Jim lees intro (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. 8vo. pp vii, x, lxxiv, 240. Original publisher's red cloth, lettered gilt on spine. ISBN: 0854099255 Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket. No inscriptions, not price-clipped.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good+. First Edition. First Printing. Publisher's full red cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Several B&W in-text illustrations and head- and tail-pieces throughout. "The late eminent antiquary, Mr. Joseph Ritson, collected, with much labour and care, all the historical and poetical remains he could discover relating to that celebrated character, Robin Hood, which he published in 1795, in two small 8vo. volumes. The present publication is a reprint of that work, which has now become exceedingly scarce and expensive. It being, however, the aim of the present Editor to produce a book which could with propriety be put into the hands of young persons, he has retained only a portion of Mr. Ritson's notes. ." (March, 1820). This work was first published in 1795 and this is a reprint of the 1823 edition. . Former owner's bookplate and inscription on front endpapers, some light foxing on top edge, else fine. The price-clipped dust jacket shows only mild shelf-wear. NEAR FINE/VERY GOOD+. . B&W Drawings. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (lxxiv), 240 pp. Illustrated by Thomas Bewick (illustrator).…