THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS, or Mirth and Marvels: The Carmine Edition. With Twenty Illustrations on Steel, by Cruikshank, Leech and Barham
by Ingoldsby, Thomas
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Very Good
- Seller
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Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Richard Bentley and Son (Publishers in Ordinary to Her Majesty The Queen), 1887. Full-Leather. Near Very Good. Lovely Edition of Ingoldsby's timeless tales with full page plates by Cruikshank, Leech and Barham. Frontis Illustration depicts "the Witches Frolic". Contemporary Brown full leather binding with 5 raised bands and gilt lettering & decoration to spine. Gilt decorative border to front and rear with gilt Heraldic Lion in shield on front centre. Edges and insides of cover have gilt decorative borders. All page edges and Endpapers Marbled. Nice old Presentation Bookplate (not filled in) with the same Lion design pasted to front endpaper. 8" Tall. Only an occasional spot of foxing, most pages clear. Some wear to the leather, mainly around spine edges and corners. Small closed tears at top and bottom right corners of spine. (see photo) Weighs over 1 Kilo so postage outside UK will be a little extra. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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- Bookseller
- Cornish Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007170
- Title
- THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS, or Mirth and Marvels: The Carmine Edition. With Twenty Illustrations on Steel, by Cruikshank, Leech and Barham
- Author
- Ingoldsby, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Full-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Richard Bentley and Son (Publishers in Ordinary to Her Majesty The Queen)
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1887
- Keywords
- ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS/FICTION/CLASSICS/ILLUSTRATED BOOKS/FOLKLORE & LEGENDS/INGOLDSBY LEGENDS/CRUIKSHANK/LEECH
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Cornish Books
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Penzance, Cornwall
About Cornish Books
Online Bookseller since 2008, in Penzance, Cornwall.We are a small family business and offer a personal service.Always in stock is a good selection of Cornish Interest Books.
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Bookplate
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