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The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels
by Thomas Ingoldsby [Richard Harris Barham]
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Frederick Warne and Co. , [1894]. Leather. Very Good. 7.5" by 5" . Cruikshank, Leech; et al. The illustrated Albion edition of Thomas Ingoldsby's famous legends in a sumptuous John Bumpus tree calf binding. 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.'The "Albion Edition" with eighteen illustrations by Cruikshank, Leech, and others, and a portrait frontispiece. Dated from a copy held at the National Library of Wales on Jisc. Prize binding signed John Bumpus from Elstree School awarded to J. R. J. Taylor in 1897. In a full tree calf binding with five raised bands, gilt tooling to spine, titles in gilt to morocco spine label, marbled edges and endpapers. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only light chipping to tail of spine, cracking to front joint, board holding firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 845A50
- Title
- The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels
- Author
- Thomas Ingoldsby [Richard Harris Barham]
- Illustrator
- Cruikshank, Leech; et al
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- [1894]
- Size
- 7.5" by 5"
- Keywords
- albion editions thomas ingoldsby legends albion editions thomas ingoldsby
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of 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...
- 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...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
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