Old Christmas by Washington Irving - 1898 Antique Illustrated Book

What a beautifully illustrated, elegant Christmas book this is! In very good condition here is a copy of Old Christmas by Washington Irving. Published in 1894 by Macmillan & Co., London. Richly illustrated throughout by Randolph Caldecott, and with gilt edged pages. Contents very good, with some wear to the top of the spine. More details below.

Old Christmas by Washington Irving is actually a collection of five short stories about Christmas. They chronicle the American writer's nostalgic recollections of Christmas traditions in 19th Regency century England. The text first appeared in 1819 in Irving's Sketchbook.

Inside the pages are clean and tightly bound. Has some occasional mild scattered spotting, and some light tanning to the frontispiece tissue guard. Has a bookplate to the front paste down, but no other writing or markings of previous ownership. With cracked paper to the front hinge to reveal webbing, but the binding remains good and strong. Has a fold/crease with a small nick to the blank front free endpaper. The gilt on all three sides has remained shiny bright.

Bound in dark-green cloth backed boards with beautiful gilt decoration which again is in top order - sparkly bright. The dark green cloth is clean and un-faded. Has some splits to the cloth at the spine head (see close-up photo).

An extremely attractive, antique Christmas book, looking eye-catching on the book shelf. Your copy of Old Christmas will be wrapped with care in tissue and ribbon* and sent well packaged. I am always happy to add a gift message to the parcel if desired.

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H 19 cm x W 13.5 cm, 165 pages, 0.42 kg. I dispatch daily from the UK.

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