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RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator. -- BARHAM, Richard Harris ("Thomas Ingoldsby"). The Ingoldsby Legends of Mirth and Marvels. London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1907. 4to (285 x 220 mm). 24 tipped-in color plates, printed tissue guards, also numerous plates in tint and in text illustrations by Rackham. (A few short 210 mm tears to text leaves, affecting text, waterstaining, spotting throughout.) Original vellum decorated and lettered in gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut (wear to boards). LIMITED EDITION, number 95 of 560 copies of the English Edition, SIGNED BY RACKHAM. The Ingoldsby Legends, a collection of myths, legends, ghost stories and poetry supposedly written by Thomas Ingoldsby of Tappington Manor, was actually written by Barham, an English clergyman.

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