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Crayon, Geoffrey and [Irving, Washington]. Tales of a Traveller, In Two volumes, Vol. II (vol 2 only). John Murray, London, 1824.

Price: US$64.23 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Ex-library book usual stamps and amrkings. Cover is a library rebind. Good clean copy with sound binding. Quick dispatch from UK seller.

Seller: Stephen White Books, Bradford, United Kingdom

IRVING, Washington. TALES OF A TRAVELLER. , 1824.

Price: US$75.00 + shipping

Description: [IRVING, Washington]. TALES OF A TRAVELLER. By Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. London: John Murray, 1824. Later printing. Complete in two volumes. 8vo., three-quarter brown calf over marbled boards. Foxed, boards rubbed, sun to spine and perimeters, edgeworn. The hinges of volume one are starting. Contemporary leather. A good set. BAL 10115, state B (no priority given), with the NOTICE on p. [395] regarding spurious works attributed to the Author Of The Sketch Book.

Seller: Boston Book Company, Inc. ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.

Geoffrey [Washington, Irving] Crayon. Tales of a Traveller. John Murray, London, 1824.

Price: US$123.52 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: In two volumes. In full brown leather bindings with gilt title on the spines. Volume 2. front board at hinge is almost detached, contents fine.

Seller: Hay-on-Wye Booksellers, Hay-on-Wye, HEREF, United Kingdom

By Geoffrey Crayon, gent. (Washington Irving). Tales of a traveller. John Murray, London, 1824.

Price: US$140.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: xvi, 364, vi, 394 pages. Rebound in modern leather, with new author/title spine labels. Without the "Notice" on page [395] of volume II.Binding sturdy, boards mildly scuffed; edges of textblock marbled; new endpapers, contents unmarked and attractive. 1320 grams.

Seller: Carothers and Carothers, Albany, CA, U.S.A.

Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. (pseudonymn of Washington Irving). Tales of a Traveller. John Murray, London, 1824.

Price: US$156.02 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Tales of a Traveller, by Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. (pseudonymn of Washington Irving). In Two Volumes, bound as one. Published by John Murray, London, 1824. First UK edition. A good copy this two volume set bound as one book. Half leather covers and marbled boards, with raised bands and gilt titles. Slightly bumped. A later binding. Text is good with some foxing and staining. Joint can be seen between a few of the early pages, but all bound in. Pencil text annotation to title (removable). A very attractive, if imperfect, copy of this work. Vol. 1: xvi + 364pp. Vol. 2: vi + 394pp. Dimensions: Approximately 221mm x 141mm x 55mm. Extra postage may be payable.

Seller: Lanna Antique, Perth, United Kingdom

Geoffrey Crayon (Washington Irving. Tales of a Traveller. John Murray, London, 1824.

Price: US$158.62 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Pleasant half leather binding of the first edition of Irving's Tales of a Traveller, a collection of essays and short stories written by his Geoffrey Crayon persona - responsible for the Sketch Book and Bracebridge Hall. Less well received than his previous works, it nevertheless Contains Kidd the Pirate and the influential The Devil and Tom Walker. Blind-stamped design to spine. Marbled boards. Marbling to page edges. 8vo. Rubbing and wear to leather, with slight loss at top rear corners. Previous owner's name to front pastedown. Contents otherwise clean and tight. Good overall.

Seller: AJ Scruffles, Leigh On Sea, ESSEX, United Kingdom

[Irving, Washington]. Tales of a Traveller. By Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.. John Murray, 1824.

Price: US$175.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 2 volumes: xvi, 364, vi, 394 pages, bound in 3/4 polished leather and marbled boards, gilt tooled spines, gilt stamped spine labels, 8.5 x 5.5". Spines sunned, some edge wear, signature near middle just started, still a nice set. First edition, BAL 10115, state B (no known priority). Contains 5 pieces not in the first American edition.

Seller: Barry Cassidy Rare Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.

[IRVING, Washington] CRAYON, Geoffrey.. Tales of a Traveller.. John Murray, London, 1824.

Price: US$225.00 + shipping

Description: 2 vols. 8vo, attractive old half calf and marbled boards; gilt spines. First English edition, state "B." BAL 10115, State "B" with notice on p. [395] of Vol. II. Armorial bookplate in each volumes; spines mildly sunned; a very attractive set.

Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.

[Irving, Washington] writing as Geoffrey Crayon.. Tales Of A Traveller. 2 Volumes.. London, John Murray, 1824., 1824.

Price: US$288.00 + shipping

Description: First edition, state B. Bound in full polished leather with gilt rules and decorations, and leather labels on the spines, all edges marbled, matching marbled end papers. Both volumes have been professionally rebacked with original spines laid down. Wear at extremeties, otherwise very good.

Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.

Crayon, Geoffrey (pseudonymn of Washington Irving). Tales of a Traveller (in 2 volumes, complete). John Murray, London, 1824.

Price: US$650.00 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: First U.K. Edition, first printing. "B" state with notice "Several spurious works, etc." 2 volumes. Half calf, decorative spines, 6 compartments, raised ridges, marble boards. All edges decoratively stained and speckled. Armorial bookplates. Volume I has a few bands of sunning to front board, 1/2" crack along spine. Volume II is in fine condition. Paper is strong, clean and bright. Overall near fine.

Seller: Rose's Books IOBA, Harwich Port, MA, U.S.A.

Washington Irving. Tales of A Traveler. John Murray, London, 1824.

Price: US$795.00 + shipping

Description: a near fine set in the rare original lime green embossed cloth from John Murray of London. Irving wrote and publlished these stories in Europe during his long stay in Great Britain and on the continent. later issued in the same year in Philadelphia in 2 volumes by Carey & Lea. and then later in Paris. this set even has the original paper spine labels issued by John Murray, includes ownership book plate of the Library of the Chambers Institution Peebles. on both volumes. faded 1824 English Lord's signature on the title page light ink and light pencil of Washington Irving under his nom de plume, Geoffrey Crayon on both volumes a very rare set, no other set for sale on the various sites.

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

Irving, Washington. Tales of a Traveller. John Murray, 1824.

Price: US$800.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Tales of a Traveller By Geoffrey Crayon Complete in Two Volumes, John Murray, London, 1824, mid-late 19th century half leather bindings, 9 x 5.5”, 8vo. In good condition. Beautifully preserved and handsomely bound. Presents well! Light wear to extremities with minor scuffing to edges and tips. Marbled wrappers light scuffed, toned. Spines faded from sun exposure. Lovely gilt tooling to spine compartments with delicate floral motif. Morocco labels intact. Bookseller’s ticket adhered to pastedown of Volume I G. Willis, London. Brown end papers free of other ownerships or markings. Internally good with light toning at edges. Some scattered foxing, minimal throughout. Moderate age toning to title of Volume I. Ownership in old hand on title page of Volume I. Bindings are tight and intact. Please see photos. A fine, 1st edition set of Irving’s Tales of a Traveller. An important repository of his supernatural stores, ten in all, including “The Adventure of a German Student,” which Bleiler proclaims “one of the early masterpieces of horror” and “The Devil and Tom Walker,” which, as “one of Irving’s best weird tales, takes its rightful place among devil stories popular in the nineteenth century” Scarce in this edition.

Seller: ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.

Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. [Washington Irving ]. Tales of a Traveller. By Geoffrey Crayon, gent. [pseud.] .. London: John Murray, Albemarle-Street,, 1824.

Price: US$895.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Two volumes. First edition (The American edition printed in Philadelphia was published later in the same year but failed to include 5 of the stories. The five did not appear until the second. American edition of 1825.) Large 8vo. 364 & 394 pp., plus pirated edition notice. Finely bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe in polished calf, elaborate gilt spines 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 an early 1900s prominent Clevelander. Title label of volume II rubbed off, very light spotting on the first and last few pages of both volumes otherwise fine. Rare. BAL 10115 (noted state B, priority not established). Weight is 3 1/2 lbs.

Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.

Irving, Washington. TALES OF A TRAVELLER. By Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. [pseudonym] . In Two Volumes .. John Murray, London, 1824.

Price: US$1000.00 + shipping

Description: Octavo, two volumes: pp. [i-v] vi-xiv [xv] xvi [1-3] 4-364; [i-v] vi [1-3] 4-394 [395: "notice" (about pirated editions of Irving's works)] [396: printer's imprint], nineteenth-century full calf, all panels stamped in gold, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers. First edition. An important edition of the major repository of Irving's supernatural stories, ten in all, including "The Adventure of the German Student," which Bleiler proclaims "one of the early masterpieces of horror" and "The Devil and Tom Walker," which, as "one of Irving's best weird tales, takes its rightful place among devil stories popular in the nineteenth century" (Benjamin Franklin Fisher IV, Bleiler [ed], Supernatural Fiction Writers: Fantasy and Horror, p. 689). "Irving was America's first major literary celebrity and enjoyed a long, successful career free from the kind of tragedy that tormented contemporaries such as Hawthorne and Poe, though it eventually added a romantic glow to their reputations -- everyone loves a tormented genius. Irving, as a master of both comic and tragic material, has suffered in posterity from the difficulty readers have in reconciling the two. Like so many other writers who have appreciated how humor and horror serve as foils for each other (consider Dickens, Twain, W. W. Jacobs, Barry Pain among others) his dark side tends to be minimized in the pubic eye. This collection shows both sides, and also shows Irving at work misdirecting readers in order to shield himself from the charge so commonly directed at fiction in this period, that it was frivolous nonsense, or worse." - Robert Eldridge. "Irving's supernatural fiction is still fresh -- amusing or horrible as the case may be -- and much worth reading." - E. F. Bleiler, Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, pp. 224-5. This British edition includes five pieces (one of which is "The Adventure of the German Student") which are not in the first U.S. edition, published in Philadelphia by Carey and Lea in 1824 in four paper-covered parts. A revised and extended two-volume U.S. edition, including the five pieces omitted from the first U.S. edition, was published in New York by C. S. Van Winkle in 1825. "TALES OF A TRAVELLER (1824), much neglected and often maligned by critics, contains some of Irving's best art in the supernatural mode." - Fisher, Supernatural, p. 688. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 2-92. Barron (ed), Horror Literature 1-47 (in reference to "The German Student" as a tale of terror). Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 885. Survey of Modern Fantastic Literature IV, pp. 1557-9. Tymn, Horror Literature, 1-182 (in reference to "The German Student" as a Gothic). Bleiler (1978), p. 107. Not in Reginald (1979; 1992). Langfeld and Blackburn, pp. 25-6. BAL 10115 (noted state B, priority not established). See Wright (I) 1449 and 1450. Calf rubbed at edges, some of the gold stamping on spine panels perished, half titles missing, a very good copy. (#137518)

Seller: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, U.S.A.

CRAYON, Geoffrey, Gent. Tales of a Traveller. , 1824.

Price: US$2750.00 + shipping

Description: (IRVING, WASHINGTON). CRAYON, Geoffrey, Gent. Tales of a Traveller. 2 vols. Orig. gray boards, with printed paper labels on spines. London: John Murray, 1824. First edition, first state. Preceeds the American edition, and includes five pieces that were omitted in the American edition. BAL 10115. A fine untrimmed set in a blue morocco-backed slipcase.

Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.