4 Volumes of Washington Irving 1849-50

Magnificent collection of 4 finely leather bound works by Washington Irving spanning 1849 to 1850. These are exceptionally well bound withgold tooling and fine marbaliezed boards and text block. A valuable addition to any serious sollector.

The adventures of Captain Bonneville includes a great fold out map aprox 20" x 11"

Condition

The bindings are tight and firm. The hinges are strong. There is  wear to the extremities, with rubbing, with the spine leather a bit frayed. Internally the pages have slight browning. Overall the condition is Very Good to Fine.

About the Author

Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859) was an American author, essayist, biographer and historian of the early 19th century. He was best known for his short stories "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle", both of which appear in his book The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. His historical works include biographies of George Washington, Oliver Goldsmith and Muhammad, and several histories of 15th-century Spain dealing with subjects such as Christopher Columbus, the Moors, and the Alhambra. Irving also served as the U.S. minister to Spain from 1842 to 1846.

He made his literary debut in 1802 with a series of observational letters to the Morning Chronicle, written under the pseudonym Jonathan Oldstyle. After moving to England for the family business in 1815, he achieved international fame with the publication of The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. in 1819. He continued to publish regularly—and almost always successfully—throughout his life, and completed a five-volume biography of George Washington just eight months before his death, at age 76, in Tarrytown, New York.

Irving, along with James Fenimore Cooper, was among the first American writers to earn acclaim in Europe, and Irving encouraged American authors such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Edgar Allan Poe. Irving was also admired by some European writers, including Sir Walter Scott, Lord Byron, Thomas Campbell, Francis Jeffrey, and Charles Dickens. As America's first genuine internationally best-selling author, Irving advocated for writing as a legitimate profession, and argued for stronger laws to protect American writers from copyright infringement.

Volume II (2)

The Sketch Book
The front page of The Sketch Book (1819)

Irving spent the next two years trying to bail out the family firm financially but was eventually forced to declare bankruptcy.[27] With no job prospects, Irving continued writing throughout 1817 and 1818. In the summer of 1817, he visited the home of novelist Walter Scott, marking the beginning of a lifelong personal and professional friendship for both men.[28] Irving continued writing prolifically—the short story "Rip Van Winkle" was written overnight while staying with his sister Sarah and her husband, Henry van Wart in Birmingham, England, a place that also inspired some of his other works.[29] In October 1818, Irving's brother William secured for Irving a post as chief clerk to the United States Navy, and urged him to return home.[30] Irving, however, turned the offer down, opting to stay in England to pursue a writing career.[31]

In the spring of 1819, Irving sent to his brother Ebenezer in New York a set of essays that he asked be published as The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. The first installment, containing "Rip Van Winkle", was an enormous success, and the rest of the work, published in seven installments in the United States and England throughout 1819 and 1820 ("The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" would appear in the sixth issue), would be equally successful.[32]

Like many successful authors of this era, Irving struggled against literary bootleggers.[33] In England, his sketches were published in book form by British publishers without his permission, an entirely legal practice as there were no clear international copyright laws. Seeking an English publisher to protect his copyright, Irving appealed to Walter Scott for help. Scott referred Irving to his own publisher, London powerhouse John Murray, who agreed to take on The Sketch Book.[34] From then on, Irving would publish concurrently in the United States and England to protect his copyright, with Murray being his English publisher of choice.[35]

Irving's reputation soared, and for the next two years, he led an active social life in Paris and England, where he was often feted as an anomaly of literature: an upstart American who dared to write English well

Volume IX (9)

CHAPTER I The Pawnee Hunting Grounds Travelling Companions A Commissioner A Virtuoso A Seeker of Adventures A Gil Bias of the Frontier A Young Man's Anticipations of Pleasure 11
CHAPTER II Anticipations disappointed New Plans Preparations to join an Exploring Party Departure from Fort Gibson Fordmg of the Verdigris An Indian Cavalier 17
CHAPTER III An Indian Agency Riflemen O sagos Creeks Trap pers Dogs Horses Half breeds Beatte the Huntsman 22
CHAPTER IV The Departure 27
CHAPTER V Frontier Scenes A Lycurgus of the Border Lynch's Law The Danger of finding a Horse The Young Osage 30
CHAPTER VI Trail of the Osage Hunters Departure of the Count and his Party A Deserted War Camp A Vagrant Dog The Encampment 86
CHAPTER VII News of the Rangers The Count and his Indian Squire Halt in the Woods Woodland Scene Osage Village Osage Visitors at our Evening Camp 40
CHAPTER VIII The Honey Camp 49
CHAPTER IX A Bee Hunt 52
CHAPTER X Amusements in the Camp Consultations Hunters Fare and Feasting Evening Scenes Camp Melody The Fate of an Amateur Owl 57
CHAPTER XI Breaking up of the Encampment Picturesque March Game Camp Scenes Triumph of a Young Hunter lll Success of Old Hunters Foul Murder of a Polecat 64
CHAPTER XII The Crossing of the Arkansas 72
CHAPTER XIII THE CAMP OF THE GLEN Camp Gossip Pawnees and their Habits A Hunter's Adventure Horses found and Men lost 76
CHAPTER XIV Deer Shooting Life on the Prairies Beautiful Encampment Hunter's Luck Anecdotes of the Dela wares and their Superstitions 86
CHAPTER XV The Search for the Elk Pawnee Stories 94
CHAPTER XVI A Sick Camp The March The Disabled Horse Old Ryan and the Stragglers Symptoms of Change of Weather and Change of Humors 102
CHAPTER XVII Thunder Storm on the Prairies The Storm Encampment Night Scene Indian Stories A Frightened Horse 109
CHAPTER XVIII Grand Prairie Cliff Castle Buffalo Tracks Deer hunted by Wolves Cross Timber 115 CHAPTER XIX Hunters Anticipations The Rugged Ford A Wild Horse 120
CHAPTER XX THE CAMP OF THE WILD HORSE Hunters Stories Habits of the Wild Horse The Half breed and his Prize A Horse Chase A Wild Spirit tamed 12fi
CHAPTER XXI The Fording of the Red Fork The Dreary Forests of the Cross Timber Buffalo 134
CHAPTER XXII The Alarm Camp 139
CHAPTER XXIII Beaver Dam Buffalo and Horse Tracks A Pawnee Trail Wild Horses The Young Hunter and the Bear Change of Route 149
CHAPTER XXIV Scarcity of Bread Rencontre with Buffaloes Wild Turkeys Fall of a Buffalo Bull 155
CHAPTER XXV Ringing the Wild Horse 160
CHAPTER XXVI Fording of the North Fork Dreary Scenery of the Cross Timber Scamper of Horses in the Sight Osage War Party Effects of a Peace Harangue Buffalo Wild Horse 166
CHAPTER XXVII Foul Weather Encampment Anecdotes of Bear Hunting Indian Notions about Omens Scruples Respecting the Dead 171
CHAPTER XXVIII A Secret Expedition Deer Bleating Magic Balls 182
CHAPTER XXIX The Grand Prairie A Buffalo Hunt 188 PAUI
CHAPTER XXX A Comrade lost A Search for the Camp The Commissioner the Wild Horse and the Buffalo A Wolf Serenade 199
CHAPTER XXXI A Hunt tor a Lost Comrade 204 CHAPTER XXXII A Republic of Prairie Dogs 210
CHAPTER XXXIII A Council in the Camp Reasons for Facing Homewards Horses lost Departure with a Detachment on the Homeward Route Swamp Wild Horse Camp Scene by Night The Owl Harbinger of Dawn 215
CHAPTER XXXIV Old Creek Encampment Scarcity of Provisions Bad Weather Weary Marching A Hunter's Bridge 225
CHAPTER XXXV A Look out for Land Hard Travelling and Hungry Halting A Frontier Farm house Arrival at the Garrison 232

Volume x (10)

The adventures of Captain Bonnevill

CHAPTER 1 State of the fur trade of the Rocky Mountains American enterprises General Ashiey and his associates Sublette a famous leader Yearly rendezvous among the mountains Stratagems and dangers of the trade Bands of trappers Indian banditti Crows and Blackfeet Mountaineers Traders of the Far West Character and habits of the trapper 27
CHAPTER II Departure from Fort Osage Modes of transportation Pack horses Wagons Walker and Cerr their characters Buoyant feelings on launching upon the Prairies Wild equipments of the trappers Their gambols and antics Difference of character between the American and French trappers Agency of the Kansas General Clarke White Plume the Kansas Chief Night scene in a trader's camp Colloquy between White Plume and the Captain Bee hunters Their expeditions Their feuds with the Indians Bargaining talent of White Plume 39
CHAPTER III Wide prairies Vegetable productions Tabular hills Slabs of sandstone Nebraska or Platte River Scanty fare Buffalo skulls Wagons turned
CHAPTER IV A n alarm Crow Indians their appearance mode of approach their vengeful errand their curiosity Hostility between the Crows and Blackfeet Loving conduct of the Crows Laramie's Fork First navigation of the Nebraska Great elevation of the country Rarity of the atmosphere its effect on the wood work of wagons Black Hills their wild and broken scenery Indian dogs Crow trophies Sterile and dreary country Banks of the Sweet Water Buffalo hunting Adventure of Tom Cain the Irish cook 59
CHAPTER V Magnificent scenerj Wind River Mountains Treasury of waters A stray horse An Indian trail Trout streams The Great Green River Valley An alarm A band of trappers Fontenelle his information Sufferings of thirst Encampment on the Seeds ke dee Strategy of rival traders Fortification of the camp The Black feet Banditti of the mountains Their character and habits 72
CHAPTER VI S Alette and his band Robert Campbell Mr Wyeth and a band of Down easters Yankee enterprise Fitzpatrick his adventure with the Blackfeet A rendezvous of mountaineers The battle of Pierre's Hole An Indian ambuscade Sublette's return 83
CHAPTER VII risi Retreat i f the Blackfeet Fontenelle's Amp in danger Captain Bonneville and the Blackfeet Free trappers their character habits dress equipments horses Game fellows of the mountains their visit to the camp Good fellowship and good cheer A carouse A swagger a brawl and a reconciliation 100
CHAPTER Vin Plans for the winter Salmon River Abundance of salmon west of the mountains New arrangements Caches Cerre's detachment Movements in Fontenelle's camp Departure of the Blackfeet their fortunes Wind Mountain streams Buckeye the Delaware hunter and the grizzly bear Bones of murdered travellers Visit to Pierre's Hole Traces of the battle Nez Perce Indians Arrival at Salmon River 107
CHAPTER IX Horses turned loose Preparations for winter quarters Hungry times Nez Perces their honesty piety pacific habits religious ceremonies Captain Bonneville's conversations with them Their love of gambling 117
CHAPTER X Blackfeet in the Horse Prairie Search after the hunters Difficulties and dangers A card party in the wilderness The card party interrupted Old Sledge a losing game Visitors to the camp Iroquois hunters Hanging eared Indians 123
CHAPTER XI Rival trapping parties Maneuvering A desperate game Vanderburgh and the Blackfeet Deserted
CHAPTER XII k winter camp in the wilderness Medley of trappers hunters and Indians Scarcity of game New arrangements in the camp Detachments sent to a distance Carelessness of the Indians when encamped Sickness among the Indians Excellent character of the Nez Perces The Captain's effort as a pacificator A Nez Percy's argument in favor of war Robberies by the Blackfeet Long suffering of the Nez Percys A hunter's elysium among the mountains More robberies The Captain preaches up a crusade The effect upon his hearers 137
CHAPTER XIII Story of Kosato the renegade Blackfoot 153
CHAPTER XIV The party enters the mountain gorge A wild fastness among the hills Mountain mutton Peace and plenty The amorous trapper A piebald wedding A free trapper's wife her gala equipments Christmas in the wilderness 151
CHAPTER XV K hunt after hunters Hungry times A voracious repast Wintry weather Godin's River Splendid winter scene on the great lava plain of Snake River Severe travelling and tramping in the snow Maneuvers of a solitary Indian horse
CHAPTER XVI Misadventures of Matthieu and his party Return to the caches at Salmon River Battle between Nez Perces and Blackfeet Heroism of a Nez Percy woman enrolled among the braves 171
CHAPTER XVII Opening of the caches Detachments of Cerry and Hodgkiss Salmon River Mountains Superstition of an Indian trapper Godin's River Preparations for trapping An alarm An interruption A rival band Phenomena of Snake River Plain Vast clefts and chasms Ingulfed streams Sublime scenery A grand buffalo hunt 185
CHAPTER XVIII Meeting with Hodgkiss Misfortunes of the Nez Perce's Schemes of Kosato the renegado his foray into the Horse Prairie Invasion of Blackfeet Blue John and his forlorn hope their generous enterprise their fate Consternation and despair of the village Solemn obsequies Attempt at Indian trade Hudson's Bay Company's monopoly Arrangements for autumn Breaking up of an encampment 195
CHAPTER XIX Precautions in dangerous defiles Trappers mode of defense on a prairie A mysterious visitor Arrival in Green River Valley Adventures of the detachments The forlorn partisan his tale of d sasters 207
CHAPTER XX PAOl Gathering in Green River Valley Visitings and feast ings of leaders Rough wassailing among the trappers Wild blades of the mountains Indian belles Potency of bright beads and red blankets Arrival of supplies Revelry and extravagance Mad wolves The lost Indian 215
CHAPTER XXI Schemes of Captain Bonneville The Great Salt Lake Expedition to explore it Preparations for a journey to the Bighorn 220
CHAPTER XXII The Crow country A Crow paradise Habits of the Crows Anecdotes of Rose the renegade white man his fights with the Blackfeet his elevation his death Arapooish the Crow chief his eagle Adventure of Robert Campbell Honor among Crows 225
CHAPTER XXIII Departure from Green River Valley Popo Agie its course the rivers into which it runs Scenery of the Bluffs The great Tar Spring Volcanic tracts in the Crow country Burning mountain of Powder River Sulphur springs Hidden fires Colter's Hell Wind River Campbell's party Fitzpatrick and his trappers Captain Stewart an amateur traveller Nathaniel Wyeth anecdotes of his expedition to the Far West Disaster of Campbell's party A union of bands The Bad Pass The rapids Departure of Fitzpatrick Embarkation of peltries Wyeth and his bull boat Adventures of Captain Bonneville in the Bighorn Mountains Adventures in the plain Traces of Indians Travelling pre
CHAPTER XXIV Adventures of the party of ten The Balaamite mule A dead point The mysterious elks A night attack A retreat Travelling under an alarm A joyful meeting Adventures of the other party A decoy elk Retreat to an island A savage dance of triumph Arrival at Wind River 248
CHAPTER XXV Captain Bonneville sets out for Green River Valley Journey up the Popo Agie Buffaloes The staring white bears The smoke The warm springs Attempt to traverse the Wind River Mountains The Great Slope Mountain dells and chasms Crystal lakes Ascent of a snowy peak Sublime prospect A panorama Les dignes de pitie or wild men of the mountains 253
CHAPTER XXVI A retrograde move Channel of a mountain torrent Alpine scenery Cascades Beaver valleys Beavers at work their architecture their modes of felling trees Mode of trapping beaver Contests of skill A beaver up to trap Arrival at the Green River caches 263
CHAPTER XXVII Route towards Wind River Dangerous neighborhood Alarms and precautions A sham encampment Apparition of an Indian spy Midnight move A mountain defile The Wind River Valley Tracking a party Deserted camps Symptoms of Crows Meeting of comrades A trapper entrapped Crow pleasantry
CHAPTER XXVIII A region of natural curiosities The plain of white clay Hot springs The Beer Spring Departure to seek the free trappers Plain of Port neuf Lava Chasms and gullies Banneck Indians their hunt of the buffalo Hunters feast Trencher heroes Bullying of an absent foe The damp comrade The Indian spy Meeting with Hodgkiss his adventures Poor devil Indians Triumph of the Bannecks Black feet policy in war 284
CHAPTER XXIX Winter camp at the Portneuf Fine springs The Banneck Indians their honesty Captain Bonneville prepares for an expedition Christmas The American Falls Wild scenery Fishing Falls Snake Indians Scenery on the Bruneau View of volcanic country from a mountain Powder River Shoshokoes or Root Diggers their character habits habitations dogs Vanity at its last shift 296
CHAPTER XXX Temperature of the climate Root Diggers on horseback An Indian guide Mountain prospects The Grand Rond Difficulties on Snake River A scramble over the Blue Mountains Sufferings from hunger Prospect of the Immahah Val lev The exhausted traveller 309
CHAPTER XXXI PASI Progress in the valley An Indian cavalier The Captain falls into a lethargy A Nez Percy patriarch Hospitable treatment The bald head Bargaining Value of an old plaid cloak The family horse The cost of an Indian present 320
CHAPTER XXXII Nez Percy camp A chief with a hard name The Big Hearts of the east Hospitable treatment The Indian guides Mysterious councils The loquacious chief Indian tomb Grand Indian reception An Indian feast Town criers Honesty of the Nez Percys The Captain's attempt at healing 329
CHAPTER XXXIII Scenery of the Way lee way A substitute for tobacco Sublime scenery of Snake River The garrulous old chief and his cousin A Nez Perce meeting A stolen skin The scapegoat dog Mysterious conferences The little chief His hospitality The Captain's account of the United States His healing skill 341
CHAPTER XXXIV Fort Wallah TVallah its commander Indians in its neighborhood Exertions of Mr Pambrune for their improvement Religion Code of laws Range of the Lower Nez Percys Camash and other roots Nez Percy horses Preparations for departure Refusal of supplies Departure A laggard and glutton 353
CHAPTER XXXV The uninvited guest Free and easy manners Salutary jokes A prodigal son Exit of the glut
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Volume XIV (14)

The Chronicles of the Conquest of Granada

# Chapter LIV -- Siege of Malaga.
# Chapter LV -- Siege of Malaga continued.--Obstinacy of Hamet el Zegri.
# Chapter LVI -- Attack of the Marques of Cadiz upon Gibralfaro.
# Chapter LVII -- Siege of Malaga continued.--Stratagems of Various Kinds.
# Chapter LVIII -- Sufferings of the People of Malaga.
# Chapter LIX -- How a Moorish Santon Undertook to Deliver the City of Malaga from the Power of its Enemies.
# Chapter LX -- How Hamet el Zegri was Hardened in his Obstinacy by the Arts of a Moorish Astrologer.
# Chapter LXI -- Siege of Malaga continued.--Destruction of a Tower by Francisco Ramirez de Madrid.
# Chapter LXII -- How the People of Malaga expostulated with Hamet el Zegri.
# Chapter LXIII -- How Hamet el Zegri Sallied forth with the Sacred Banner to Attack the Christian Camp.
# Chapter LXIV -- How the City of Malaga Capitulated.
# Chapter LXV -- Fulfilment of the Prophecy of the Dervise.--Fate of Hametel Zegri.
# Chapter LXVI -- How the Castilian Sovereigns took Possession of the City of Malaga, and how King Ferdinand signalized himself by his Skill in Bargaining with the Inhabitants for their Ransom.
# Chapter LXVII -- How King Ferdinand prepared to Carry the War into a Different Part of the Territories of the Moors.
# Chapter LXVIII -- How King Ferdinand Invaded the Eastern Side of the Kingdom of Granada, and how He was Received by El Zagal.
# Chapter LXIX -- How the Moors made Various Enterprises against theChristians.
# Chapter LXX -- How King Ferdinand prepared to Besiege the City of Baza, and how the City prepared for Defence.
# Chapter LXXI -- The Battle of the Gardens before Baza.
# Chapter LXXII -- Siege of Baza.--Embarrassments of the Army.
# Chapter LXXIII -- Siege of Baza continued.--How King Ferdinand completelyI nvested the City.
# Chapter LXXIV -- Exploit of Hernan Perez del Pulgar and Other Cavaliers.
# Chapter LXXV -- Continuation of the Siege of Baza.
# Chapter LXXVI -- How Two Friars from the Holy Land arrived at the Camp.
# Chapter LXXVII -- How Queen Isabella devised Means to Supply the Army with Provisions.
# Chapter LXXVIII -- Of the Disasters which Befell the Camp.
# Chapter LXXIX -- Encounters between the Christians and Moors before Baza, and the Devotion of the Inhabitants to the Defence oftheir City.
# Chapter LXXX -- How Queen Isabella arrived at the Camp, and the Consequences of her Arrival.
# Chapter LXXXI -- Surrender of Baza.
# Chapter LXXXII -- Submission of El Zagal to the Castilian Sovereigns.
# Chapter LXXXIII -- Events at Granada subsequent to the Submission of El Zagal.
# Chapter LXXXIV -- How King Ferdinand turned his Hostilities against the City of Granada.
# Chapter LXXXV -- The Fate of the Castle of Roma.
# Chapter LXXXVI -- How Boabdil el Chico took the Field, and his Expedition against Alhendin.
# Chapter LXXXVII -- Exploit of the Count de Tendilla.
# Chapter LXXXVIII -- Expedition of Boabdil el Chico against Salobrena.--Exploit of Hernan Perez del Pulgar.
# Chapter LXXXIX -- How King Ferdinand Treated the People of Guadix, and how El Zagal Finished his Regal Career.
# Chapter XC -- Preparations of Granada for a Desperate Defence.
# Chapter XCI -- How King Ferdinand conducted the Siege cautiously, and how Queen Isabella arrived at the Camp.
# Chapter XCII -- Of the Insolent Defiance of Tarfe the Moor, and the Daring Exploit of Hernan Perez del Pulgar.
# Chapter XCIII -- How Queen Isabella took a View of the City of Granada, and how her Curiosity cost the Lives of many Christiansand Moors.
# Chapter XCIV -- The Last Ravage before Granada.
# Chapter XCV -- Conflagration of the Christian Camp.--Building of Santa Fe.
# Chapter XCVI -- Famine and Discord in the City.
# Chapter XCVII -- Capitulation of Granada.
# Chapter XCVIII -- Commotions in Granada.
# Chapter XCIX -- Surrender of Granada.
# Chapter C -- How the Castilian Sovereigns took Possession of Granada.
# Appendix

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Authors : Washinton Irving
Publisher : George P Putnam
Publication Date : 1849 - 1850
Pages : vol 2 402, vol 10 428 vol 9 378, vol 14 458
First Edition : False
Dust Jacket : N/A
Illustrations : True volume 10 has a fold out illistrated map
Language : English
Binding : Full Leather
Binding Material : Leather
Boards :  Marbleized paper paste down
End-Papers : True
Estimates Value: 850.00 +
Formal size : DuoDecimo
Height : 7.50 inches
Length : 5.50 inches
Width: 1.25+ inches
Weight : 5.00 ~ 6.00 pounds
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