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THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS OR MIRTH & MARVELS
by THOMAS INGOLDSBY (RICHARD BENTLEY) , ARTHUR RACKHAM
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN, 1920 Decorative cloth boards with gilt titles to spine and front, 260 x 200 mm approx.xx + 550 pp. Colour frontis tipped onto heavier grey paper with captioned guard + 23 other such as called for12 full page tinted illustrations + 66 line illustrations in text incl. head and tail pieces as listed. Fifth printing 1920 of the 2nd Edition enlarged and revised by Rackham. Collection of poetry, ghost stories and legends. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Good ( Rubbing to cloth principally to head and tail of spine the former with 2 small tears - up to 1 cm, moderate bumping to corners, no notable shelf soiling.Gilt titles to spine dulled/ rubbed. Previous owner armorial book plate with motto of the Scottish Baillie Family In Caligine Lucet to front paste down. light foxing spots to end papers.Lacks publisher's note/dedication - leaf (pp vii/viii). No other notable defects. No creasing to corners of tipped in plates ).
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Details
- Bookseller
- booksonlinebrighton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 127179
- Title
- THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS OR MIRTH & MARVELS
- Author
- THOMAS INGOLDSBY (RICHARD BENTLEY) , ARTHUR RACKHAM
- Illustrator
- ARTHUR RACKHAM
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Publisher
- WILLIAM HEINEMANN
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1920
- Keywords
- The Inglesby Legends, Thomas Inglesby, Richard Bentley, Arthur Rackham Illustrated, Poetry, Ghost Stories, Legends, Classics
Terms of Sale
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Gilt
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Tipped In
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