Leather. 8vo. New York: Printed by C. S. Van Winkle, 1822., 1822. Two volumes. Volume I: 348 (missing the last 2 pages; Volume II: 351 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in 3/4 19th century gilt decorated red leather over marble paper covered boards. Gilt titles and decoration present to the spine. Boards have shelfwear wear present (spines are chipped and worn.) Marbled endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate present to the FFEP, name present to the half-title page (Walter Ringgold). Missing the last two pages of Volume I. Heavy foxing. Text is free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A series of character sketches of the occupants of an English manor written while Irving lived in England. Washington Irving was America's first genuine internationally best-selling author and the first American to earn his living from his writing alone.

1822 First Edition Bracebridge Hall or The Humourists Washington Irving 1st Book


















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Bracebridge Hall, or The Humourists
 A Medley

by

Washington Irving
[writing as Geoffrey Crayon]

Leather. 8vo.  New York: Printed by C. S. Van Winkle, 1822., 1822. Two volumes. Volume I: 348 (missing the last 2 pages; Volume II: 351 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. 
 
Bound in 3/4 19th century gilt decorated red leather over marble paper covered boards.  Gilt titles and decoration present to the spine. Boards have shelfwear wear present (spines are chipped and worn.) Marbled endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate present to the FFEP, name present to the half-title page (Walter Ringgold). Missing the last two pages of Volume I.  Heavy foxing. Text is free of marks. Binding tight and solid.
 
A series of character sketches of the occupants of an English manor written while Irving lived in England. Washington Irving was America's first genuine internationally best-selling author and the first American to earn his living from his writing alone.

FROM WIKIPEDIA:

Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists, A Medley was written by Washington Irving in 1821, while he lived in England, and published in 1822. This episodic novel was originally published under his pseudonym Geoffrey Crayon.

As this is a location-based series of character sketches, there are a number of individual plots. The tales centre on the occupants of an English manor (based on Aston Hall, near Birmingham, England, which was occupied by members of the Bracebridge family and which Irving visited).

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