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The Ingoldsby Legends Or Mirth & Marvels by Thomas Ingoldsby [Richard Barham]
by Rackham, Arthur (Illustrator)
- Used
- Condition
- Orig. full vellum, new ribbon ties. Very good
- Seller
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ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: J.M. Dent, 1907. leather_bound. Orig. full vellum, new ribbon ties. Very good. 549 pages. 29 x 23 cm. Limited edition, copy 190 of 560 signed by Rackham.Twenty-four tipped-in color plates on dark green paper with lettered tissue guards, plus 12 duotone plates and text illustrations in black and white. Title page printed in red and brown. This edition is a reprint of the 1898 edition with added illustrations and in a larger format. For Rackham the early years of the 20th century were fraught with economic insecurity. By 1907 he was well established: Dent after the success of "Alice in Wonderland" reissued this work as HAMILTON p.95 notes, "The new edition of "Ingoldsby Legends" had a new frontispiece and some new plates, with earlier plates reworked and many recoloured. Cover decorations in gilt bold and bright, vellum clean, spine gilt lettering slightly faded, mostly at foot, edges uncut.
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- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18697
- Title
- The Ingoldsby Legends Or Mirth & Marvels by Thomas Ingoldsby [Richard Barham]
- Author
- Rackham, Arthur (Illustrator)
- Format/Binding
- Leather_bound
- Book Condition
- New Orig. full vellum, new ribbon ties. Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- J.M. Dent
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1907
- Keywords
- Literature
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- Illustrated Books;
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About the Seller
Royoung bookseller, Inc.
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ardsley, New York
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- Gilt
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