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[IRVING, Washington]. Rip Van Winkle in The Sketch Book of ...

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[IRVING, Washington]. Rip Van Winkle in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. No. 1. New York: C. S. Van Winkle, 1819. 8vo. 94 pp. Bound in modern blue cloth, black gilt morocco lettering label on spine (title-page chipped at upper corner with associated repair, title-page re-inserted, text toned, soiled, foxed, with some occasional marginal chipping, tears). Very good. THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF ONE OF IRVING?S MOST FAMOUS STORIES, RIP VAN WINKLE. Measurements: 8 x 6 x ??.