Rip Van Winkle and Other American Essays by Washington Irving

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1891. Houghton Mifflin Co (Riverside). Illustrated.

Travel back in time to the days before the American Revolution, when Dutch settlers populated the little towns along the Hudson River and ghosts roamed the mountains and river valleys. In "Rip Van Winkle," a henpecked husband escapes his nagging wife by wandering the Catskills, where he encounters some mysterious mountain men and tastes a strange brew with unexpected effects. "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" recounts schoolmaster Ichabod Crane's dream of marrying a wealthy farmer's daughter. But Ichabod's ambitions take a sudden turn with his terrifying late-night encounter with the dreaded Headless Horseman.
In addition to these famous fables by Washington Irving, America's first popular author, the collection includes Philip of Pokanet and a chronological sketch of Irving's life.

Cloth bound, light fading to cover. Corners are rubbed slightly, interior has some small margenalia written in pencil, but is otherwise clean and well bound. Very Good condition.