Jun 17, 2015 - Sale 2388

Sale 2388 - Lot 176

Price Realized: $ 312
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
IRVING, WASHINGTON. A Chronicle of The Conquest of Granada. From the Mss. of Fray Antonio Agapida. 2 volumes. Half-title in the first volume (none called for in second). Tall 8vo, original paper boards, printed paper spine labels, fore- and bottom edges uncut, vol. 1 with split textblock reglued and spine foot repaired, scuffed with scattered abrading; ownership inscription to front pastedowns, scattered foxing, heaviest to front and end matter. London: John Murray, 1829

Additional Details

first english edition, in the original boards. Tall, uncut copy. Succeeding the American edition, but publishing a variant text. With 2 pages advertisements at end of vol. 2. BAL 10126.