Barham, Richard Harris (1788-1845) Ingoldsby Legends

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Barham, Richard Harris (1788-1845) Ingoldsby Legends. London: Richard Bentley, 1855.
Three octavo volumes, each with engraved title printed in red and black, illustrated with seventeen plates by George Cruikshank (1792-1878),John Leech (1817-1864),and Robert William Buss (1804-1875),text illustrations by Thomas Wilks (fl. 1840-70s); the set bound in uniform blue publisher's cloth, boards blocked in blind, spines with pictorial gilt titles by Edmonds and Remnants, London, very good, contemporary ownership inscription on ffep in each volume, bookseller's blind stamp on ffep, in volume one only, 8 x 5 in. (3)
Estimate $300-500


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