Thomas Ingoldsby Esq. [Richard Harris Barnham] — The Ingoldsby Legends, or Mirth and Marvels

London, William Heinemann, 1919 . Cloth. Arthur Rackham's impressively illustrated edition of the popular Ingoldsby legends, illustrated with tipped in colour plates from Rackham. A beautifully illustrated edition of Ingoldsby's work, originally published with Rackham's illustrations in 1898, with the illustrations revised and redrawn in 1907.Illustrated with twenty-four tipped in colour plates, twelve tinted plates, and further monochrome illustrations, all the work of Arthur Rackham. Collated, complete.The legends were first printed in 1837 as a regular series in magazine 'Bentley's Miscellany', and due to their popularity were compiled and published in book form. Although based on real legends and mythology, they are deliberately humorous parodies of medieval folklore and poetry.With a former owner's inscription to the front free endpaper.A wonderful edition of these tales from the leading figure of the Golden Age of British book illustration. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Back strip lightly age toned, with bumping to back strip head and tail. Inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages a touch age toned to page perimeters, with pages otherwise exceptionally clean and bright. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Arthur Rackham. Very Good Indeed .