Folk Lore. Ritson (Joseph), Robin Hood: A Collection of all ...

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Folk Lore. Ritson (Joseph), Robin Hood: A Collection of all the Ancient Poems, Songs and Ballads, now extant, Relative to that Celebrated English Outlaw, two-volume set, London: John C. Nimmo, 1887, illustrated with 80 wood engravings by Bewick printed on China paper, 9 etchings from paintings by A.H. Tourrier and E. Buckman, original publisher's parchment over cloth, pictorial gilt, split spines but holding, top-edge gilt, others uncut, idem., volume II only, second edition, London: William Pickering, 1832, in-text illustrations, ex-lib, their cloth binding, 8vo, [Scott (Sir Walter)], Robin Hood, volume II only, first edition, ex-lib, their binding, 12mo, [&] Egan (Pierce, the Younger), Robin Hood and Little John; or, the Merry Men of Sherwood Forest, first edition thus, London: Foster and Hextall, 1840, 8 plates, some repairs, contemporary papered boards, rebacked, 8vo, (5)

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Auction Date: 6th Feb 2024 at 10am

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