Robin Hood; A Collection of All the Ancient Poems, Songs and Ballads Now Extant, Relative to that Celebrated English Outlaw. To Which Are Prefixed HISTORICAL Anecdotes of His Life.

Ritson, Joseph.

Published by Printed for C. Stocking by J & C. Adlard. Bartholomew Close, London., 1823

About this Item

240 pages inc a 6 page Glossary of rare words. The woodcut head-piece vignettes and tail-piece decorations are believed to be by Thomas Bewick. The original printed paper boards are very rare for this period, the pages remain uncut, there are about 6 or 7 19th century news-cuttings tipped in to the endpapers and inside boards, the spine, is new, but done in a sympathetic green. with the original printed paper boards laid over, corners and edges worn, edges of the paper still uncut as issued, contents Very Good+. RARE work from this period of the revival of interest in the man and not the fiction **NOTES: Taken from the work; "A Derbyshire, South Yorkshire outlaw rather more likely than the Nottingham hero of popular legend. He was left to bleed to death in a locked room by a Prioress (and a relative possibly a cousin) in Kirklees Priory in the November or December of 1247". Believed to have been aged 87. Seller Inventory # 1877

Bibliographic Details

Title: Robin Hood; A Collection of All the Ancient ...

Publisher: Printed for C. Stocking by J & C. Adlard. Bartholomew Close, London.

Publication Date: 1823

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: John & Thomas Bewick

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 2nd Edition