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The Ingoldsby Legends, or Mirth and Marvels. Edited by His Daughter Mrs. Edward A. Bond. Illustrated by George Cruikshank, John Leech, John Tenniel & others. In Three Volumes.
by INGOLDSBY, THOMAS:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Richard Bentley, 1894 88th edition. Three Volumes. Hardback, Tall 8vo. 9.5 x 7 inches. In half-bound leather fine bindings by “Hatchards, Piccadilly.” Polished dark green morocco leather to spines and corners with gilt line edging, two deep raised bands to spines with gilt decorations and title lettering. Pale green cloth to boards. Top page edges gilt, marbled endpapers. In very good condition. Slight fading to spines, some minor rubbing to raised bands on vols 1 & 2. some minor rubbing to leading corners, a couple of minor handling marks to boards else clean and smart. Bookplates to endpapers “Lady Marjory Binney, 1909.” (Bookplate by T. Morino, 1909.) Binders stamps to rear corner of endpapers, blank sides with moderate foxing. Some mild foxing to prelims and title pages, and outer page edges. Some occasional minor spots to inside pages, some plates with some minor foxing, full-page plates are all guarded. Bindings all tight and sound. No weak hinges. Else a very good clean and tight set. 3 volumes: xliv + 283, 336, & 280pp. Illustrated with 94 B&W illustrations (full-page and in text, some fold-out) by Cruikshank, Leech,Tenniel and others. Including decorative title pages. Illustrated edition of the Ingoldsby Legends, “enriched with rare felicity” by George Cruikshank, John Leech, and John Tenniel.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 89502
- Title
- The Ingoldsby Legends, or Mirth and Marvels. Edited by His Daughter Mrs. Edward A. Bond. Illustrated by George Cruikshank, John Leech, John Tenniel & others. In Three Volumes.
- Author
- INGOLDSBY, THOMAS:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Richard Bentley, 1894 88th edition
- Keywords
- ENGLISH LITERATURE THOMAS INGOLDSBY, Ingoldsby Legends, Mirth, Marvels, Cruikshank, Leech, Tenniel, First Illustrated Edition, Richard Bentley, 1864, leather, fine binding, Hatchards, Lady Marjory Binney, Bookplate by T. Morino,
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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