[HERBERTSON, AGNES GROZIER]. Heroic Legends: The Stories of St. George and the Dragon, Robin Hood, Richard and Blondel, Brother Lion, and other Legends. London: Blackie and Son Limited, n.d. [circa 1908].
NEW EDITION. Cloth-bound, hardcover, octavo (21cm x 15cm x 4cm), pp. viii, 318. English text with 20 illustrations by Helen Stratton. Bound in publisher's original cloth-backed decorative covers. Condition: VERY GOOD. Binding tight and secure. Minor marks to covers. Contents largely clean with a gift inscription to front endpaper. Lacking dust jacket.
Notes: An uncommon anthology of exciting legends told for children, colourfully illustrated throughout. The charming retelling of popular legends for children, here retold by Agnes Grozier Herbertson, a Norwegian writer and poet. Tales include 'The Two Brothers', 'The Charcoal-Burner', 'How the Minstrel Saved the King', 'How Oliver Fought For France and the Faith', 'The Knight of the Ill-Shapen Coat', and more, with a total of thirteen tales in this anthology. Beautifully illustrated with a colour frontispiece, and nineteen colour plates, by Helen Stratton.
