Washington Irving
(1783 - 1859)
Washington Irving was an American author, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He is best known for his short stories The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle, both of which appear in his book The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.
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The Alhambra: Palace of Mystery and Splendor (1953)
Tales, true, legendary and fairy about the Moorish palace in Granada.
Best in Children’s Books Volume 19 (1959)
An assortment of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Read online at archive.org.
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The Bold Dragoon and Other Ghostly Tales (1930)
A collection of tales by Washington Irving.
Bracebridge Hall (1896)
An account of an American author’s time in Old England. Read for free online at Internet Archive: Volume 1, and Volume 2.
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Bracebridge Hall: Selections from the Sketch Book (1877)
A comic novel of England by an American expatriate, best known for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle. Read online at archive.org.
Collier’s Junior Classics Volume 10 (1962)
Eighteen selections from classic novels.
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Knickerbocker’s History of New York (1900)
A satirical look at the early history of the metropolis. Read online at archive.org.
Knickerbocker’s History of New York (1928)
A comic history of New York under the Dutch.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1928)
The fearful ride of Ichabod Crane and his encounter with the headless horseman has entered American folklore.
Old Christmas and Bracebridge Hall (1886)
An omnibus edition of Old Christmas and Bracebridge Hall, illustrated by Caldecott. Read online at archive.org.
Old Christmas: Selections from the Sketch Book (1875)
A book about Christmas in England by an American, best known for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle. Read online at archive.org.
Rip Van Winkle (1905)
A tale of Dutch New York and old Rip who played at bowls with Hendrick Hudson and his crew and slept for twenty years. This first edition has the plates all bound together at the back, as in the original issue of Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. Read for free online at Google Books.
Rip Van Winkle (1916)
This edition of the tale of a hunter who slept for twenty years in the Catskill Mountains after a game of bowls has additional drawings but fewer plates. In this edition the plates are distributed throughout the text. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Rip Van Winkle (1921)
Out hunting, Rip plays at bowls with the men of the mountains and drinks too deeply of their liquor. Read online at archive.org.
Rip Van Winkle & The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1951)
Two tales, one of the layabout who slept for twenty years and the other of the pumpkin-headed night rider on Halloween.
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The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. (1895)
A two-volume collection of stories and essays, including Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Read for free online at Internet Archive: Volume 1, and Volume 2.
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Tales of a Traveller (1895)
A collection of tales by Washington Irving. Read for free online at HathiTrust (volume 1 and volume 2) or at Internet Archive.
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