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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.

London: Richard Bentley, 1867. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Firmly bound original gilt decorated red cloth boards, gilt closed page edges. The cover is heavily marked and spotted, internally good.

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.

Great Britain: Ward Lock & Co Limited. Good. Decorative Cloth. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Hardback No date. Edited by G. T. Bettany. Wutgh a biographical and critical introduction. Illustrated with reproduction of the original steel engravings by Leech and Cruikshank. 426 pp. Illustrated. Wear to cover. Corners bumped. .

(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.

A VERY RARE AND GENUINE DATE-STAMPED 1870 EDITION THAT IS NOW 154 YEARS OLD AND WELL-PRESERVED (CIVIL WAR ERA)INCLUDING AN INCREDIBLE COLLECTION OF ARTWORK WITH MANY BY JOHN TENNIEL, MADE MOST FAMOUS FOR HIS ARTWORK IN (ALICE IN WONDERLAND) AS WELL AS ILLUSTRATIONS BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK (1792-1878) AND JOHN LEECH (1817-1864) PRINTED BY R CLAY, SON, AND TAYLOR IN LONDON, ENGLAND EST. 1817 AND BOUND BY EDMONDS AND REMNANTS EST. 1830THIS EDITION FEATURES AN INCREDIBLE GOLD-STAMPED AND EMBOSSED GOTHIC RELIEVO BINDING WITCHCRAFT, MAGIC, THE SUPERNATURAL, GHOSTS, LEGENDS, GOOD VS EVIL, SPIRITS, THE OCCULT, AND MUCH MORE PLEASE NOTE THIS IS NOT THE 1885, 1889, 1890, 1893, OR LATER PRINTING IT IS THE ORIGINAL 1870
This is an absolutely stunning all-original 1870 edition of these legendary tales. One look at the binding, and you don't need to be a book aficionado to realize it is exceptional. Heavily embossed and dripping in gold embossments, this is an absolutely gorgeous edition, and the covers and spine are… Read More