Rip Van Winkle: A Legend of the Kaatskill Mountains
Washington, Irving. Rip Van Winkle. Published by G.P. Putnam and Sons, New York, 1870.
8vo. 32pp. Black and gilt decorated maroon cloth. Beveled edges. Discoloration, rubbing and white stains to boards. Chipping to head and tail of spine. Corners bumped and worn. Minor age yellowing to pages not affecting text or plates. All gilt edges. Illustrated title page.
Tipped-in carbon print frontis of Joseph Jefferson. Jefferson was an American actor most famous for his role as Rip Van Winkle. Illustrated with 4 tipped-in interleaved photographs in carbon of Jefferson by one of the most successful 19th-century New York photographers Napoleon Sarony, as well as 13 in-text wood engravings by Darley, Hopin and others. The use of photographs for publicity purposes begain the mid 1860's. These are typical of carte-de-visite style portraits of actors that would have been offered for sale by theaters and stationers. Binding in poor, interior in very good condition.
