Description:
Irving, Washington (1783-1859) Works, Author's Autograph Edition. New York & London: Putnam's, 1895-1897. Limited edition, copy number 327 of 500, forty octavo volumes uniformly bound in half crushed brown morocco, marbled paper boards, t.e.g., volume I of Alhambra containing one manuscript leaf in Irving's hand, inscribed over one page, from chapter 41 of Irving's Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus, with the Bonneville map and the Columbus chart, 8 x 4 3/4 in. (40)
Estimate $500-700
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Keywords
Bonneville, Irving, LondonJohn Dorfman
Director, Books & Manuscripts
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