The Holly Edition of the Works of Washington Irving, in Forty Volumes: The Alhambra; Astoria; Bonneville; Bracebridge Hall; Columbus; Crayon; Goldsmith; Granada; Knickerbocker; Mahomet; Reviews, Miscellanies; Salmagundi; Sketch-Book; Traveller; Washington

Irving's works in forty uniform volumes, one of a thousand sets released as The Holly Edition. Burgundy cloth, gilt titles and decorations, 360 black-and-white plates protected with tissue guards (each volume includes a frontispiece and eight plates). Irving is most well-known for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and the tale of Rip Van Winkle, though he also numerous other stories, as well as a biography of President George Washington. Includes: The Alhambra; Astoria, or Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains; Bracebridge Hall, or The Humourists; The Adventures of Captain Bonneville and Wolfert's Roost; Life and Voyages of Columbus and the Voyages and Discoveries of the Companions of Columbus; The Crayon Miscellany; Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada; Oliver Goldsmith and Margaret Davidson; Mahomet and His Successors and Spanish Legends; Knickerbocker's History of New York; Reviews and Miscellanies; Salmagundi, or The Whimwhams and Opinions of Launcelot Langstaff, Esq., and Others; The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.; Spanish Papers; Tales of a Traveller; Life of George Washington.