TALES OF A TRAVELLER

by Geoffrey Crayon, Washington Irving

$1,200 · Offered by Type Punch Matrix

First edition

London: John Murray, 1824. First edition of Washington Irving's collection of short stories largely set in Europe, including The Adventure of the German Student, the first story to employ the head-held-on-by-a-ribbon trope — in original boards. Very good. Item #44551 After THE SKETCH BOOK and BRACEBRIDGE HALL, Irving suffered from writer's block, which he remedied by traveling to Germany and France. TALES OF A

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