This collection of stories from Washington Irving, the first great American writer and one of the best-known authors of the eighteenth century, spins fantastic, timeless tales and offers insights into the early years of the United States.

In 1819 and 1820, Washington Irving published one of his masterpieces: The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. This is that same collection of tales, the complete text from the revised edition of 1848. The stories take place on both sides of the Atlantic, in both the young US and in old England. You'll find Christmas stories here and many sketches of life in both the US and the UK. Washington Irving's most famous tales are here, too: the Headless Horseman faces off with Ichabod Crane in “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” a ghost story of enduring popularity that takes place at the time of the American Revolution, and in “Rip Van Winkle,” another traditional favorite from the same historic period, Irving tells the tale of man who fell asleep for twenty years and found his small town in the Catskill Mountains much changed by the time he awakened.

Featuring spooky endsheets, a colorful orange foredge, and a heat-burnished cover with foil stamping.

Flexibound, 332 pages. 2025.