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IRVING, WASHINGTON. The Works. New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons [1901]. 40 vols., 8vo, maroon morocco gilt, covers with triple gilt fillet around a decorative rectangular and oval gilt panel incorporating floral ornaments at corners, spines in six compartments, an ornamental gilt panel with single flower in the rest, board edges gilt-dotted, turn-ins gilt, beige morocco gilt doublures and red watered silk liners, t.e.g., others uncut by STIKEMAN, one headcap very slightly chipped, one or two other extremities minutely rubbed. LIMITED "JOSEPH JEFFERSON" EDITION, no. 87 of 250 copies, title-leaves of Japanese vellum decoratively printed in red and black, text within a variety of decorative borders printed in bistre, color frontispieces, plates and illustrations.
Provenance: Frederick S. Peck, bookplates. (40)
Provenance: Frederick S. Peck, bookplates. (40)