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Auction archive: Lot number 30

IRVING, Washington (1783-1859) Works New York and London: G ...

Estimate
US$1,000 - US$1,500
Price realised:
US$1,750
Auction archive: Lot number 30

IRVING, Washington (1783-1859) Works New York and London: G ...

Estimate
US$1,000 - US$1,500
Price realised:
US$1,750
Beschreibung:

IRVING, Washington (1783-1859). Works . New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, n.d.
IRVING, Washington (1783-1859). Works . New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, n.d. 40 volumes, 8 o (217 x 146 mm). Colored frontispieces and engraved titles printed in red and black, titles and text printed within brown borders, head-pieces and tail-pieces, numerous illustrations, many printed on tissue and mounted. Brown morocco gilt, spine in 3 compartments with 2 raised bands, gilt lettered in one, floral and leaf design in one, turn-ins gilt, green reversed calf doublures and endpapers, top edges gilt, others uncut (some hinges lightly rubbed). LIMITED EDITION, number 3 of 250 sets of the "Joseph Jefferson Edition," SIGNED BY JOSEPH JEFFERSON Jefferson (1829-1905), an actor who adapted a dramatic version of Washington Irving's Rip Van Winkle , spent 40 years depicting the title character in his show throughout the United States, Australia, and England. (40)

Auction archive: Lot number 30
Auction:
Datum:
18 May 2012
Auction house:
Christie's
18 May 2012, New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

IRVING, Washington (1783-1859). Works . New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, n.d.
IRVING, Washington (1783-1859). Works . New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, n.d. 40 volumes, 8 o (217 x 146 mm). Colored frontispieces and engraved titles printed in red and black, titles and text printed within brown borders, head-pieces and tail-pieces, numerous illustrations, many printed on tissue and mounted. Brown morocco gilt, spine in 3 compartments with 2 raised bands, gilt lettered in one, floral and leaf design in one, turn-ins gilt, green reversed calf doublures and endpapers, top edges gilt, others uncut (some hinges lightly rubbed). LIMITED EDITION, number 3 of 250 sets of the "Joseph Jefferson Edition," SIGNED BY JOSEPH JEFFERSON Jefferson (1829-1905), an actor who adapted a dramatic version of Washington Irving's Rip Van Winkle , spent 40 years depicting the title character in his show throughout the United States, Australia, and England. (40)

Auction archive: Lot number 30
Auction:
Datum:
18 May 2012
Auction house:
Christie's
18 May 2012, New York, Rockefeller Center
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