Rip Van Winkle, with Illustrations from the Collection of Sleepy Hollow Restorations and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, with Illustrations Colored by Fritz Kredel

128 pp. Including an Introduction by Haskell Springer; and illustrations based on those designed and etched by Felix O. C. Darley. A Sleepy Hollow Restorations Book. "Each succeeding generation discovers anew the warmth and fantasy in these delightful stories. They are Washington Irving's best pieces from THE SKETCH BOOK,first published in 1819-1820, and considered by many to be the best he ever wrote. The text for this handsome new edition is based upon the Author's Revised Edition of 1848....In 1848, the American Art Union published a special edition of Rip Van Winkle for its members with six illustrations designed and etched by Felix O. C. Darley (1822-1888), the Philadelphia-born artist whose work had already been seen and enjoyed by a very wide American public. In the following year six new Darley illustrations for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow were published in a similar special edition. These twelve are the high point in illustrations for Irving's works. This volume reproduces for the first time all twelve illustrations in full color. The six pictures for Rip Van Winkle are from the collection of Sleepy Hollow Restorations and the six for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow were especially colored for this edition by the master hand of the outstanding book artist, Fritz Kredel."--jacket