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Old Christmas

From the Sketch book of Washington Irving

Washington Irving

This book, published in 1886 and illustrated by Randolph Caldecott, chronicles the American writer Washington Irving's nostalgic recollections of Christmas traditions in 19th century England. The text first appeared in 1819 in Irving's "Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent."

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This copy is from The Applewood Books collection.

200 pages, published in 1886.

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