An 1820 First Edition Of "Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon," By NYC's First Literary Celebrity Washington Irving
An 1820 First Edition Of "Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon," By NYC's First Literary Celebrity Washington Irving arrow The 1820 first edition of Washington Irving's Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon The Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, NYPL The success of Washington Irving’s 1819/1820 collection of short stories called The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon cemented the Manhattan-born writer’s fame, and in turn — in spite of his absence, having spent the last half decade overseas rubbing elbows with London literati — helped bolster New York City...
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