The Ingoldsby Legends (Complete Three Series – 3 Vols.)
Publisher: London: Richard Bentley, 1840-1847. Series I-III, in first edition. A fine set, of this very popular nineteenth-century collection of legends, myths, ghost stories and verse. A work which very much influenced his popular contemporary writers, Barham’s collection of humorous and sometimes macabre stories includes enduring poems such as The Jackdaw of Rheims and A Franklyn’s Dogge. Bound in original cloth, uncut. First issue of first edition with Vol 1 having blank page 236, and Vol. 3 has the misprint “topot” on page 350. Illustrations by George Cruikshank and John Leech.

Suggested estimate $1000-$1500