Accession number
PML 89045
Creator
Irving, Washington, 1783-1859.
Published
London : Macmillan & Co., 1882.
Credit line
Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1979.
Notes
"Printed by R. & R. Clark, Edinburgh"--verso of t.p.
"Preface. The success of "Old Christmas" has suggested the re-publication of its sequel "Bracebridge Hall," illustrated by the same able pencil, but condensed so as to bring it within reasonable size and price."--p. v
"List of illustrations designed by Randolph Caldecott, and arranged and engraved by J.D. Cooper"--p. ix
Eight full-page engraved illustrations, including frontispiece, and numerous vignettes, all unsigned.
Tinted wood engraved t.p.
"Calvin M. Smyth Christmas 1886"--p. [1].
"Preface. The success of "Old Christmas" has suggested the re-publication of its sequel "Bracebridge Hall," illustrated by the same able pencil, but condensed so as to bring it within reasonable size and price."--p. v
"List of illustrations designed by Randolph Caldecott, and arranged and engraved by J.D. Cooper"--p. ix
Eight full-page engraved illustrations, including frontispiece, and numerous vignettes, all unsigned.
Tinted wood engraved t.p.
"Calvin M. Smyth Christmas 1886"--p. [1].
Description
[4], xiv, 284, [2] p., [7] leaves of plates : ill. (wood engravings) ; 18.5 x 13.5 cm
Provenance
Calvin M. Smyth, inscription; from the library of Lincoln Kirstein.
Binding
Dark brown crushed morocco, gold-tooled, with marbled brown endpapers and dentelle borders, edges gilt.
Classification
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