The Jackdaw of Rheims by Ingoldsby, Thomas Esq - 1890

Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1885. Limited Edition. hardcover. Good+. large 8vos, two volumes, 1885 Porter & Coates, Limited Edition number 36 out of 450 copies, spine labels tanned, chips at spine ends, owner's name, illustrated with engravings with tissue guards, some pages unopened, 590 pages

London: J. M. Dent & Sons / Aldine House. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1930. Reprint. Hardcover. Dark green cloth dec in gilt and black. Mild edgewear, scuffing and bumping. Lightly toned interior. Color plates and b/w illustrations. Small, narrow light brown stain to fore edges of last several pages. Brief gift inscription and former owner bookplate to ffep. Small price in pen to rear pastedown. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 638 pages .

London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1955. 638 pp.. Approximately 5 x 7 1/4". Dust jacket has slight sunning to spine and minor chipping to the top edge of spine, price clipped, otherwise very good. Green cloth over boards with gilt-decorated illustration and lettering on spine, colour frontispiece, green tint to top edge, previous owner's name on ffep. A near fine copy. Beautifully illustrated by Arthur Rackham throughout, this book is a collection of legends, myths, poetry and ghost stories written by an English clergyman naned Richard Harris Barham under the penname of Thomas Igoldsby. First printed in this edition 1898; this is a later printing. The best-known poem of the collection is the Jackdaw of Rheims about a jackdaw who steals a cardinal's ring and is made a saint

William Heinemann, 1919. Hardcover. Very Good. . 5th printing. Slight fading to spine, minor shelf wear. Occasional spots of foxing, most pages and all plates clean. Binding sturdy.

London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1887 . Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 6.5". John Leech; George Cruikshank; Barham. A lovely late nineteenth century edition of Richard Harris Barham's popular collection of fantastical short stories, illustrated by George Cruikshank and John Leech. A very smart edition of this delightful collection of whimsical legends, myths, and ghost stories written supposedly by Thomas Ingoldsby of Tappington Manor, actually the pen-name of clergyman Richard Harris Barham. The legends were first printed in 1837 as a regular series in magazine 'Bentley's Miscellany', and due to their popularity were compiled and published in book form. Although based on real legends and mythology, they are deliberately humorous parodies of medieval folklore and poetry.Illustrated with a frontispiece, engraved title page, and nineteen plates. Illustrated by John Leech and George Cruikshank. Collated, complete.Bentley's 'Carmine Edition' of this work.With two pages of advertisements to the rear. In the… Read More

London: Eyre & Spottiswoode,, 1889. Very rare book COMPLETE including TITLE page, great condition, lovely art. Email for further details. Signed By H.E. De La Mere. This is the FIRST EDITION. Pictorial Card. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Pictured By Ernest M. Jessop. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Hard Back.

Macmillan. Very Good. 2 volume set, (complete), in very good conditon showing minor edge-wear, with hinges tight and bindings intact. Bound in red cloth with embossed covers and gilt lettering and decoration on the spines. A beautiful set, printed on cotton rag paper and profusely illustrated by Cruikshank, Leech and Tenniel. Scarce in this edition and condition, a wonderful set and collection of these classic tales. 427pp/466pp.

William Heinemann, London, 1907. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Arthur Rackham. Green covers with gilt lettering and decoration on front and the spine. Covers are lightly rubbed at edges. Sound binding. Includes book plate for Matthew Mackey on inside of front cover. Clean uncut (untrimmed) pages, includes all twenty-four colour tipped in plates and twelve printed with tint Charles Rackham illustrations required for this edition. First Edition with these illustrations. Contains colour plates (full page illustrations) and black and white illustrations. No dust-jacket. Previous owner's book-plate laid in. Illustrator: Arthur Rackham. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10123091120. For international tracking please select Priority shipping service.. This book is heavier than 1kg, and may incur additional delivery charges on some delivery services to… Read More

NY: D. Appleton & Company, 1853. Hardcover. Good/No Dustjacket. Type: Book 1853/No Dustjacket/320 Pages. Red Cloth. Some age/use. Pages are generally clean with minor foxing, age toning and use. Binding and hinges are strong. Some age/wear outside, concentrated at edges and high points, including minor tearing/loss at the extremities of the spine and joints, and some fading/scuffing to the cloth. An early, classic anthology of folklore.

London: Henry Frowde, 1905. Vellum. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". Various. The Oxford Edition of The Ingoldsby Legends from Richard Barham. Oxford edition. Illustrated with portrait frontispiece and twenty-five plates. Collated complete. A collection of myths, legends, ghost stories, and poems written by Thomas Ingoldsby, the pen name of Richard Harris Barham. Written by Richard Harris Barham, an English cleric, novelist, and humorous poet. Illustrated by Cruikshank, Leech, and others. Bound in quarter vellum with blue cloth boards. Externally, smart with light bumping to the extremities and the odd mark to the board. Fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good Indeed