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Irving, Washington. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1899. Washington Irving's classic horror story about Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman, in a binding designed by Margaret Armstrong. First edition thus of a story that originally appeared in 1820. Eight photogravures from designs by Frederick Simpson Coburn, with captioned tissue guards. Ornamental borders, designed by Margaret Armstrong, in brown or green around every page of text, with an illustration on facing page. Bound in full white cloth over boards, with a tulip design and lettering stamped in gilt, green, red, and orange; pictorial endpapers; top edge gilt; white ribbon marker. 8 x 5.5 inches; v, [3], 191, [1] pages, [8] leaves of plates. Signature of former owner Annie M. [Moller] Behre (1864-) on front flyleaf. Light soiling to rear cover, light toning to spine, ribbon marker nearly detached, a rather attractive copy. Very Good. The only copy in commerce at time of cataloging and especially scarce with a clean front cover on the white cloth binding. . Publishers Decorative Cloth Binding
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