Robin Hood: A Collection of All the Ancient Poems, Songs and Ballards, Now Ertant, Relative to that Celebrated English Outlaw: To Which are Prefixed Historical Anecdotes of His Life
Author:
RITSON, JOSEPH & BEWICK, THOMAS
Title:
Robin Hood: A Collection of All the Ancient Poems, Songs and Ballards, Now Ertant, Relative to that Celebrated English Outlaw: To Which are Prefixed Historical Anecdotes of His Life
Publisher:
John C. Nimmo 1885
Description:
First edition thus, original binding, 9 Thomas Bewick full page engravings + frontispiece, many more illustrations within text, imperial octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board, gilt decorations to spine, frontispiece, t.e.g., xii + 400pp, illus, VG- ( heavy fading & tanning to boards & spine, front board shaky, two 10cm splits along outer front hinge, two 4cm closed tears to cloth of spine, chipping & surface loss to spine extrems, moderately heavy fraying to board edges, moderate bruising to board corners, light soiling & rubbing to boards, sporadic foxing to pages, light foxing & moderate tanning to page edges)
Keywords:
Robin Hood literature poems poetry modern first edition songs ballards Anthologies England