The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus abridged by Washington Irving. 1829. First edition of Irving's abridgement of his 2 volume work. Designated as "Third Edition First on Common Paper" on the title page. A 7 inches tall, 311 page book with 12 pages of publisher's offerings dated Sept. 1829.  The book  is leather backed with marbled boards. The front cover is loose. The covers are scuffed. The leather spine is scuffed and the top is chipped. The spine lettering is faintly visible. There is a  two line ink stamp "Myrtle Circulating Library" on the title page (partly legible)  and another on page 15. No other indications ox ex-library.