Diedrich Knickerbocker's History of New-York (Masterpieces of American Literature)

xxx, 351 pp. 8vo. Dark brown full leather, gilt titles and decorations, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, ribbon marker bound in. A parody of an early 19th century New York travel guide, by the author of The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon (which includes The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle). Lithographs by Don Freeman.