The Ingoldsby Legends of Mirth and Marvels by Thomas Ingoldsby - 1910

J.M Dent & Sons Ltd, 1960. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1960. First Edition Thus. 351 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over black cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are bright and clear with light tanning to text block edges. Pen inscription to front pastedown. Binding is slightly loose but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has light tanning with soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Unclipped dust jacket with minor rubbing, chipping and tearing to edges. Moderate tanning and scuffing overall.

London: Simpkin, Marshall , Hamilton Kent & Co. Ltd, 1111. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. This s a collection of myths, legends, ghost stories and poetry written supposedly by Thomas Ingoldsby. Not dated. Edition and printing not known. In tan coloured leather with gilt decorated front and back strip. The front cover is split about half an inch from the tail and the top edge on both sides of spine. The leather is clean and a little worn to front. Illustrated end papers on light grey back ground.Gilt top cut edge; the fore and tail edges are quite clean. Very good text block with clean pages, tightly bound and straight. Decorative title page and frontispiece; crease to title page. No dedications etc. Without jacket. A nice volume.

London: Richard Bentley, 1855. Cloth. Near Fine. Tenth Edition (stated). Navy blue blindstamped cloth, spine lettering and decoration in gilt; engraved title and seven plates. A tight, near fine copy, gilt bright; a touch of wear at tips.

Richard Bentley, 1867-01-01. Hardcover. Good. . 1881 edition. Blue cloth cover with decoration in black and gilt shows minor wear and rubbing. Name label of former owner on the front pastedown. Pages are lightly tanned and mostly clean.

Bentley, 1855. Full-Leather. Good/No Jacket. 3 Volumes. 10th Edition. Rebound in blue leather with gilt border. Ribbed spine with gilt decoration, gilt lettering completely faded. Some moderate wear at spine edges and corners bumped. Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Gift inscription on Vol I and front cover are fully detached on all three volumes

London: Heinemann, 1929. hardcover. very good(+). Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with 24 color plates, 12 tinted plates, and 66 black & white drawings in the text. 549pp. Thick tall 8vo, brownish pictorial cloth with gilt lettering (spine repaired). William Heinemann, 1929. Later printing. A good(+) copy.<br/><br/> Humorous parodies of medieval folklore and poetry.<br/><br/>

William Heinemann. Very Good-. 1913. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. 24 tipped-in color plates. Some cover rubbing but a nice copy. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 549 pages .

(RACKHAM ILLUSTRATIONS). (BARHAM, Richard Harris). INGOLDSBY, Thomas, Esq. The Ingoldsby Legends of Mirth and Marvels. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. 4to. Orig. cloth. London: J.M. Dent & Co., & N.Y.: E.P. Dutton, 1907. First trade edition. A very good copy.

London: Macmillan and Co. , 1936. Hardback. Fine. 7" by 5" . George Cruikshank; John Leech; Barham. A beautiful Zaehnsdorf morocco bound edition of the famous Ingoldsby Legends. A popular collection of myths, legends, ghost stories, and poetry by English clergyman Richard Harris Barham, published under pen-pane Thomas Ingoldsby of Tappington Manor. First serialised in 1837, they became an immediate success and remained popular through the nineteenth century. Featuring the poem 'The Jackdaw of Rheims,' as well as early transcriptions of the song 'A Flanklyn's Dogge.'With a frontispiece and other illustrations on steel by George Cruikshank and John Leech, artists known for illustrating works of such authors as Charles Dickens, as well as Barham himself. In a lovely half morocco binding signed Zaehnsdorf. Rebound in half crushed morocco over cloth covered boards, with five raised bands, gilt to spine and boards, renewed marbled endpapers. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear, some sunning to spine… Read More

Dent, London, 1907. First Edition. Hardcover (Embossed Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Arthur Rackham. First Illustrated Edition, or first by this illustrator and in this format. Size: A4 (300 x 210mm approx.). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Deckled edges (rough cut), browned. Top edge gilt in good condition. Covers are flecked in spots, but otherwise in sound condition. Illustrator: Arthur Rackham. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; England; Literature & Literary. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 16691. . This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.