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Ward, Lock & Bowden, 1893. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1893. 6th Edition. 426 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Slight cracking to gutters causing binding to be loose, however pages remain attached. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Pencil inscription to front pastedown. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight crushing to spine ends. Wear marks overall.

Macmillan & Co, 1905. reprint.. Hardback. Cloth, VG. xii+468pp, b/w frontis, 15 b/w plates as called for, 2 woodcut vignettes,slight damage to one leaf resulting in a tear just affecting the text ( seems to be a binding error ), otherwise a bright, nice copy. Barham's extremely popular collection of Ghost stories & mock medieval tales, nicely illustrated by John Leech, George Cruikshank, and Sir John Tenniel.

Phila: McKay, 1880. Hardcover. Good. Illustrated by Barham, Richard Harris (Thomas Ingoldsby, Esquire). Good. (Pages: 590) 3/4 leather binding with marbled boards and endpaper. Spines rubbed/chipped, bottom 1" of spine cover missing on Vol. II; Rubbing at cornres and along spine folds. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

Macmillan & Co., 1906. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Reprint Edition without Jacket on green cloth some mild bending to outer boards- collectable - will send out 1 st class post

London: George Routledge & Sons/Richard Bentley, 1889. Full-Leather. Good+. Cruikshank, George & Leech, John. Contains the First, Second & Third Series, each with thei Original Title Pages. 18 Illustrated Plates by Cruikshank & Tenniel. Frontis Illustration has a Portrait of Rev. Barham. Contemporary black full leather binding with Gilt Title to front & spine. All page edges Gilt. Endpapers have foliate decoration. 7 1/4" Tall. No inscripions. Hinges a little cracked. Leather has a little edge wear and 2 nicks at top of spine.Tiny hole in leather at front, not penetrating the board beneath. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall

London, New York, and Melbourne: Publisher: Ward, Lock & Co., 1889. Cloth Bound Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Leech and Cruikshank. Illustrated with reproduction of the original steel engravings by Leech and Cruikshank. Frontispiece of the author opposite the fancy title page. Cover dark green with gilt title to the spine. Condition Very Good, clean, complete and intact inside, foxing only to very last page. Boards clean, fading to edge only. Size 7½" x 5¼" 426 pages. All illustrations present and in fine condition.

London & New York: Frederick Warne & Co, 1891. [The "Albion" edition). Eighteen illustrations by Cruikshank, Leech etc, small thick octavo, pp xxiv, 520, marbled edges, a little foxing of the preliminary pages and front and rear blanks, otherwise clean internally, a School Prize inscription before the half title from South Shields High School, full red polished leather, blind-stamped and decorated at the edges, inner dentelles gilt, the spine decorated in gilt, a little rubbed and slightly worn, marbled endpapers, with the bookplate of A. Banks Raffle.. Full Leather. Good. Illus. by George Cruikshank. John Leech..

Warne, 1900-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. in x in x in. Ex-library. Hardback. Well read copy with some spine wear but still useable, colouring of page edges due to age.

(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: George Newnes Ltd, 1904. Softcover. Good/No Jacket. 170x100x15mm. 170x100x15mm+177g . . George Newnes Ltd. London. 1904. . . . pp656 Barham R H ). Soft embossed calf; gilt tree and lettering; back has small hole in calf; tape stuck on spine; first 4 pages semi detached from spine; several owners stamps to volume; page 157 loose: Image is ALWAYS of the ACTUAL BOOK: Book and or Jacket may have names. dedications. marks. tears. foxing. browned pages. creasing and losses unless otherwise noted.. . . . . Domestic_tracked_OR_registered_flat_rate_FOR_THIS_ITEM_Within_Australia:_AU$12.00

London: MacMillan, 1911. 1st ed. thus. Nice copy. octavo. hardback in decorated cloth 546pp.,col. frontis., col. & b/w illusts., With 16 fine colour plates. Nice copy in bright blue cloth with bright gilt illustration on front board & gilt titles at spine; neat ownership signature o/w nice copy of the first edition with colour illustrations

London: Macmillan and Co , 1911. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 8.5" by 6". H. G. Theaker. An excellent copy of this anthology of myths and legends, the first to be illustrate in colour. With frontispiece, and a further fifteen full plate colour illustrations. Collated, complete.This is a collection of whimsical legends, myths, and ghost stories written supposedly by Thomas Ingoldsby of Tappington Manor, actually the pen-name of clergyman Richard Harris Barham. The legends were first printed in 1837 as a regular series in magazine 'Bentley's Miscellany', and due to their popularity were compiled and published in book form. Although based on real legends and mythology, they are deliberately humorous parodies of medieval folklore and poetry.This is the first edition to feature full colour illustrations from Harry George Theaker, a successful illustrator, particularly of children's books. This is one of the first books he illustrated. Due to its popularity, Theaker was commissioned to work on countless… Read More

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… Read More

London: Richard Bentley, 1858. Cloth. Very Good. 7" by 4.5". Not Stated . A new edition of the well-known Ingoldsby Legends by Richard Harris Barham. 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.' In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally smart with minor shelf wear only, bumped to head and tail of spine and extremities, back strip faded. Previous ownership ink inscription to verso front free endpaper dated 1884. Internally, binding generally firm. Pages generally bright and clean. Very Good

London: Oxford University Press, 1921. Oxford Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Duodecimo, 527 pages, half dark blue morocco; 1927 inked inscription on endpaper This little-known book deserves a better reputation. "Ingoldsby Legends" Tales (in verse and prose) mostly "of superstitious and diablerie touched by uproarious humour," and travesties of medieval legends - ONE THOUSAND BEST BOOKS, p.27." "Robertson Davies: "The last of these books to which I turn for refreshment when others fail ... is THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS, ... It is, in its way, a sort of parody of THE GOLDEN LEGEND, ... I do not read it for the satire, which is absurd and often rooted in ignorance; I read it for its irrepressible gaiety of spirit and the magnificently ingenious comic verse ... ." Illustrated by George Cruikshank and John Leech and others ( a portrait frontispiece + 25 illustrations).

London: J. M. Dent & Co., 1907. Hardcover. Fair. xix, 548 p. 26 cm. Has 34 out of the 36 called-for tipped-in colour plates and 66 b&w in-text illustrations. Green cloth with gold print. Some scuffing to cloth. Dampstain on front. Holes in hinges. Text block edge roughened. Pages 33 to 39 have large tears in margins. Foxing to first pages including frontispiece tissue guard. A few pages uncut. A collection of myths, legends, ghost stories and poetry, supposedly written by Thomas Ingoldsby of Tappington Manor, actually a pen-name of Barham, an English clergyman. The amusing stories have been illustrated by many artists over the years, including John Leech, George Cruikshank, John Tenniel, but surely Arthur Rackham is the most suitable for these tales.

London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1887 . Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 6.5". John Leech; George Cruikshank; Barham. A lovely late nineteenth century edition of Richard Harris Barham's popular collection of fantastical short stories, illustrated by George Cruikshank and John Leech. A very smart edition of this delightful collection of whimsical legends, myths, and ghost stories written supposedly by Thomas Ingoldsby of Tappington Manor, actually the pen-name of clergyman Richard Harris Barham. The legends were first printed in 1837 as a regular series in magazine 'Bentley's Miscellany', and due to their popularity were compiled and published in book form. Although based on real legends and mythology, they are deliberately humorous parodies of medieval folklore and poetry.Illustrated with a frontispiece, engraved title page, and nineteen plates. Illustrated by John Leech and George Cruikshank. Collated, complete.Bentley's 'Carmine Edition' of this work.With two pages of advertisements to the rear. In the… Read More

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 ).

London: Richard Bentley & Son 1879. 8vo.Illustrated. xiii, 546 pp. Harrison Pall Mall full brown calf binding, with raised bands gilt decoration and lettering to spine; gilt and engraved boarders. Endpapers and all edges marbled. Illustrated by Cruikshank, Leech and Tenniel. Stains and some scratches to boards. Some spotting to prelims and endpages, but otherwise clean internally. . Very Good. Full Calf. 1879.

London: Henry Frowde, 1905. [Children's Illustrated] LEATHER-BOUND OXFORD EDITION. Octavo (19 x 13cm), pp. [2]; lv; 527; [3]. With 26 engravings, including a frontispiece portrait of the author, by Cruikshank, Leech and others. Publisher's green cloth with maroon label and gilt lettering to spine, gilt decorations to boards, dentelles. Marbled endpapers and edges of textblock. Spotting to endpapers, wearing to spine and edges with some of the cloth peeling, bumped corners. Very good. A collection of myths, legends, and ghost stories supposedly written by Thomas Ingoldsby who lives in Tappington Manor. However, this is the pseudonym of Richard Harris Barham who was an English clergyman. An attractive edition with delicate gilt decorations.