Aging - Washington Irving's The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, gentn.

I am trying to locate a date for a book I have had for several years. It was part of my great-grandmother's collection.
Here is all I know:
It's a green book with a small gold floral and leaf design in the middle of the front cover.
There is gold writing in a semi-cursive font on the spine, "Sketch Book", then a triangle flower and leaf stamp, under that is "Irving". Then the publishers stamp at the bottom, "T.Y. Crowell & Co. New York".

There is a photoengraved picture on the backside of first page with, "Copyright xxx1 (can't ,make out the numbers) T.Y. Crowell & Co." then "A.W Elson & Co., Boston" this is the photoengravers.

Then a blank tissue page and on the front of the next page is:
The
SKETCH BOOK
of
Geoffrey Crayon, Gent

"A quote by Burton"

Revised Edition

NEW YORK: 46 EAST 14TH STREET
THOMAS Y. CROWELL & CO.
BOSTON: 100 PURCHASE STREET.

I'm having a horrible time trying to date this book. The closest I have came to it's description is
http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007663119

Thanks for any help!

Ahh, the power of google:

http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/lucile/publishers/crowell/cr_intro.htm

Your book must have been published between 1893 and 1900, seeing as T Y Crowell & Co were only at 46 East 14th Street for that period.

Perhaps the last number on the copyright is a 7 not a 1?

TineOliver,
Great sleuthing! I am a collector of late 19th/early 20th century editions of classic (and not so classic) literature and invariably there is not copyright or other date to identify publishing history. The idea of researching the publisher is great. Thanks.

Ms. Oliver, my humblest gratitude!

I did "everything", BUT research the publisher.
I'm a ninny.

It most certainly could be a 7. I am thinking 1897.
It is very hard to see, even with a magnifying glass.

I love to collect the first few editions of "classic" books, but sometimes dating them can be a pain.

I forgot to add, someone wrote their name in a very nice, unique pen(wo)manship on the flyleaf, with a date of 1900 under it.
Normally, I frown when I found writing or scribble scrabble in old books (unless they are dated and addressed), but this just adds to the uniqueness. For my collection anyway.

Thanks again!

Not a problem - I actually quite enjoyed the challenge! A result that good was a bit of a fluke - I had to sift through a couple of useless search results first, including their wikipedia page which references a number of books they published, but not your one!

I went with publisher because that was what you had the most information about and I figured seeing as you're a smart cookie, you'd probably done just about everything.

I also had a look around at the photoengravers, which also appears to date the book as circa 1900.

Hmm....I like smart cookies, thanks for calling me one.

Next time, I will go with the publisher first, I might get a hit faster.

I'm thinking 1900 myself, because of the signature and date on the flyleaf.