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2 works bound into one volume. From the handsome edition of Irving's Works published by Crowell, an early printing of both works. With a frontispiece photogravure from a drawing by Edmund B. Garrett 8vo, handsomely bound in three-quarter tan calf over marbled paper covered boards, the spines with raised bands gilt ruled, the compartments with gilt tooled devices at the centers, two compartments lettered in gilt on dark brown calf lettering labels, endleaves marbled. 310; 152 pp. A very handsome copy, very well preserved with very little evidence of age or use, a fine copy.

Edizione: two fine works bound into one volume. bracebridge hall is one of irving’s most enduring works, depicting in his best style, the medley of ideas thrust upon him during his time spent living in england. irving himself says that he had spent so much time in all stages of his existence reading and thinking about england, how the differences between the old country and the new, the country of his birth, were bubbling all about him. bracebridge hall is his ode to england, to tracing the footsteps of history and breathing the poetry of a sanctified land.<br> irving said that the popularity of his writing is due to an odd reason: “it has been a matter of marvel, that man from the wilds of america should express himself in tolerable english. i was looked upon as something new and strange in literature; a kind of demi-savage, with a feather in his hand, instead of on his head; and there was a curiosity to hear what such a being had to say about civilized society.” <br> wolfert's roost and miscellanies is a collection of essays, sketches, and stories centered around wolfert's roost, a historic dutch stone cottage in tarrytown, new york. the property is named after wolfert acker (1667–1753), an early colonial american yeoman and local official who built the original 17th-century farmhouse on the hudson river. washington irving purchased the historic property in the 1830s, lovingly renovated and expanded it in the dutch style, and renamed the estate sunnyside. the book features the title sketch about the estate alongside classic folklore, travel pieces, and reflections on dutch-american history.