1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996395775703316

Autore

Cooper William <fl. 1668-1688.>

Titolo

A catalogue of the French books of Mr. Charles Mearne, late bookseller to His Majesty [[electronic resource] ] : To be sold by auction at the Kings Arms at Charing-Cross, on Wednesday the 26th. of this instant January, 1686/7. By William Cooper, bookseller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[London], : The catalogues are ready to be distributed gratis at the Pelican in Little Britain, at Mr. Notts in the Pall Mall, at the Royal Coffee-House, and at the said Mr. Mearn's, at the Kings Arms at Charing-Cross, at Mr. Bentley's in Covent-Garden, and at Finch's Coffee-House in Birchin-Lane near the Royal Exchange., [1687]

Descrizione fisica

[4], 32 p

Soggetti

Catalogs, Booksellers' - Great Britain

Book auctions - England

Booksellers and bookselling - England - London

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Place and date of publication from Wing.

Reproduction of original in the British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910155515403321

Autore

Irving Washington

Titolo

The legend of Sleepy Hollow / / Washington Irving

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Sheba Blake Publishing, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

1-304-74964-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (93 p.)

Soggetti

American fiction - 19th century

Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) Fiction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW""; ""FOUND AMONG THE PAPERS OF THE LATE DIEDRICH KNICKERBOCKER.""

Sommario/riassunto

Perhaps the basis for every Scooby Doo episode ever made, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is a story by Washington Irving, published pseudonymously in ""The Sketch Book Geoffrey Crayon"" in 1820. The story features Ichabod Crane, a scrawny and superstitious schoolmaster from Connecticut. The unruly Abraham ""Brom Bones"" Van Brunt and he vie for the hand of 18-year-old Katrina Van Tassel, daughter of a rich farmer. As Crane leaves a party at the Van Tassel crib he is set upon by the Headless Horseman, the ghost of an American Revolutionary War vet who had his head blown off by a cannon ball. Icha