Rip Van Winkle

New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1899. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. A dramatization of Rip Van Winkle in a lovely publisher's binding. Includes a 22 page introduction by the author about his inspiration for writing this play. Bound in olive green cloth boards with gilt title to spine and front board. Gilt poppies frame a scene of mountains. Minor rubbing to gilt on front board and minor wear to edges of boards. Previous owner's name in red pen to front free endpaper. Occasional splits to interior of binding, but all pages remain bound. Slight roll to binding. Paper across interior hinges has split, but mull is still intact. Boards and textblock are firmly attached. Crease to edge of one page. Filled with black and white illustrations. Clean and bright. 199 pages. Small Octavo. DRA/012725.