Ingoldsby thomas pseudonym (3 Ergebnisse)

First Edition. Good set in the original gilt-blocked blue cloth boards, showing light dust-dulling, wear to the edges and slightly bumped corners. Endbands worn, with a minor tear to volume 2 front joint. Some hinges cracked, with the mull holding secure throughout. Faint foxing to the preliminary and final leaves; the interior quite clean overall, showing only sparse and faint dust-dulling to the margins. A well-preserved set overall. Physical description; complete in 3 volumes : illustrations ; 21 cm. Contents; First series, 4th ed pub. 1848. Second series, 3rd ed pub. 1842. Third series, 2nd ed pub. 1847. Notes; Illustrations by George Cruikshank (1792-1878) and John Leech (1817-1864). Preface of volume 3 signed: R. H. D. Barham, 17 November 1847. Subjects; English poetry 19th century. English wit and humor 19th century. Humorous poetry, English 19th century. Ghost stories, English 19th century. Legends England. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Second Edition (Edition de Luxe). tall thick 8vo., 549 pp., VG-; leather-bound, red boards, gilt lettering and motif to five-paneled spine; cocking to spine, no shelf lean; light scratching to boards, black scuff marks towards top edge of front board and hinge; rubbing with superficial material loss to bottom edge of boards; slight cocking to boards, boards shaken, binding intact; red top, age-toning/mild wear to text-block; starting hinge to verso of p. 549 and recto of bfep, closed tear towards top of bfep (stuck to back paste-down); mild age-toning and occasional foxing/creasing to interior (text legible), waving to endpapers; tipped-in full-color frontispiece and plates excellent and protected by tissue guards, plates affixed to a dark green thicker paper; pub. 1907 by J. M. Dent & Co. stated to title page; differences between First Dent & Co. Edition (pub. 1898) and this edition stated to Prefatory Note (p. v) by Rackham; "It has been the desire of the Publishers to here present the 'Ingoldsby Legends' in something like an 'Edition Definitive de Luxe" stated to Publishers' Note (p. "a3," technically p. vii); orange silk ribbon; LP consignment; shelved Case 14 Heavy item: Please contact us for international/expedited shipping costs. 1286191. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.…

[Children's Illustrated] RACKHAM ILLUSTRATED EDITION, DELUXE SIGNED ISSUE, number 347 of 560 copies. Quarto (26 x 20cm), pp.xx; 549 [3]. With twenty-four mounted coloured plates, captioned tissue guards, twelve illustrations with tint, and sixty-six line drawings. Publisher's gilt decorated white vellum with fore-edge ties, top edge gilt, decorative endpapers. A clean, near fine copy, with some gentle bowing to the vellum as often found, neat gift inscription dated 1909. A particularly bright copy. A classic collection of poetry, ghost stories and legends that are mostly parodies or deliberately humorous. First printed in the Bentley's Miscellany and New Monthly magazines, and first published in book-form between 1840 and 1847. Signed.…