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[Washington Irving]. George S. Hellman, editor. The Letters of Washington Irving to Henry Brevoort. New York: G. P. Putn... (Total: 4 )
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[Washington Irving]. George S. Hellman, editor. The Letters of Washington Irving to Henry Brevoort. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1915. 2 volumes. [With:] The Letters of Henry Brevoort to Washington Irving. New York: G. P. Putnam's, 1915. 2 volumes.Together 4 volumes, 8vo. Frontispiece portrait in each volume and one facsimile. Original blue boards, gilt-stamped on covers, black leather spine labels, uncut; original dust jackets printed in dark blue.
FIRST EDITIONS, LARGE-PAPER ISSUES, number 80 (Irving's Letters Vol. I) and number 89 (Irving's Letters Vol. II) of 255 copies and number 115 of 310 copies, respectively. THE EDITOR'S COPIES, inscribed by Hellman on the front free endpaper of Vol. I of each set: "Ex libris / George Hellman."
WITH AN UNPUBLISHED AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED FROM IRVING TO BREVOORT tipped-in at the rear of Vol. II of Irving's Letters, dated London, 14 November 1829, 2 pages with integral address leaf, 4to. Irving informs Brevoort that he is sending "a part of the first volume of [Thomas] Moore's life of Byron" and a copy of a new work by William Godwin [probably Cloudesley] with the view of placing them "to the best advantage with the American publishers..." Also laid-in is a later 7-page typescript of an unpublished letter from Irving to Brevoort, dated New York, May 15th, 1811.
Condition: Front endpapers toned from typescript laid in Vol. I of Irving's Letters. Bindings very fine; dust jacket spines very slightly toned; spine panel of Vol. I of Irving's Letters with pale stain, minor stain on front panel of Vol. II (Irving's Letters), otherwise an extremely fine set. The letter with a little separation at outer fold along fore-edge of text block, repair to seal hole on address leaf.
References: BAL 10205; Langfeld & Blackburn, pp. 47-48.
Provenance: George Hellman, editor (inscriptions in each set). The Library of a Minnesota Collector.
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