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The Ingoldsby Legends, or Mirth and Marvels. Edited by His Daughter Mrs. Edward A. Bond. Illustrated by George Cruikshank, John Leech, John Tenniel & others. In Three Volumes.
by INGOLDSBY, THOMAS:
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- Hardcover
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Richard Bentley, 1894 88th edition. Three Volumes. Hardback, Tall 8vo. 9 x 6 inches. Half-bound red morocco leather fine bindings by “Hatchards, Piccadilly.” Marbled paper to baords with gilt line edging, raised banding and gilt panelling and lettering to spines. Top page edges gilt, marbled endpapers. In very good conditions. Lovely smart leather fine bindings. Some minor foxing to blank sides of endpapers. Some occasional spots to outer page edges (edges rough cut.) All plates (except portrait) are tissue guarded, all plates clean and bright. Pages all very clean and tight throughout. No penned inscriptions or marks. Else an excellent clean and tight set. 3 volumes: xliv (Memoir & Preface) + 283pp, 336pp, & 280pp. Illustrated with 94 B&W illustrations (21 full-page engraved plates, many text vignettes) by Cruikshank, Leech,Tenniel and others. Including decorative engraved title pages and frontis plate in vol.1. Illustrated edition of the Ingoldsby Legends, “enriched with rare felicity” by George Cruikshank, John Leech, and John Tenniel.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 93485
- Title
- The Ingoldsby Legends, or Mirth and Marvels. Edited by His Daughter Mrs. Edward A. Bond. Illustrated by George Cruikshank, John Leech, John Tenniel & others. In Three Volumes.
- Author
- INGOLDSBY, THOMAS:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Richard Bentley, 1894 88th edition
- Keywords
- ENGLISH LITERATURE THOMAS INGOLDSBY, Ingoldsby Legends, Mirth, Marvels, Cruikshank, Leech, Tenniel, First Illustrated Edition, Richard Bentley, 1894, leather, fine binding, Hatchards,
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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