The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving. Putnam 1899. Miss Armstrong designed the title page, page borders, endpapers and cover for this book. In a set with Rip Van Winkle with the same cover design. Bound in white and red buckram or leather. Thematic elements include tulips and, in the endpaper design shown left, clay pipes and goblets typical of the Dutch influence in the Hudson River Valley where she spent part of her childhood. One of her most beautiful books.

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