THE ALHAMBRA : A SERIES OF TALES AND SKTECHES OF THE MOORS AND SPANIARDS

WASHINGTON IRVING

Published by CAREY & LEA PHILIDELPHIA PUBLISHER, 1832

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PRIVATE LIBRARY NOTATION ON TITLE PAGE, OF AEMILIUS IRVING, 1824-1912. PROMINENT ONTARIO LAWYER AND ONE-TIME FEDERAL MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION (TWO VOLS). 470 PAGES TOTAL. 1/4 LINEN WITH PAPER BOARDS. FRAGILE PAPER LABELS ON BACK STRIP, LARGELY IN TACT. MODEST FOXING THROUGHOUT. BINDING SQUARE AND TIGHT. TABLE OF CONTENTS VOL. I MYSTERIOUSLY BOUND INTO THE BACK OF THE BOOK, FOLLOWING THE LAST PAGE OF TEXT AND IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING A 36 PAGE CATALOGUE PRINTED ON LEAVES ABOUT 10% SMALLER THAN THE TEXT BLOCK ITSELF. ALL EDGES DECKLED. LIKELY A TEMPORARY BINDING STATE INTENDED TO BE PERMANENTLY REBOUND AT A FUTURE TIME. HANNAH MARGARET IRVING, AEMILIUS IRVING'S GRANDMOTHER HAS SIGNED AND DATED (1835) ON THE FIRST FREE END PAPER THOUGH UNATTRIBUTED ON THE TITLE PAGE, THE AUTHOR IS "WASHINGTON IRVING" OF "THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW" FAME. HE WAS INSPIRED TO WRITE THE SHORT STORIES AND HISTORY COLLECTED HERE, WHILE LIVING IN THE ALHAMBRA PALACE, GRANADA, SPAIN. SCARCE. Seller Inventory # ABE-1692392875982

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Title: THE ALHAMBRA : A SERIES OF TALES AND ...

Publisher: CAREY & LEA PHILIDELPHIA PUBLISHER

Publication Date: 1832

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: 1st Edition