Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving - 1899

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1899. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Margaret Armstrong. This elegant little book includes the full legend of Sleepy Hollow with elegant illustrations by Miss Margaret Armstrong. There is text on every right-hand page framed by illustrations in pale green or light marroon ink, and small pen & ink illustrations in black on almost every left-hand page. There are also 8 photogravures by Frederick Simpson Coburn with quotations printed on the overlay tissue. The cover is cream with Armstrong's color & gilt illustration on front & spine. Gilt top edge and deckle fore edge. This book is in Very Good condition. Tight & straight binding; light smudges & slight fading on the cover and page edges are sunned. One front flyleaf has 17 signatures in ink, and foxing on the opposite page. 191 pages. We also have the companion volume of Rip Van Winkle - see seperate listing.