Stains in margin on pages 10-12

He was one of the inventors of the modern tabloid newspaper

Condition: Very Good - Some staining to the cloth

Christie's Auction 10 May 2018

Van Wyck Brooks - The World of Washington Irving, J M Dent, 1945 The Times Stains in margin on pagesVan Wyck Brooks The World of Washington Irving, J M Dent, 1945 A work of literary history by Van Wyck Brooks that explores the American literary scene from the early 1800s to the 1840s, using Washington Irving's life as a central thread. It examines the cultural and social background of an emerging American nation and the writers who helped define its distinct literature. Green cloth in fine condition. Foxing to cloth. Minor foxing to page edges.