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INGOLDSBY,THOMAS (RICHARD H. BARHAM) INGOLDSBY LEGENDS or Mirth and Marvels First Series, Second Series, Third Series
London, Bentley 5th edition 1852 Plates (18 + TPs) by George Cruikshank, Leech & Buss + head & tailpieces and a few text illustrations . 3 VOLUMES octavo original green blindstamped cloth spined pictorially gilt (tips worn/slightly bumped and head of spines slightly frayed/torn) xi+338pp +appendix vii+288pp vi+(2)+364pp Each volume has a 2 color etched titlepage by Gwilt (vol.1) Cook (vols 2&3) + 18 plates uniformly foxed/tanned many with ghosts, devils, etc. as the stories contain humorous ghostly and devilish legends. Each volume having the nice etched bookplate of Charles Gatehouse Westwood. A nice set with the tipped in Publisher's advert slip for Charles E Scott's The Baltic, The Black Sea and The Crimea "Now Ready".
Offered for GBP 36.00 = appr. US$ 71.64 by: Abbey Antiquarian Books - Book number: F65295
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