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Irving, Washington. Knickerbocker's History of New York. VOLUME ONE. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1894.

Price: US$9.61 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Hardcover. No DJ. VOLUME ONE ONLY. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing/light soiling. Front hinge cracked but binding intact.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Seller: Redux Books, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.

Irving, Washington. SKETCH-BOOK, THE - Two Volumes. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1894.

Price: US$24.99 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Volume II only. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1894. Knickerbocker Edition. Hardcover. 4 1/2 x 7". 315pp. Good. No dust jacket. Moderate bumping to the upper tip of the rear cover. Large dampstain to the fore-edge of the rear cover. Light stains to the fore-edge of the last several pages. Name and date in ink on the front pastedown. Vintage book store sticker label on the rear pastedown. The text appears to be free of marks. The binding is solid.

Seller: R. Rivers Books, Running Springs, CA, U.S.A.

IRVING,WASHINGTON. KNICKERBOCKERS HISTORY OF NEW YORK VOL I. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1894.

Price: US$28.71 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Volume 1. Illustrated cloth cover shows minor wear, tear, rubbing, minor loss at the spine ends. Bookplate of fromer owner on the front endpaper. Pages show minor tanning.

Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.

Washington Irving. The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. Vol I. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1894.

Price: US$30.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Knickerbocker Edition. Frontispiece illustration by Rackham. Text clean and tight. No marks. Age yellowing towards, and on, page edges. Top page edges gold (dusty),other edges rough cut. One title page has a tear. Cover is textured olive-green cloth with small gilt designs in the centre of the front and back pages. The spine is very darkened from handling and age, and is worn at the top and bottom edges. Cover corners are quite worn. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Seller: JCMBooks, Toronto, ON, Canada

Irving, Washington. Knickerbocker's History of New York (Van Twiller Edition, Volumes I & II: 1894). G. P, New York, 1894.

Price: US$35.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: A large, heavy item: Priority and/or non-U.S. shipping may require extra fees; please inquire. Not ex-lib. Two matching hardcover volumes in white cloth with blue and gold decorations, no jacket, 8vos. (NOT the limited edition). xvii + 364pp. & xv + 380pp.Illustrated decorative pages by Edward W. Kemble. Good, with primary reason downgrade weak front hinges and mis-set first pages to v.2 (play minimized by hinge-tape reinforcements but ffep still expending beyond fore edge of volume, other hinges somewhat tender. Otherwise VG; clean, strongly colored cloth with lightly bumped corners v.2; bindings overall strong and square. Pages clean and very handsome.

Seller: Bookfeathers, LLC, Lewisburg, PA, U.S.A.

Washington Irving, Illustrations by Edward W. Kemble. KNICKERBOCKER'S HISTORY OF NEW YORK, Van Twiller Edition, Japan Proofs, Volume I & II (Complete). G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York & London, 1894.

Price: US$45.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Van Twiller Edition 'Japan Proofs', with full-page illustrations on Japan paper, Edition limited to 100 copies, this copy being # 23. In 2 volumes, each 6 1/2 in. X 9 in. high. 1/4 leather binding with white cloth, and gilt lettering on spine. Condition of book is VERY GOOD; Leather on spines is worn, especially at tops & bottoms, bookplates on front paste-downs, front hinge starting to loosen on Vol. I. Text & illustrations are very clean. NY RGR

Seller: Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.

Washington Irving. Knickerbocker's History of New York [Two Volumes]. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York & London, 1894.

Price: US$80.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: The Van Twiller Edition; beige-white cloth, maze-like decorative cover design with gilt (peg-leg) figure in profile and harbor scene (above); beveled cover edges; text pages with decorative border; gilt top page ends; many pages uncut; tissue paper over frontispiece (both volumes); a supeb, handsome set; ex-library, but without book plates or card pockets; small magnetic library bar-code pasted to upper right corner of the free end page; only significant library disfigurement is a black two inch rectangular area at the base of the spine (both volumes) intended as background for hand written shelf numbers in white ink (now covered by a small conventional typed label); these two weighty tomes would require additional postage.

Seller: JP Books, Bradford, VT, U.S.A.

IRVING, Washington. Knickerbocker's History of New York Vols I and II (Complete) Van Twiller Edition [in DUST WRAPPERS]. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1894.

Price: US$96.17 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Illustrator Edward W. Kemble. Lrge 8vo (22.5cm). The ornate Van Twiller edition, with bevelled boards, white cloth, gilt stamped decoration to spine, cover, over blue patterned design. Top edges gilt. Both in the uncommon original brown dust wrappers. Vol I: xvii, 364. Vol II: xv, 379. Spotting to fore edges. Vol I with some spotting, soiling to covers, spine. Vol II a brighter copy, some minor spotting to boards. The second gathering to Vol I a little loose but still attached. Previous owner's name (Thos. F. Buna(?)) to flyleaf of both volumes, with an intriguing note. Otherwise, both volumes well kept, text blocks firm and square. Dust wrappers are bright and sharp. Van Twiller Edition (First edition, thus).

Seller: tinyBook, Bath, United Kingdom

Irving, Washington. KNICKERBOCKER'S HISTORY OF NEW YORK. In Two Volumes. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York and London, 1894.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Description: New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Vg: except for one small chip where pages were separated/No Dustjacket. 1894. 8vo., 362pp., 379pp. . Vg: except for one small chip where pages were separated/No Dustjacket

Seller: Riverow Bookshop, Owego, NY, U.S.A.

Irving, Washington. Knickerbocker's History of New York (2 volume set). G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1894.

Price: US$175.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Two volume set. Decorated blue cloth. Van Twiller Edition. Bookplate on front endpaper of both volumes. No markings. Light rubbing to spine ends and corners.

Seller: Manchester By The Book, Manchester-By-the-Sea, MA, U.S.A.

Washington Irving. Knickerbocker's History of New York: Van Twiller Edition. G.P. Putnam's, London, 1894.

Price: US$194.93 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: London, G.P. Putnam's, 1894. First Edition. First Impression. Hardback. A very good copy. Excellent edition, with lovely illustrations throughout. In the rare dust jackets. Bevelled edges, so perhaps a deluxe edition. The jackets are in excellent shape with some rubbing to the edges. A little bumping to the spine tips, with collector's plates to the front pastedowns. TEG. Boards and tissueguards a little foxed. Illustrations by Edward W. Kemble [9580, Hyraxia Books].

Seller: Hyraxia Books. ABA, ILAB, Hutton Cranswick, United Kingdom

Irving, Washington. Knickerbocker's History of New York. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1894.

Price: US$200.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Van Twiller Edition. Beautiful hardcover (white with lots of blue design work and gilt lettering and designs), hardcover with beverled edges. Inscription on inside front page dated 1894, some splitting to spine near inscription page. Very Good condition in original brown dustjacket.

Seller: Karl Books, Alpharetta, GA, U.S.A.

Irving, Washington. KNICKERBOCKER'S HISTORY OF NEW YORK. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1894.

Price: US$230.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Beautiful, two volume set. Van Twiller edition. Volume 1: 364 pages. Volume 2: 379 pages. Pages are all clean and in very good condition. Only volume 1 has some light foxing, on the title page and tissue facing the frontispiece. Wide text margins with the type within floral borders. Beautifully illustrated by Edward Kemble. Pink, decorated endpapers. Each volume has a small ink mark on the upper corner of the ffep. Top edges gilt. White cloth with blue design on spine and front board. Gilt titles on the spine, and gilt illustrations on the front board. Covers are fresh and bright because both volumes have a dust jacket. Only the corners and edges show light wear. Brown, vinyl-type DJ's with gilt titles on the spine. Edges and corners are worn, small stains. Beautiful set. VG/GOOD-

Seller: J. Wyatt Books, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Irving, Washington. Knickerbocker's History Of New York Volumes I and II (2 Volume Set). G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1894.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Two volumes. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering, decorations, and lettering. 9" tall.No DJ as issued. Multiple volumes; extra shipping required.

Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.

Irving, Washington. Knickerbocker's History of New York. 2 Vols.. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1894.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Description: Limited to 281 copies. One rear cover detached; one spine label mostly torn off; cover corners somewhat worn. Binding: Fair on vol. 1; good on vol. 2. Text clean

Seller: By Books Alone, Woodstock, NY, U.S.A.

Irving, Washington - Illustrated by E.W. KEMBLE. Knickerbocker's History of New York - Two Volume Set. G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1894.

Price: US$325.00 + shipping

Description: Elaborate gilt design to front of blue boards and spine (still bright); Volume I has two micro splits at crown cloth and Volume II has a 1/4" chip at crown. Does not detract. Top edges gilt (still bright/as new). The splendid Van Twiller Edition. Beveled edges with pictorial end-papers. Both volumes have previous owners name (in copperplate script) on front free end-papers. Inner paste down has one line of numbers near top edge. All neatly done. Tissue guards in place on both frontispieces. Clean - tight, no markings to interior pages at all. Every page is bordered in green and red with text within. A beautiful edition. Postage at cost, but so worth it. Heavy set, suggest Media postage.

Seller: Margins13 Books, Redmond, WA, U.S.A.

Irving, Washington. Knickerbocker's History of New York (Two-Volume"Van Twiller" Edition in original dust jackets). G. P. Putnam / The Knickerbocker Press, New York, 1894.

Price: US$350.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Beautiful two-volume set, complete, in original dust jackets. Decorated American trade bindings - white cloth boards with bevelled edges, elegant blue, gold and red decoration on front covers and spines. Light soiling; very slight fraying at spine ends. Bindings are tight and square, hinges are sound, with no cracking. Clean decorated endpapers - no names, writing or marks. Gilt top page edges. Each book has a frontispiece illustration with clean tissue guard. All pages have color decorative border, with many illustrations throughout by Edward Kemble. Volume 1 - 364 pages; Volume 2 - 380 pages. Stiffened cloth dust jackets (brown in color) with gold lettering on spines; lettering on Volume 2 is no longer discernible. Very light edge wear to jackets.

Seller: Old Scrolls Book Shop, Stanley, NY, U.S.A.

Irving, Washington. Knickerbocker's History of New York. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1894.

Price: US$350.00 + shipping

Description: 364 & 379 pages. 26 1/2 x 19 cm. Illustrations by E. W. Kemble. The Peter Stuyvesant Edition, copy 225 of 281 copies (being one for each year since the founding of Nieuw Amsterdam, 1614 to 1894, this number being 1839). Wide text margins with type within floral borders printed on linen paper, full page illustrations on Japan paper with lettered tissue guards. Cover decorations in gilt, State of New York Seal at center; windmill, crossed clay pipes, tankard and broad brimmed hat at each corner; silk moire endpapers. Extremely handsome presentation. Orig. full English tan calf, brown spine labels lettered and outlined in gilt. Teg. Near fine. 2 vols

Seller: Royoung Bookseller, Inc. ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.

Irving, Washington; E.W. Kemble (illus.). Knickerbocker's History of New York. Stuyvesant Edition (2 vols.). G.P Putnams Sons, New York, 1894.

Price: US$450.00 + shipping

Description: 1/281. Quartos. Vol.1: (xvii) [1] 364pp. Vol.2: (xv) [3] 370pp. [1]. Full tan calf bindings with gilt-stamped motifs on the covers. Spines with brown labels and gilt lettering. Top edges in gilt. Pages uncut. Decorative maroon and gilt endpapers. This set is #1795 the Stuyvesant edition published in a limited edition of 281 copies, hand-numbered on the colophon from #1614-1894, in honor of the years since the founding of New Amsterdam (New York City) in 1614. Printed on linen paper. Profusely Illustrated throughout with countless entertaining b/w images, both in-text, and "proof" etchings on mounted japan tissue by E.W. Kemble. All pages are surrounded by decorative borders in gilt and light blue-green. Plates protected by captioned tissue guards. This is a splendid and beautifully bound edition of Washington Irving's satirical work, originally published in 1809 as "A History of New York, from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, by Diedrich Knickerbocker". Knickerbocker was a pseudonym for Irving, and was one of a number of times throughout his career, that the author's work was originally published under the name of a fictional character of his own creation. The claim was that this man was Dutch-American historian. Bindings with some light rubbing to extremities, including the head, tail and hinges of the spine. Spines and covers with some light smudges and/or scratches. Volumes with starting along the gutters of the interior front covers. Bindings quite tight overall. Bindings in good+, interiors in very good+ condition overall.

Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.

Irving, Washington. Knickerbocker's History of New York (Two Volume Deluxe "Van Twiller" Edition). G.P.Putnam's Sons (Knickerbocker Press), 1894.

Price: US$495.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Two Volume Set, Decorative White Cloth boards with gilt, top edge gilt, illustrated by Edward W. Kemble, with decorative borders on each page, "Van Twiller edition" Spine faded on volume two

Seller: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.

Washington Irving. Knickerbocker's History of New York (2 Volume Set). G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1894.

Price: US$540.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 2 Volumes. Van Twiller Edition with original embossed white hardcovers, beveled edges, with ornate blue and bright gilt designs and titles to front and spine. Bright gilt topstain on both volumes. Beautiful illustrations by Edward Kemble. Sun darkening to the covers, white ribbon place holders. Additional Shipping applies. Very Good+ overall.

Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.

Irving, Washington. Knickerbocker's History of New York. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1894.

Price: US$550.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Two Volume set, Van Twiller Edition with white hardcover, beveled edges, with lots of blue design work and gilt lettering/designs. Both volumes have inscription on inside front page dated 1894. Volume 1, some splitting to spine near inscription page. Vol II, 379 pages, hinges getting weak. Very Good condition, both in original brown dustjacket. A great find!

Seller: Karl Books, Alpharetta, GA, U.S.A.

IRVING, Washington. Knickerbocker's History of New York. Putnam, New York, 1894.

Price: US$600.00 + shipping

Description: Illustrated by E. W. Kemble. 2 volumes. 4to, white cloth, (lightly soiled), pictorially designed in gilt, top edges gilt, decorative borders around the text. New York: G. P. Putnam, 1894. Very good (+). The handsome Van Twiller edition.

Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Washington Irving. Knickerbocker's History of New York (2 Volume Set). G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1894.

Price: US$800.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: 2 Volumes. Van Twiller Edition with original embossed white hardcovers, beveled edges, with ornate blue and bright gilt designs and titles to front and spine. Bright gilt topstain on both volumes. Beautiful illustrations by Edward Kemble. Additional Shipping applies. Near FIne overall.

Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.