Books

New York: Putnam's, 1848-1865. The Stuyvesant Edition, Author's Revised Edition, The Works of Washington Irving, Life of George Washington Volume I and Volume II (in one volume), 596 pp.; Life of George Washington Volume III and Volume IV (in one volume), 587pp.; Life of George Washington Volume V (in one volume), 568 pp. New York: Putnam's, 1857. Three volumes, complete, in three-quarter brown calf, red marbleized boards, gold-tooled decorated spine, 6 compartments, pages marbleized on three edges. Frontispiece engraving of Washington by Rembrandt Peale in Volume I, vignette of Mount Vernon in Volume II, vignette of graveyard in Volume III. Previous owner's gift inscription and stamp on ffeps; pencil notes on last page of two volumes. Uniform with the Stuyvesant Edition, The Works of Washington Irving in 7 volumes. Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists, A Medley by Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., 1857 and Tales of A Traveller, Volume I, 546 pp., 1865, engraved frontispiece; The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., 1848, and A History of New York from the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty by Diedrich Knickerbocker, Volume II, 525 pp.,1848, engraved frontispiece; Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada and Mahomet and His Successors, Volume III, 367 pp. 1850, engraved frontispiece; The Alhambra, Volume IV, 453 pp., 1849, engraved frontispiece; The Life and Works of Christopher Columbus, Volume V, 596 pp., 1860, frontispiece of Columbus; The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A. in the Rocky Mountains of the Far West Digested from his journal and illustrated from various other sources, Volume VI, 459 pp.,1849, engraved frontispiece; Astoria and Oliver Goldsmith, Volume VII, 448 pp., 1849, engraved frontispiece. 10 volumes total. A little scuffing, corners scraped. Some books appear unread. Very good condition.

The Life of George Washington is a multi-volume biography by Irving, which offers a detailed account of Washington’s legacy.