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Author:

Irving, Washington, 1783-1859, author.

Title:

The legend of Sleepy Hollow / by Washington Irving ; wood engravings by Sarah Chamberlain.

Edition:

[Deluxe edition.]

Publisher:

Rebecca Press,

Copyright Date:

1983

Description:

[118] pages : illustrations (some color), foredge painting ; 60 x 75 mm (in case: 65 x 77 mm)

Subject:

Miniature books--Specimens.
Fore-edge painting--Specimens.
Ghost stories.
Ghost stories.
Miniature books.
Specimens.

Other Authors:

Chamberlain, Sarah, artist. illustrator, artist.
Pomeroy, Jane, printer.
Weimman, Christopher, marbler.
Bingham, Rebecca Saady, signer. signer.
Burntcoat Press, printer.
Green Dragon Bindery, binder.
Rebecca Press, publisher.

Notes:

Limited ed. of 150 copies (35 deluxe gilt leather with pictorial leather onlays and leather slipcase, nine copies with fore-edge painting by Sarah Chamberlain.) --Bradbury. "Printed on October 31, 1983 in the bicentennial year of the birth of Washington Irving. Set in 6 point Fairfield Linotype with inital caps in Fry's Ornamented. Printed on Curtis Colophon paper. Illustrated by Sarah Chamberlain. Printed by Jane Pomeroy at the Burntcoat Press. Bound at the Green Dragon Bindery. Endpapers for deluxe edition marbled by Christopher Weimann. Designed by Rebecca Saady Bingham. Of an edition of 150, numbers 1-35 are deluxe copies. This is number [copy number]. [Signed] Rebecca S. Bingham." --Colophon. Library copy is one of nine deluxe copies with fore-edge painting. Painting depicts a scarecrow next to a field with wheat, three pumpkins, and a bat. IaU Library has deluxe copy number 4, signed by Rebecca S. Bingham. IaU

Indexed by:

R.C. Bradbury 20th century U.S. miniature books pg 231-232 no 1.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1045636848

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)