The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels. by Ingoldsby, Thomas Esquire - 1865

(Melbourne: E.W. Cole: no date) Cole’s Library of Notable Books. Decorated cloth (that is, hard covers) pp. xxii, 426. With a biographical and critical introduction. Illustrated with reproduction of the original steel engravings by Leech and Cruikshank. All edges tinted. Ownership inscription dated 1895 on front fly leaf. Lower corners of boards rubbed; front inner hinge splitting; a near fine copy.

London: Oxford University Press / Humphrey Milford, 1929. Half Calf. Very Good. With a Portrait and Twenty-five Illustrations By Cruikshank, Leech, and Others. 1929 edition unknown. Size octavo, 527 pages. Green half calf over green cloth covered boards with raied band and gilt titles and decoration to the spine, top page edge gilt, marbled paste-downs and end-papers. Condition very good plus, the corners and raised bands are slightly rubbed, spine slightly faded, previous owner's name to front end-paper else the contents are very clean. With a portrait and twenty-five illustrations by Cruikshank, Leech et al. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London England: George Routledge & Son Ltd. Very Good/No Jacket. 1903. Complete Edition. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo Hardcover Hardcover. The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels by Thomas Ingoldsby, Esquire. Previous owners name to inside cover. Foxing to end inside covers and edge. Slightly sunned spine. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Gold edge to top pages. Illustrations. 607 pp. Hand cut pages. . (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.) .

London: Oxford University Press Humphrey Milford, 1929. Full-Leather. Very Good. Pp. i-lv, 1-527, frontis portrait + 25 illustrations, octavo format, marbled fore-edges and endpapers, full tree calf leather binding with gilt stamped crest and gilt edge-decorations on the front board, extensive gilt decorations to the spine with five raised bands, gilt tiltes on red leather compartment. Very Good copy with modest wear to extremities, gilt very bright, binding holding well, except front external joint starting to crack a bit at the top. Presentation plate on fep to an Upper Canada College student, dated 1933. Internally Fine, with minor foxing to blank endpapers. Some "tide mark" stains to the fore-edge of the text block, not affecting text. Boards slightly bowing. A very atttractive example of this book acquired from the original owner's family. Photos available.

In three volumes. (London: Richard Bentley: 1840, 1842, 1847) First Editions. Decorated cloth (that is, hard covers) pp. viii, 340; x, 288, 4 publisher’s advertisements; viii, 364. Illustrated by John Leech, etc. Edges uncut. First Edition. Professionally rebound, with replacement cloth backstrips numbered and lettered in gilt, with cloth reinforcements to the corners but preserving the original cloth of the panels which are a little speckled and lightly varnished; replacement endpapers; a little marginal dampstaining and scattered marks and foxing; a very good set.

AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE AND GENUINE DATE-STAMPED 1864 UK EDITION, NOW 159 YEARS OLD IN INCREDIBLE CONDITIONPRINTED AND BOUND IN LONDON BY WILLIAM CLOWES & SONS EST. 1803, STAMFORD STREET & CHARING CROSSWITCHCRAFT, MAGIC, THE SUPERNATURAL, GHOSTS, LEGENDS, GOOD VS EVIL, SPIRITS, THE OCCULT, AND MUCH MUCH MOREA DARK GOTHIC BINDING WITH EXQUISITE TOOLING, GOLD STAMPING, AND INTRICATE DETAILSTHIS EDITION IS COMPRISED OF 530 PAGES, BOUND VERY WELL, WITH ALL PAGE ENDS ELEGANTLY DONE IN GOLD.The Ingoldsby Legends, also known as The Ingoldsby Ghost Stories, is a collection of strange myths, legends, and supernatural tales written by English clergyman Richard Harris Barham. Barham wrote under the pseudonym Thomas Ingoldsby and published the collection in various editions. This particular one is a ghost on the web, and I have never seen another one like it. The Gothic-style covers only add to its hauntingly beautiful ambiance. For an age reference, this book was printed while Abraham Lincoln was still president.… Read More