Name: Pawn Stars: SELLER DISAPPOINTED by Vintage Book Appraisal (Season 10) | History
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Rip Van Winkle gets trashed and wakes up years later.

But when he wakes up, his wife is dead, his kids are grown.

I've given it my best shot, but I couldn't

It is really cool, over a 100-year-old book.

And the pictures in the thing are fantastic.

He was, like, the first really great American author.

You know, I mean, he did "Sleepy Hollow."

I mean, if you look at this, it looks like a full-sized book.

Actually, there's great illustrations in here.

I can almost guarantee you he was a really famous artist.

This was really popular right around 1900, 1910,

In the early 1900s, books like this with fine art

were considered very high-end collectibles,

and depending on condition and some other factors,

It's not a first edition "Rip Van Winkle"

because "Rip Van Winkle" was published long before this.

But it could be a first edition with the illustrations.

And that's what makes the money in these kind of books.

OK, well, I know it's not a first edition because "Rip Van

Yeah, early 19th century, "Rip Van Winkle," of course,

by Washington Irving, one of the great early American authors.

illustrated by Arthur Rackham in the early 20th century.

There's this era called the Golden Age of Illustration.

And Rackham is sort of the king of the golden age

Oftentimes, that can get up into thousands easily,

And I can tell you, just by looking at the title page,

this is not a first edition of the Rackham.

The first illustrated edition came out in 1905.

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