The Ingoldsby Legend; or Myth and Marvel

INGOLDSBY, Thomas.

Published by London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1907, London, 1907

About this Item

1907. 2nd Edition. Description: Olive green cloth, gilt titles and vignettes to front cover and spine. Dark green pictorial endpapers. 24 mounted tipped-in colour plates with captioned tissue guards, 12 full-page tinted illustrations plus numerous b/w drawings. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Large format. Language: English. Book Condition> Good+: All tip-in plates present. Light wear to corners, edges and spine ends. Ex libris to front paste down with inscription to ffep dated 1909. Lightly tanned pages with very light background foxing to some prelims. DJ Condition> Na. Pages pp[xix], 547. Book Resume: 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 edition published throughout the 19th century In 1898 Messrs Dent and Co first published the Ingoldsby Legends with about 100 illustrations of mine This book has met with a very satisfactory reception, but the publishers have felt with me that, with the addition of some new drawings, a careful overhauling would make it worthy of publication in a more important form, in which greater prominence could be given to the illustrations by better and larger reproductions, including a greater number of illustrations in colour To this end the following has been done The frontispiece and the coloured illustration facing page 508 have been specially drawn, and all the other illustrations in colour have been worked on to a considerable extent, and specially coloured for this edition A few illustrations in the early edition have been omitted, and in their place have been added those facing page 254 and on pages vi, 25, 37, 316, 320 and 333 Many of the pen drawings have been reconsidered and worked on again - those which are been worked on to any great extent being now signed with both dates 1898 and 1907 Of the rest, reproductions of the largest scale had been made in all but a few cases, and the text has been revised and highly reset for this edition. PLEASE ASK for additional photographs if required. Seller Inventory # 4494

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Ingoldsby Legend; or Myth and Marvel

Publisher: London: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1907, London

Publication Date: 1907

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+

Dust Jacket Condition: Na

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 2nd Edition.