[Rarebooks] FS: Charming Edition of RIP VAN WINKLE

[Charles Agvent]

IRVING, Washington. RIP VAN WINKLE. A POSTHUMOUS WRITING OF DIEDRICH 
KNICKERBOCKER. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1930. Thin octavo 
(6-1/2" x 9-3/4") bound in full green sheepskin. Introduction by Mark 
Van Doren. Printed in Kaatskill type designed and cut for the book by 
Frederic W. Goudy and set by Berthat M. Goudy at the Village Press. 
Illustrations reproduced from engravings by Felix Darley. Copy #509 of 
1500 SIGNED by the designer on the colophon page. The eighth book of the 
press and one of the most difficult to find in anything approaching Fine 
condition because of the fragile sheepskin binding. Monthly Letter laid 
in. Spine evenly sunned; mild edgewear with a couple of small scrapes on 
the rear board. Near Fine in a Fine slipcase and scarce as such. 
(#017617)        $300.00

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