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Irving, Washington. The Alhambra: A Series of Tales and Sketches of The Moors and Spaniards, by the Author of The Sketch Book, In Two Volumes, Volume One Only. Carey & Lea, 1832.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Condition: Poor

Description: In poor condition. Ex-library. Original boards are very worn with staining And water damage. Publisher’s label is wearing off, but still intact. Text block is has severe foxing throughout, but unmarked. Water damage staining throughout. Severe foxing to end end pages. Binding is tight and intact. Please see photos. 1st American edition, volume one only. Preceded by London Edition which was published about three weeks earlier. A collection of essays, verbal sketches and stories of American author Washington Irving inspired by his visit to the palace Alhambra in Granada, Spain. He completed this shortly after completing a biography of Christopher Columbus. Irving returned to the United States after a seventeen year absence shortly after its publication.

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

Irving, Washington [1783 - 1859]; Crayon, Geoffrey [Pseudonym]. THE ALHAMBRA [TWO VOLUMES]. Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, London, 1832.

Price: US$650.00 + shipping

Description: Octavos, Two Volumes. In Very Good Minus condition. Brown leather spine with faded gilt lettering and raised bands. Red marbled boards wrapped in protective mylar covers show light shelf with rubbing along bottom edges (especially Vol. I), the top front corner of vol. I is bumped, and the front covers of both volumes are slightly bowed. Textblock shows light age toning throughout, occasional light foxing (more prominent in vol. II), and the name of a previous owner is inscribed in ink on the title page of Vol. II. Rebound in 3/4 leather with marbled boards. CONTENTS: Vol. I (viii, 333 pages) -- Vol. II (299 pages). CX Consignment. Shelved on bookshelves to the left of the copier. Oversized order. Additional shipping and handling may be necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy international shipping unavailable due to size/weight restriction(s). Contact seller if you have any questions. Simultaneously released in 1832 by Colburn & Bentley in London, and by Carey & Lea in Philadelphia. Published under Irving's long-standing pseudonym "Geoffrey Crayon." 1346115. Special Collections.

Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.

WASHINGTON IRVING. THE ALHAMBRA : A SERIES OF TALES AND SKTECHES OF THE MOORS AND SPANIARDS. CAREY & LEA PHILIDELPHIA PUBLISHER, 1832.

Price: US$746.77 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: PRIVATE LIBRARY NOTATION ON TITLE PAGE, OF AEMILIUS IRVING, 1824-1912. PROMINENT ONTARIO LAWYER AND ONE-TIME FEDERAL MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION (TWO VOLS). 470 PAGES TOTAL. 1/4 LINEN WITH PAPER BOARDS. FRAGILE PAPER LABELS ON BACK STRIP, LARGELY IN TACT. MODEST FOXING THROUGHOUT. BINDING SQUARE AND TIGHT. TABLE OF CONTENTS VOL. I MYSTERIOUSLY BOUND INTO THE BACK OF THE BOOK, FOLLOWING THE LAST PAGE OF TEXT AND IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING A 36 PAGE CATALOGUE PRINTED ON LEAVES ABOUT 10% SMALLER THAN THE TEXT BLOCK ITSELF. ALL EDGES DECKLED. LIKELY A TEMPORARY BINDING STATE INTENDED TO BE PERMANENTLY REBOUND AT A FUTURE TIME. HANNAH MARGARET IRVING, AEMILIUS IRVING'S GRANDMOTHER HAS SIGNED AND DATED (1835) ON THE FIRST FREE END PAPER THOUGH UNATTRIBUTED ON THE TITLE PAGE, THE AUTHOR IS "WASHINGTON IRVING" OF "THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW" FAME. HE WAS INSPIRED TO WRITE THE SHORT STORIES AND HISTORY COLLECTED HERE, WHILE LIVING IN THE ALHAMBRA PALACE, GRANADA, SPAIN. SCARCE

Seller: BooksCardsNBikes, Stratford, ON, Canada

Irving, Washington. The Alhambra: A Series of Tales and Sketches of the Moors and Spaniards. [in two volumes]. Carey & Lea, Philadelphia, 1832.

Price: US$1200.00 + shipping

Description: First American edition. Vol. I, [iv] 234 pp., [1]; Vol II, 236 pp. [1]. 2 vols. 12mo. Original plum muslin backed beige boards, title labels pasted down on sunned spines with moderate chipping on the label of first volume and some rubbing on the second. Heavy foxing throughout, about two inches cleanly cut from the top of the title pages in each volume where early ownership had been written, and otherwise wear consistent with age; overall a very good set Vol. I, [iv] 234 pp., [1]; Vol II, 236 pp. [1]. 2 vols. 12mo

Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Irving, Washington. The Alhambra: a Series of Tales and Sketches of the Moors and Spaniards. First edition, 1832. Philadelphia: Carey & Lea,, 1832.

Price: US$1250.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition, 2 vols, 12mo in sixes (7 13/16” x 4 5/8”), pp. (i)-iv, (13)-234, (1) “Contents”, (1) blank, (36) inserted catalogue; (1-5), 6-236. 1: (1) |2, 2-18 |6, 19 |5, 20 |2, 21 |2, [inserted catalogue 36 pp.], 2 blank leaves. 2: (1) |2, 2-20 |6, 21 |2, pastedown is conjugate with 21 |2. Original plum muslin backed boards, printed paper lettering pieces on backs. Good with natural wear to cloth & boards, muslin faded to light purple-brown but quite good even at end-caps, spotting to boards of vol 2. Old brown ink number on muslin back of vol 2. Sheets with natural age toning & with occasional minor foxing or stains. BAL 10136. Wright 1, 1373. H8403.

Seller: J & J House Booksellers, ABAA, Kennett Square, PA, U.S.A.

IRVING, WASHINGTON. The Alhambra: a series of tales and sketches of the Moors and Spaniards. Carey & Lea, Philadelphia, 1832.

Price: US$1562.50 + shipping

Description: First American edition, 2 vols., 12mo, pp. iv, [13]-234, [1]; 236; original brown muslin-backed boards, printed paper labels on spines; some chipping at the extremities of the labels, minor foxing, some dampstaining in the gutter and margins of vol. II; generally a good, sound set or better, and contained in a quarter brown morocco slipcase (a little scuffed) lettered in gilt on spine. Both volumes with the bookseller label of Coale & Littell, Baltimore; and the bookplate of E. Hubert Litchfield. Preceded by the London edition which was published about 3 weeks earlier. BAL 10136; Wright I, 1373.

Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.

Irving, Washington. THE ALHAMBRA. By Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym] . In Two Volumes .. Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, London, 1832.

Price: US$2500.00 + shipping

Description: Octavo, two volumes: pp. [i-v] vi [vii] viii [1-3] 4-333 [334-336 blank][note: last leaf is a blank]; [i-viii] [1-3] 4-299 [300: printer's imprint] [301-304: ads], original blue boards, brown paper shelf back, printed paper labels affixed to spine panels, all edges untrimmed. First edition. The last of Irving's collections of sketches and stories published under his pen name Geoffrey Crayon includes nine supernatural tales: "Legend of the Arabian Astrologer," "Legend of Prince Ahmed Al Kamel; or, The Pilgrim of Love," "Legend of the Moor's Legacy," "Governor Manco and the Soldier," "Legend of the Two Discreet Statues," "The Legend of the Enchanted Soldier," "The Adventure of the Mason" (marginal), "Legend of the Rose of the Alhambra," and "Legend of Don Munio Sancho de Hinojosa." This Colburn and Bentley edition precedes the first U.S. edition published in Philadelphia by Carey and Lea in 1832. "The father of the U.S. short story and one of the first U.S. professional writers, Irving is an important link in the transfer of the stories of German Romanticism to U.S. soil . Irving's work laid the foundation for the writings of William Austin, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe and others ." - Clute and Grant (eds), The Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997), p. 505. Irving traveled in Spain 1826 to 1829. His Spanish residence resulted in a profound interest in Moorish culture, the first fruit of which was THE ALHAMBRA (1832), a volume of stories and sketches based on Spanish legends. The tales "are less satirical than his early adaptations, but their muted melancholy makes them more strongly romantic" (ibid., p. 505). Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 2-92. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 886. Bleiler (ed), Supernatural Fiction Writers: Fantasy and Horror, pp. 689-90. Sullivan (ed), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, pp. 224-5. Survey of Modern Fantastic Literature IV, pp. 1554-62. Tymn (ed), Horror Literature 2-49. Bleiler (1978), p. 107. Not in Reginald (1979; 1992). Langfeld and Blackburn, p. 32. BAL 10135. See Wright (I) 1373. Old repair to outer front joint and upper spine end of volume one, hairline crack along outer rear joint repaired, a bit of wear and cracking along outer front joint of volume two, mild wear at spine ends, corner tips bumped and worn, a very good copy with clean interior; largely unopened. A pretty nice copy and quite uncommon in the publisher's binding. Laid in is an old Charles Sessler catalogue description calling this "a perfect copy . in splendid condition. Very rare in this state." (#134900)

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