The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Overview:

  • Title: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
  • Author: Washington Irving
  • Year: 1928
  • Publisher: George G. Harrap & Co.
  • Pages: 102
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Chapter Book
  • Title Reference: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
  • Notes:
    • 1st ed., three formats or variants
    • Limited edition of 375 copies (250 for UK, 125 for US), signed by Rackham
    • Limited (250), oversubscribed before publication Cloth, 10/6 Leather, 17/6 "Illustrated in Colour and Line" "A New Rackham Book, Ready Next Friday" (-09-14, or perhaps -09-21) --publisher advertisement The Observer 1928-09-09 p5 "Four New Harrap Books" (3 others non-genre)

      "8 plates in colour and many line illustrations in the text" --later advertisements "These are Harrap Books" (Nov), "Give Harrap Books" (Dec) (The former covers also Johannes C. Anderson, Myths and Legends of the Polynesians, illustrated reference, 21/-; non-genre books otherwise.)
    • OCLC 590179450 provides numerous descriptive notes on the limited ed. See also {{OCLC|1019496077}} on the US deluxe ed.