The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels
London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1874. Frontispiece, xiv, 514p. Contemporary burgundy morocco over boards ruled in blind and with gilt design. Gilt foredge and marbled endpapers. Nicely illustrated. The old English bookseller firm Chas. J. Sawyer Ltd in catalogue #91 item #246 writes: "The Legends: deservedly rank among the masterpieces of humorous literature and retain to this day their popularity. Of the Author Dr Garbett says, Barham carries geniality to the verge of exuberation. He riots in fancy and frolic, and his inexhaustible faculty of grotesque rhyming is but the counterpart of his intellectual fertility in the domain of farcical humour "Bound with the 19th century London bookbinder John Ramage with his gilt stamp along the lower inside front board. A fresh clean copy in well preserved condition. Slight rubbing along the front hinge as a result of use. Item #10098
Price: $500.00