Author: Thomas Ingoldsby [Richard Harris Barham]
Title: The Ingoldsby Legends of Mirth and Marvels
Description: London, Macmillan and Co. 1936. Hardback. A beautiful Zaehnsdorf morocco bound edition of the famous Ingoldsby Legends. 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.'With a frontispiece and other illustrations on steel by George Cruikshank and John Leech, artists known for illustrating works of such authors as Charles Dickens, as well as Barham himself. In a lovely half morocco binding signed Zaehnsdorf. Rebound in half crushed morocco over cloth covered boards, with five raised bands, gilt to spine and boards, renewed marbled endpapers. Externally lovely with minor shelf wear, some sunning to spine and rear board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Featuring illustrations on steel. Fine . Ill.: George Cruikshank; John Leech; Barham. Fine .

Keywords: ingoldsby legends zaehnsdorf binding illustrated zaehnsdorf binding George Cruikshank; John Leech; Barham


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