Book Illustrated Rackham Ingoldsby Legends The Very Good RARE 1905 Edition

  

This is a rare copy of Thomas Ingoldsby's; "The Ingoldsby Legends", illustrated by Arthur Rackham. The book is furnished with 12 colour illustrations and numerous black & white illustrations. This copy has been very well looked after and it remains in Very Good condition.

It would make an excellent addition to any decorative collection or private library. Green cloth Boards & Spine with gilt decoration & titles. Numerous in-text black & white illustrations. Spine is complete and straight - minor wear to the head & tail. Boards are neat, clean & straight - very minor edge wear.

Bindings and Hinges are secure. Previous owner's name to Front Free Endpaper. A few pencil annotations in the margins - very light. Frontispiece tissue-guard is heavily foxed - Frontispiece & Title page has some foxing. -- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --.

The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels. Fine (F): An excellent copy, showing next to no wear. Near Fine (NF): Small signs of wear, but still an excellent copy. Very Good (VG): A very good copy. Expect a few signs of wear but nothing overtly detrimental to the book. Good (G): A generally very good copy, but with the possibility of either a large number of minor defects, or a few more significant defects which will be noted. Fair: An average book that has complete text pages but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc. Binding, jacket (if any), etc. Poor: A book that is heavily worn, possibly with broken joints, hinges, missing pages, etc.

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