[Waldo Press] Rip Van Winkle E-List 21 with black text to spine

with black text to spine spine and gilt title to the front board with a color decoration of gilt-outlined grapes and leaves

Silk ribbon loosely inserted

he is best known for the fine precision of his prints and the realism of his watercolors" (Wikipedia)

Gilt ruled turn-ins with stars at corners

[Waldo Press] Rip Van Winkle E-List 21 with black text to spineIrving, Washington. Rip Van Winkle. Cleveland: Waldo Press of Charles M. Hill, 1900. Limited to 150 copies, of which this is #70. Signed in black ink by Hill and dated "January 29, 1901" on limitation page. "With Illumined Initials Drawn in by Hand", done in various colors (presumably by Hill). Bound in 3 4 brown suede with coarse brown burlap boards; title stamped vertically on the front cover near spine. Measures approx. 6. 25" x 9. 25". Given the