Thomas Ingoldsby — The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels

London, Macmillan and Co Ltd. 1906. Leather. A charmingly illustrated edition of this noted collection of short stories, bound by Hatchards in a handsome half morocco binding and featuring illustrations from noted illustrators such as Cruikshank and John Leech. Profusely illustrated with twenty illustrations by noted artists Cruikshank, John Leech and Richard Barham. Bound in a handsome Hatchards half morocco binding with gilt detail to the spine. Binder's stamp to recto of front free endpaper. 'The Ingoldsby Legends, or Mirth and Marvels' is a collection of myths, legends, and poetry written by English clergyman Richard Harris Barham, under the pen-name Thomas Ingoldsby. Starting as a magazine series, their popularity resulting in a compilation first published in 1840. The stories continued to be successful, seeing editions published throughout the 19th century. This particular copy is profusely illustrated by noted artists, and presented in a handsome morocco binding by Hatchards. In a half blue morocco binding with gilt detail to the spine. Externally very smart with slight rubbing to the extremities and head and tail of the spine. Slight fading to the spine. The odd very light mark to the boards. Slight offsetting to endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with just some marginal age toning. Very light tidemark to extremity of frontispiece. Near Fine . Ill.: Cruikshank; Leech; Barham. Near Fine .