[GILBERT, HENRY]. Robin Hood and the Men of the Greenwood. Edinburgh and London: T. C. & E. C. Jack, 1912.
FIRST EDITION THUS. Cloth-bound; hardcover; octavo (24 x 16.5 x 3.5 cm); pp. xi, 360. English text, with illustrations by Walter Crane. Bound in publisher's original green cloth covers with elaborate gilt decoration; t.e.g., other edges rough cut; pictorial endpapers; half-title; decorative title-page printed in red, green and black; 16 colour plates, including frontispiece. Condition: VERY GOOD. Binding tight and secure, slight bumping and rubbing to the spine ends, occasional light scattered foxing, without previous ownership markings. An excellent copy.
Notes: A collection of 11 Robin Hood tales, penned by Henry Gilbert, and augmented by the signature detailed artistry of English book illustrator Walter Crane (1845-1915).
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