The World of Washington Irving
Blakiston Press, 1944. hardcover. 8vo 495pp. from rear flap: "...Against this rich and varied background of the contemporary scene, the great figures of the day stand out vividly. Mr. Brooks uses the biographies of the principal literary characters of the time for the structure of his narrative. Thomas Jefferson is presented at length, as the first formulator in words of the American point of view. Other figures who appear at full length are Audubon, Washington Irving, James Fenimore Cooper, William Cullen Bryant and Edgar Allan Poe." very good: spine sunned, mild bumps to corners, toning to endpapers, text clean, binding tight / no DJ, rear flap tipped in. Item #917
#00998.
Price: $7.00