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Washington Irving. Abu Hassan and The Wild Huntsman. The Bibliophile Society, 1924.

Price: US$30.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Very good copies in good plus double slipcase. Vellum spines with gilt titles. Offsetting on page 7 of Abu Hassan. Slipcase has fraying to edges and some sun-fading.

Seller: Jackson Street Booksellers, Omaha, NE, U.S.A.

IRVING, Washington. Abu Hassan (Hitherto Unpublished). The Bibliophile Society, Boston, 1924.

Price: US$30.50 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: A deluxe edition offering the previously unpublished play by Washington Irving (1783-1859) which features his Abu Hassan character, borrowed from the Arabian Nights. One of a limited edition of 455 unnumbered copies, published for members of the Bibliophile Society. With an introduction by George S. Hellman. With tissue-protected facsimile pages from Irving's original manuscript. Bibliophile Society Announcement to Members laid in. (Note: Washington's "The Wild Huntsman" is not present.) --- In full olive linen-finish cloth-covered boards backed in vellum, with gilt-stamped spine titling. Top edge gilt, remaining textblock edges deckled. --- With prior owner's bookplate affixed to front paste-down, some dulling to top edge gilding, and soiling to vellum, otherwise a very nice copy: clean, and bright.; Tall Octavo (9 to 10 in. tall); 83 pages

Seller: Bluebird Books (RMABA, IOBA), Littleton, CO, U.S.A.

IRVING, Washington (with an Introduction by George S. Hellman). ABU HASSAN [together with] THE WILD HUNTSMAN. The Bibliophile Society, Boston, 1924.

Price: US$35.00 + shipping

Description: pp. 83, 113. Royal 8vo. Two volume uniformly-bound set in matching publisher's slipcase. Green linen boards, over 1/2 vellum with gilt lettering to spines. T.e.g. Books near fine, slipcase a bit rubbed and one corner frayed; else good. Tipped-in leaf precedes title page, bearing Certificate of Issue of the Bibliophile Society advising that this edition is limited to 455 copies, 'Printed for Members Only'. The accompanying slipcase is in two parts. See BAL 10209, 10210.

Seller: BISON BOOKS - ABAC/ILAB, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Irving, Washington. Abu Hassan. The Bibliophile Society, Boston, 1924.

Price: US$35.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 83 p., facsimiles. T.e.g. Hitherto unpublished. With an introduction by George S. Hellman. This edition is limited to 455 copies. An English dramatization of the libretto by Franz K. Hiemer of Weber's opera Abu Hassan.

Seller: ReREAD Books & Bindery, Little Rock, AR, U.S.A.

Irving, Washington. Abu Hassan. The Bibliophile Society, 1924, 1924.

Price: US$41.75 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: . Limited edition; one of 455 copies. In protective mylar cover. Partial owner's name, and faint shadow of a former bookplate to front pastedown. (literature, 1001 nights, one thousand and one nights, middle east)

Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.

Irving, Washington; Introduction By George S. Hellma. Abu Hassan, and: the Wild Huntsman. The Bibliophile Society, Boston, 1924.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 4to, hardcover. No dj. Vg+ condition. Two volumes, housed in a fully intact slipcase. Vellum spines, Contents crisp, clean, no marking or writing. Bindings sturdy and tight. 83, 113 pp Edition limited to 455 copies

Seller: Tiber Books, Cockeysville, MD, U.S.A.

IRVING,Washington. Abu Hassan, The Wild Huntsman. The Bibliophile Society, 1924.

Price: US$60.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 2 volumes. Hardcovers in original green cloth slip case. Good binding and cover. Rubbing to case, bubbling to slipcase spine. Book in near fine condition. Clean, unmarked pages. BAL 10209, 10210.

Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.

Irving, Washington. Abu Hassan. Bibliophile Society, Boston, 1924.

Price: US$60.00 + shipping

Description: NF, a little foxing on the vellum spine hardback; Limited ed., 1/455 vellum spine, t. e. g.

Seller: T. A. Borden Books, Olney, MD, U.S.A.

Irving, Washington / Hellman, George S. - Introduction. Abu Hassan. The Bibliophile Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 1924.

Price: US$85.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: 83 pp, Introduction, The Bibliophile Society. 6.4" x 9.7" boards - white cloth back & gilt spine, with blue cloth boards, Very Good with no dust jacket. 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. A deluxe edition offering the previously unpublished play by Washington Irving (1783-1859) which features his Abu Hassan character, borrowed from the Arabian Nights. One of a limited edition of 455 unnumbered copies, published for members of the Bibliophile Society. With an introduction by George S. Hellman. With tissue-protected facsimile pages from Irving's original manuscript. Size: Large Slim Octavo

Seller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.

Irving, Washington. Abu Hassan & The Wild Huntsman. The Bibliophile Society - Boston, 1924.

Price: US$95.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: 2 volumes - the Wild Huntsman and Abu Hassan. 1/2 vellum on spine over green cloth. Tissue guards in front and throughout on various plates reproducing author's handwritten sheets. Limited Edition - 1 of 455 copies. Top edge gilt. Introduction by George S. Hellman. Printed exclusively for members of the Bibliophile Society,

Seller: Barberry Lane Booksellers, Bar Harbor, ME, U.S.A.

Washington Irving. Abu Hassan. The Bibliophile Society, 1924.

Price: US$97.47 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: Limited edition of 455 copies of this previously unpublished play for members of the Bibliophile Society, Boston. Green cloth covers over velum spines; pages trimmed & gilded to top edge only. Introduction by George S. Hellman; various plates reproducing author's handwritten sheets. No signatures or other ownership marks.

Seller: The Bookshop on the Heath Ltd, London, United Kingdom

Washington Irving. The Wild Huntsman. Bibliophile Society, Boston, 1924.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: The Wild Huntsman and Abu Hassan. 4to. 2 volumes. 1/2 vellum and Holland boards, teg, in custom original slipcase with paper spine label. Set and the box are both very fine to ex. fine, bright unopened and unread as issued. Hittherto unpublished works by Irving published by W.K. Bixby and his Bibliophile Society 1 of only 495 copies.

Seller: Hirschfeld Galleries, Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A.

Irving, Washington. Abu Hassan and the Wild Huntsman (2-Volume set). The Bibliophile Society, Boston, 1924.

Price: US$199.95 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 83 pp.; HB. 2-volume set lacking original telescoping slipcase. Includes very scarce publisher's prospectus announcing the upcoming publication of the set. One of a limited edition of 455 only for members of the Bibliophile Society. Both are dramas bu Irving. Pages: clean, bright, tight, t.e.g., f.e./b.e. deckled, frontis w/ tissue guard, each book includes several pages each of facsimiles of the handwritten manuscripts; a.e. tanned, eps foxed. Cover: green boards with ivory parchment backstrip, gilt titles spine; lt shelfwear, spines lt tanned w/ a few spots, v lt soil.

Seller: Independent Books, Long Beach, WA, U.S.A.

Irving, Washington. Abu Hassan [and] The Wild Huntsman. Hitherto Unpublished. The BIbliophile Society, Boston, 1924.

Price: US$275.00 + shipping

Description: With an introduction by George S. Hellman. 2 vols., vellum spines with gilt lettering over original greeen cloth. One of 455 sets for members only. Printed at the Torch Press on Deckle d'Aigle paper. Both volumes with b/w facsimiles of corrected manuscript pages by Irving. The volumes are near fine, in a slisghtly freyed original cloth slipcase. BAL 10209 and 10210.

Seller: Hackenberg Booksellers ABAA, El Cerrito, CA, U.S.A.