Old & Rare
[WYETH, N.C.] Robin Hood. [By Paul Creswick]. Illustrated by N.C. Wyeth. Philadelphia: David McKay, 1917. 4to, 362pp. Green cloth stamped in gilt and with color pictorial label affixed to front; t.e.g. Color pictorial endpapers; 9 color plates. Spine ends and corners minutely rubbed, gift inscription to front free endpaper, title page and opposing page a tad foxed, else a remarkably bright, clean copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (a few small closed tears around edges of front panel, light soiling and scratching, tape at top of spine).
First Wyeth-illustrated edition. Wyeth’s masterful oil paintings bring the adventures of the Merry Men of Sherwood Forest to magnificent life. This is a remarkably attractive copy in the rare dust jacket!