The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow & Other Stories

by Washington Irving

1968. Minster Classics Edition. 318 pages. Pictorial paper cover. Pages are lightly tanned with moderate foxing to endpapers and text block edges. Minor dog-eared corners, with pen marks and a few small nicks along text block edge. Slight tearing to page 183. Cover has moderate shelf-wear to edges and surfaces, with slight curling to corners. Mild crushing to spine ends, with visible reading creases down spine. Book has a subtle forward lean, with small splits to spine ends. Water stain to joint.

Paperback

Published January 1, 1968

About the author

People remember American writer Washington Irving for the stories " Rip Van Winkle " and " The Legend of Sleepy Hollow ," contained in The Sketch Book (1820).

This author, essayist, biographer and historian of the early 19th century wrote newspaper articles under the pseudonym Jonathan Oldstyle to begin his literary career at the age of nineteen years.

In 1809, he published The History of New York under his most popular public persona, Diedrich Knickerbocker.

Historical works of Irving include a five volume biography of George Washington (after whom he was named) as well as biographies of Oliver Goldsmith, Muhammad, and several histories, dealing with subjects, such as Christopher Columbus, the Moors, and the Alhambra, of 15th-century Spain. John Tyler, president, appointed Irving to serve as the first Spanish speaking United States minister to Spain from 1842 to 1846.

Reviews

[Scott Golden · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent sampler of stories originally collected in several different collections by the wonderfully talented Washington Irving. A keen observer of life and human nature, as well as a satiric wit, Irving’s stories are entertaining and surprisingly (to me, anyway) well written. Recommend.