1 "Old Christmas" by Washington Irving and illustrated by Cecil Aldin - Hodder & Stoughton, London - 1908 first Cecil Aldin edition - 18cmx1cm - condition: very good, in rare original publisher's binding, illustrated title page, frontispiece and all plates present. Old Christmas by Washington Irving (originally part of his 1820 The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.) is a nostalgic collection of essays describing traditional English holiday festivities. These stories are widely celebrated for inspiring the holiday's revival in America and directly influencing Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.The 1908 edition—published by Hodder & Stoughton in London—features charming, whimsical illustrations by renowned British artist Cecil Aldin. Aldin's artwork captures the jovial, quintessential English countryside setting Irving wrote about, famously depicting the stage-coachman, snow-covered manors, and lively holiday dinner scenes 2 "Wives" by Washington Irving and illustrated by Cecil Aldin - William Heinemann, London - 1909 first thus edition - 14cmx10cm - condition: in original binding, some wear to spine, all tipped-in plates and b/w ill. by Cecil Aldin present Wives is a short literary collection published in 1909 that combines the essay "Wives" by Washington Irving and the story "The Henpecked Man" by Sir Richard Steele, famously illustrated by Cecil Aldin