Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: COLOR SeaWolf Press Illustrated Classic Paperback – July 15, 2025

A nice COLOR edition with 70 total illustrations by N. C. Wyeth and George Boughton honoring the 200th anniversary of the publication of these classic stories. 11 of the full-page Wyeth illustrations are in color. SeaWolf Press also has a black-and-white version of this title.Original, unabridged text.A cover based on the 1921 edition. SeaWolf Press does not use AI-generated images for their covers or illustrations.70 original illustrations including 11 full-page color illustrations. N. C. Wyeth illustrated Rip Van Winkle and George Boughton illustrated The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.Printed locally, not overseas.Be sure to use Amazon's 'Read sample' feature to compare our edition with others."Rip Van Winkle" is a short story first published in 1819. It follows a Dutch-American villager in colonial America named Rip Van Winkle who falls asleep in the Catskill Mountains and wakes up 20 years later, having missed the American Revolution. Irving wrote it while living in Birmingham, England, as part of the collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. This collection also contained "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". This tale is among the earliest examples of American fiction with enduring popularity, especially during Halloween because of a character known as the Headless Horseman believed to be a Hessian soldier who was decapitated by a cannonball in battle. Read more