxing but generally very good, binding intact, This well received book recounts Washington Irving's trip in 1832 with his nephew, John Treat Irving, and Indian Commissioner Henry Ellsworth between the Arkansas, the grand Canadian, and Red River. Irving began his journey from Fort Gibson and then continued on parallel of the bank of the Arkansas River, making stops and taking shelter in the forest, trees and plains along the way. While traveling the trail they were forced to travel through the alluvial soil, and numerous amounts of trees and vegetation were in sight. When walking through the forestry they were overshadowed by lofty trees and the abundant portions of pea-vines. Irving is in awe of these lands and he confirms that these prairie regions were beautiful regions and answer literally to the description of the land of promise, also known as the Far West, that he heard so much about. Their journey continued along the bank just until they reached the town of Red Fork where they crossed the Arkansas River, and there he saw the most beautiful scenery of willow and cotton-trees, rich bottoms with lofty tress and yellow foliage which game the whole landscape a sunny golden glow. Once they crossed the Cross Timbers their expedition continued westward and then they headed back to the Agency on the banks of the Verdigris River and finally resting at Fort Gibson. He records details of meetings with many individual Indians whom he generally admired. His story of saving an Osage boy from unfair treatment by a white man is classic.
Seller: T. W. Palmer Books, Eugene, OR, U.S.A.
IRVING, Washington. A Tour on the Prairies. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard,, 1835.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: "By the Author of the Sketch Book. The Crayon Miscellany No. 1." First edition. 8vo. (19 cm.) 274 pp + 14 pages of advertisements (A second preliminary leaf contains "Advertisement. 'The Crayon miscellany' will appear in numbers from time to time."). Finely bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in polished calf, elaborate gilt spine with five raised bands, gilt-lettered titling and date. Cover with gilt design of quill pen, antique crayon holder, and a ribbon. (Geoffrey Crayon.) Bookplate of a nearly 1900's prominent Clevelander. The first American edition of Irving's narrative of his trip to the Indian Territory in 1832. With printing mistake page 247: "binger of dawn" Only 5,000 copies of the first printing were produced, making this title fairly uncommon. A fine copy. GRAFF 2159. WAGNER-CAMP-BECKER 56:2 ((4th ed.), HOWES I-86
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Small octavo. Original green cloth with printed spine label. 12 pages of publisher's catalog at end. Enclosed in a 1/2 dark green morocco pull case. Very good, tight copy. Pencil signatures of C. Worthington. BAL 10140. Howes I-86. Wagner-Camp 56. Graff 2159.
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$800.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Three volumes. 12mo. Pp. xv, 17-274; 230; ix, [2], 12-276. Uniformly bound in the publisher's green cloth with printed paper spine labels. With some foxing to the first volume only, along with a small chip to the spine label of that volume. Contemporary owner name (John E. Godfrey) in ink and pencil on each front pastedown. First American editions of the complete Crayon Miscellany.The third volume is the first edition, preceding the London edition by two months; the first two volumes are first American editions, each published just one month after the respective London firsts. First printing, first state binding of Tour, without "No. 1" on the spine label, and the noted 24 leaves of publisher's ads at rear. Abbotsford with 16 publisher leaves; four at the rear of LegendsIn 1832 Irving joined the party of Indian Commissioner Henry Ellsworth on his expedition to Osage Agency and the Pawnee hunting grounds. "Everything relating to aboriginal life or manners, had an attraction for Washington which he could not resist. The hard fur-trapper, with his trusty rifle, and his dusky bride, scorning with the fierce pride of independence the sweets of civilization; the wild warrior of the plains, in his swift foray on the herds of he civilized intruders on his domains, or in the bloody invasion of a neighboring tribe, all had for the author a warm coloring which he loved to paint." (FIELD, 186).All three volumes are in notably good condition: A handsome, presentable set. HOWES, I86; SABIN, 35139; WAGNER-CAMP, 56.
Seller: Long Brothers Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$800.00 + shipping
Description: All three volumes are in the publisher's original dark green cloth covered boards with the original, paper labels on the spines of No. 1 and No. 2. and with a meticulously accurate reproduction of the paper label on the spine of No. 3. All three are 12mos measuring 7" by 4 1/4" and are all in very good or better condition. No. 1 is a first edition, first state with the sheets bulking to 9/16" without the ads with the synopsis on page 247 showing: "binger of dawn" and the paper spine label is identified as "Label A" and, the catalog (ads at the rear) is identified as "Catalog A" per BAL 10140. It is in very good condition and contains 274 pages followed by a blank leaf and then by 24 pages of ads by the publisher. There is some scuffing to the boards and there is an early prior owner's name written in both ink and pencil on the first free end page. (The penciled signature is followed by a date of "1835". ) The corners of the boards are turned inward and there are spots of foxing throughout. Only 5,000 copies of the first printing were produced making this title fairly uncommon. This was Irving's first book written entirely in the US following his seventeen year stay in Europe. He was worried that Tour of the Prairies was too simple and not strong enough to stand on its own as a book. In January of 1835 he hit upon the idea of publishing it as the first volume in a multi-volume series he would call The Crayon Miscellany. (Brian Jay Jones: Washington Irving An American Original) In this volume he added an opening announcement (billed as an "Advertisement") with the following statement: "The 'Crayon Miscellany' will appear in the numbers, from time to time, as circumstances may permit' and will contain scenes and sketches of life in America and Europe; together with such other themes, both real and imaginary, as may present themselves to the mind of the Author." No. 2 is a first edition in very good+ condition in the publisher's original green cloth covered boards with the original paper label on the spine with a minor, narrow abrasion approximately 1/2" long. A 12mo measuring 7" tall by 4 1/4" deep with an early (1898) prior owner's name written in ink on the second free end page. 230 pages of text followed by a blank leaf and 36 pages of ads from the publisher and one final blank leaf and the free end sheet. No. 2, was published six weeks after No. 1, on May 30, 1835. Reportedly, only 5,000 copies were printed. The contents are "Irving's fond tribute to the homes of Walter Scott and Lord Byron." (Brian Jay Jones: Washington Irving An American Original.) It was well received by an adoring American public even winning fond praise from Edgar Allan Poe. No. 3 is also a first edition in very good condition with a prior owner's book plate on the front paste down and tape marks on the first free end page and with moderate foxing throughout the preliminaries, ads and end sheets as well as light soiling to the rear board. It contains 276 pages followed by eight pages of ads from the publisher. Per BAL 10144 this copy conforms to "Setting A". Like the previous two volumes, the first printing of this title was limited to 5,000 copies. This is the third and final volume in The Crayon Miscellany. A handsome and complete collection of Irving's Crayon Miscellany. (BAL 10140, 10142 & 10144; Langerfeld/Blackburn p. 33)
Seller: Town's End Books, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.