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Description
THE INGOLDSBY LEGENDS, OR MIRTH AND MARVELS
Book Details + Condition: J.M. Dent and Sons, Ltd (London). Early Edition, 1922. Hardcover with dark green boards (measuring 8" x 6.5"); decorated endpapers; gilt decoration to boards and spine. 637 pages. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. The celebrated book is a collection of myths, legends, ghost stories and poems written by Thomas Ingoldsby of Tappington Manor, which is the pen-name of English clergyman Richard Harris Barham. Ingoldsby’s collection of sagas and legends drew inspiration from folklore and legal jargon, chronicles of monks, local superstitions and myths, with brief snatches of words from other languages including German and Welsh. Some stories include:
- The Spectre of Tappington
- The Nurse's Story: the Hand of Glory
- Patty Morgan the Milkmaid's Story: 'Look at the Clock!'
- Grey Dolphin: a legend of Sheppey
- The Ghost
- The Cynotaph
- The Leech of Folkestone: Mrs Botherby's Story
- The Legend of Hamilton Tighe
- The Witches' Frolic
- A Singular Passage in the Life of the Late Henry Harris, Doctor in Divinity
- The Jackdaw of Rheims
- A Lay of St Dunstan
- A Lay of St Gengulphus
- The Lay of St Odille
- A Lay of St Nicholas
- The Lady Rohesia
- The Tragedy
- Mr. Barney Maguire's Account of the Coronation
Firm binding; lightly rubbed corners and edges; interior is clean and free of markings. Please note: there are several pages which remain uncut, signaling the book has been little read, if at all.
