Mid-20th Century Illustrated Heritage Press Leather Octavo, Washington Irving's the Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. - 1 Book

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Irving, Washington. The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.

New York: The Heritage Press (HP). Copyright 1939 [Chicago: Presented by … Read more Irving, Washington. The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.

New York: The Heritage Press (HP). Copyright 1939 [Chicago: Presented by Illinois Gear & Machine Co. (IGM), 1954]. Special edition. 8vo; xiv + (2), 399 pp. Full tan pebble-grain leather with gilt tooled covers, dentelles and upper leaf edge, sporadic light scratches to upper leaf edge and board edges, silk moire fabric end papers, color frontispiece, color and black/white illustrations, a couple of board tips worn. The Volume is set in linotype Scotch Roman type, printed on paper especially made for this volume. Presentation page inscribed, "Especially For - J. Wedences". Illustrated by Gordon Ross. Very good.

Note: HP created several exclusive variants of their volumes for the IGM, special lot done produced over several years. (Of Interest: IGM HP Volumes)

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