The Works of Washington Irving: New York; Putnam & Company, 1851-3
A very rare set, especially found complete, of the first collected edition of the works of Washington Irving. This set includes several second editions and all are of course very early editions of Irving's works including The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (here bound in three volumes), Bracebridge Hall, The Alhambra, and his other works. There are also four foldout maps throughout the set.
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Size: 136 x 190 mm (approx., each)
Condition:
[xvi, i, pp.14-454]; [xii, i, pp.10-465]; [xviii (plus map), i, pp.20-437]; [viii (plus map), i, pp.10-493]; [xvi, i, pp.18-492]; [vii, i, pp.1-487]; [xi, iv, pp.16-456]; [viii (plus map), pp.[1]-519]; [xiv, iii, pp.18-379]; [xviii (plus map), i, pp.20-428]; [xiii, iv, pp.18-382, i]; [xi, i, pp.14-373]; [xii, i, pp.14-500]; [xix, i, pp.18-548]; [vi, iii, pp.14-425]
Uniform full calf leather with marbled page edges and pastedowns, retaining all tooled labels, some chipped. Some loss to the backstrip at the head of the seventh volume, less so to the thirteenth volume, and to the central compartment of the fifteenth volume. Shelf wear with loss to extremities. Boards lightly scuffed but generally very good. Endpapers foxed but the majority of the volumes are clean through the text blocks. Each volume is internally collated as complete with the full collation provided above for reference. Front board of the fifteenth volume with the board detached with all other boards attached through the set. Many joints cracked and/or fragile with boards insecurely attached, but those are all attached. Rear board of the eleventh volume nearly detached.
