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Thomas Ingoldsby - The Jackdaw of Rheims

Title: The Jackdaw of Rheims
Description: London, Gay and Hancock, 1913. Cloth. A wonderfully illustrated edition of this humorous narrative poem by Thomas Ingoldsby, with colour plates. The first thus with these illustrations, published the same year as a numbered limited edition of 100 copies. In the publisher's original cloth binding.This poem follows the antics of a mischievous jackdaw that interrupts a grand Catholic feast. It is one of the Ingoldsby Legends, which were a collection of myths and legends, supposedly written by Thomas Ingoldsby of Tappington Manor - the pen name of Richard Harris Barham.Illustrated by Charles Folkard, including twelve tipped-in colour plates and numerous drawings in-text. Collated, complete. In the original cloth binding. Externally, with fading to the cloth. Rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Front hinge is starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright, with scattered spotting, not affecting the colour plates. Good . Ill.: Charles Folkard. Good .

Keywords: The Jackdaw of Rheims Thomas Ingoldsby Poetry Illustrated Thomas Ingoldsby Charles Folkard

Price: GBP 45.00 = appr. US$ 64.26 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 949Y8

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