THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS or Mirth and Marvels First Series, Second Series, Third Series

Ingoldsby, Thomas (Richard H. Barham)

Published by Richard Bentley 1st 2nd 3rd series 5th edition, London, 1852

About this Item

Plates (18 + TPs) by George Cruikshank, Leech & Buss + head & tailpieces and a few text illustrations Three Volumes octavo original green blindstamped cloth spines pictorially gilt (tips worn/slightly bumped and head of spines slightly frayed/torn) xi+338pp +appendix vii+288pp vi+(2)+364pp Each volume has a 2 color etched titlepage by Gwilt (vol.1) Cook (vols 2&3) + 18 plates uniformly foxed/tanned many with ghosts, devils, etc. as the stories contain humorous ghostly and devilish legends. Each volume having the nice etched bookplate of Charles Gatehouse Westwood. A nice set with the tipped in Publisher's advert slip for Charles E Scott's The Baltic, The Black Sea and The Crimea "Now Ready". 3 volumes.

Seller Inventory # F65295

Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS or Mirth and Marvels First Series, Second Series, Third Series
• Publisher: Richard Bentley 1st 2nd 3rd series 5th edition, London
• Publication Date: 1852
• Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: Hardcover
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction and Poetry