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Our limited edition of Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving is published in two states: Deluxe and Lettered Editions. See the announcement here.

First published in 1819 as part of The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., Washington Irving’s Rip Van Winkle quickly became one of the most beloved stories in early American literature. Appearing in the same collection that would introduce readers to The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, the tale helped establish Irving as the first American author to gain wide recognition on both sides of the Atlantic.

Blending folklore, gentle humour, and a touch of the supernatural, Irving’s story captures the uneasy feeling of waking to a world that has changed beyond recognition. More than two centuries after its first publication, Rip Van Winkle endures as one of Irving’s most popular and recognizable works—an imaginative story about what it means to wake and find that the world has quietly become something new.

Nearly four years in the making, Conversation Tree Press is proud to present a new edition in a beautiful, oversized format—one that does justice to the scale of Peter Meseldžija’s remarkable artistic achievement.

DELUXE EDITION:

• Limited to only 26 copies inscribed A-Z.
• Illustrated by Peter Meseldžija.
• Includes an original piece of artwork by the artist tipped into each copy.
• Interior design and typography are by Jason Dewinetz
• Letterpress printed on Zerkall 8888 White Rough 120gsm mould-made paper by Hand & Eye Letterpress, England.
• Hand bound by Ludlow Bookbinders in full goatskin leather with hand-marbled endpapers paper by Daniela Prina.
• Top edge is gilded.
• Title and author name stamped in gold on a leather label on spine.
  
• 9 full colour plates tipped in by hand and 11 pen-and-ink illustrations printed letterpress.
  
• Additional portfolio of unfolded reproductions of all 12 of Peter Meseldžija’s Rip Van Winkle paintings, including those we weren’t able to accommodate in the book itself.
• Enclosed in a custom solander box handmade by Ludlow Bookbinders with a foil-stamped leather label on the spine. The interior is lined with Suedel for maximum protection.
• Trim size of 240 × 340 mm (9.5 × 13.4 in) and 44 pages including front and back matter.