Partly Printed Document Signed Washington Irving As President Of The Astor Library The Trustees
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1 vols. 4to. Traces of old mounts on verso small flaw at top right corner . Very good. Item #373238 Washington Irving 1783-1859 , author of the Legend of Sleepy Hollow and one of the first American authors to achieve success on both sides of the Atlantic, was named to the board of the Astor Library in the will of his friend John Jacob Astor, and served as the library’s first president util his death. A choice autograph from late in his
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