The Jackdaw of Rheims de Ingoldsby Thomas 1788-1845 - 2013-01-28

Raphael Tuck & Sons. Poor. Hardcover. Reading copy. Purple and black cloth boards. Gilt title, gilt drawing of a jackdaw on top of a structure. Pages are intact. Undated - two dates are on the front endpapers of former owners, one dated 1904, the other 1910. Back hinge is totally cracked; the book is held together by protective plastic laminate. This is a humorous story of a jawdaw who steals a cardinal's ring - the monks and the friars are on their hands and knees searching. Interesting fact is how this jawdaw was made a saint and canonized by the name of Jim Crow ! .

London, England: Raphael Tuck, 1880. Paperback. Good. Illustrated wraps as issued. A peculiar, illustrated tale, told in rhyme, from the Ingoldsby Legends -- of the canonization of "Jim Crow", an unruly but heroic jackdaw. Printed by Raphael Tuck & Sons, Fine Arts Work in London (circa 1880). Page block is sturdy and intact, but is no longer attached to wraps; light wear to edges of wraps. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Raphael Tuck & Sons. Very Good+. 1900. First Edition. Softcover. Twine bound color illustrated boards, bright image, lower corner cut off, shelf wear. Book has separated from cover, twine still in place, all pages present, 48 pages, with many full-page sepia lithographs and illustrations, internally clean. Printed at the Fine Arts Works in London Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 48 pages .

London, UK: Raphael Tuck & Sons. FR/No Dustjacket. ca1892. ........ Cloth. 8vo., unpaginated, cover rubbed, soiled, bumped & frayed, hinges broken, minor foxing, yellowing, rfe torn .

Raphael Tuck & Sons. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. Dampstained. Pages loose. Cover detached. Reading copy only. (Juvenile literature, Juvenile poetry, childrens Catholic stories)

Raphael Tuck & Sons. Printed at the Fine Art Works in London. Used - Very Good. 1890. Hardcover. Cloth with gilt stamped lettering and decoration. Octavo. 48 p. Illustrated by Lucius Rossi. Decorative endpapers. All edges gilt. Some shelf wear to boards, scuffing to corners. Moderate foxing and toning to endpapers and flyleaves. Altogether a copy in Very Good condition. Very Good. (Subject: Young Readers).

London: Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd. Pictorial Card Covers. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Illustrated. 47pp. A lovely copy of this charming book. No date - c 1900. Beautiful sepia lithographs as illustrations throughout and a colour chromolithographic illustration to the front card cover. The book is bound with a gold silk cord as published which has broken. There is some rubbing to the spine with slight loss at the head and tail of the spine. A few light stain marks to the rear card cover. Internally clean and tight. A very good copy.

Paperback. New.

London, Paris & New York: Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1111. Soft cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Illustrated throughout. Undated edition. Loosely bound, some pages are detached. Scuffing on the spine. Marks on some pages inside. Was originally string bound, but the string now gone so all pages loose.

Paperback / softback. New.