A history of New-York, from the beginning of the world to the end of the Dutch dynasty : containing, among many surprising and curious matters, the unutterable ponderings of Walter the Doubter, the disastrous projects of William the Testy, and the chivalric achievements of Peter the Headstrong - the three Dutch governors of New Amsterdam : being the only authentic history of the times that ever hath been or ever will be published /
Irving, Washington,1783-1859.
Adair, John,active 1837,former owner.NLS
London : Henry G. Bohn ...,
1850.
Diedrich Knickerbocker is a pseudonym for Washington Irving.
Printer named on verso of t.p.: London : Spottiswoodes and Shaw, New-street-Square.
On t.p.: Complete in one volume.
Provenance: 19th-century inscription on front pastedown: First class. This first prize in church catechism was awarded to John Adair at a public examination, 26th July 1837. Mr. Harkin's Academy, 7 Hill St., Edinburgh.