Title: A History of New York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty Author: [Irving, Washington] Knickerbocker, Diedrich, pseud. Place: London Publisher: John Lane Date: 1900 Description: Illustrated by Maxfield Parrish with 8 full-page plates, including frontispiece with tissue-guard. 12½x9, original gray cloth-backed boards with pictorial gilt-stamped cover label, spine lettered in gilt. First Parrish Illustrated Edition, British issue. Printed by D.B. Updike at the Merrymount Press. A rich production of Irving's History... illustrated by Parrish and printed at the Merrymount Press. Decorative bookplate of R.J. Wright. Lot Amendments Condition: Board edges retouched with closely matching color, spine ends and corners a bit bumped; hinges starting to crack, offsetting to free endpapers, occasional faint foxing, two previous owner's signature (including R.J. Wright); else very good or better. Item number: 167900
Title: A History of New York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty Author: [Irving, Washington] Knickerbocker, Diedrich, pseud. Place: London Publisher: John Lane Date: 1900 Description: Illustrated by Maxfield Parrish with 8 full-page plates, including frontispiece with tissue-guard. 12½x9, original gray cloth-backed boards with pictorial gilt-stamped cover label, spine lettered in gilt. First Parrish Illustrated Edition, British issue. Printed by D.B. Updike at the Merrymount Press. A rich production of Irving's History... illustrated by Parrish and printed at the Merrymount Press. Decorative bookplate of R.J. Wright. Lot Amendments Condition: Board edges retouched with closely matching color, spine ends and corners a bit bumped; hinges starting to crack, offsetting to free endpapers, occasional faint foxing, two previous owner's signature (including R.J. Wright); else very good or better. Item number: 167900
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