Ritson, Joseph 1997a

Ritson, Joseph, ed. 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 / By Joseph Ritson. With Eighty Wood Engravings by Bewick, printed on China Paper. Also Nine Etchings from Original Paintings by A. H. Tourrier and E. Buckman (Routledge Library of Folklore and Popular Culture). London: Routledge/Thoemmes Press, 1997. 2 vols. xii, cxviii, cxviii, 148, [4 blank]; [6], 149-400, [4 blank] pp. Illus. (ports.); music. Hardcover. In slip-case. 14 x 21,5 cm. ISBN-10: 0415153832 (set); ISBN-13: 978-0415153836 (set).

Facs. of edition published by John C. Nimmo in London, 1887.

Bibliographical sources

• BL
• WorldCat.
• Ritson, Joseph, ed. 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 (London, 1887). Entry augmented from this edition. Library catalogue entries of 1997 printing describe it as a facsimile of this. If this is true, their entries of 1997 ed. are rather incomplete. It is unclear whether the facs. ed. retains the pasted-in woodcuts on China paper.

Reviews

• Kane, George, review. '[Review of:] Joseph Ritson, Robin Hood: A Collection of all the Ancient Poems, Songs and Ballads, now extant, Relative to that Celebrated English Outlaw (London: Routledge and Thoemess Press, 1997)', Notes & Queries, vol. 45 (1998), pp. 114-15

Citation

• Ritson, Joseph, ed. 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 (Routledge Library of Folklore and Popular Culture) (London, 1997).