A lytell geste of Robyn Hode and his meiny / reprinted from the edition edited by John Mathew Gutch, following the Wynken de Worde and William Copland texts, by Edwin and Robert Grabhorn for the Westgate Press ; the colored illustrations are by Valenti Angelo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gutch, John Mathew, 1776-1861, editor.

Lewis, Oscar, 1893-1992, writer of preface..

Angelo, Valenti, 1897-1982, illustrator.

Grabhorn, Edwin E., printer.

Grabhorn, Robert, printer.

Westgate Press, publisher.

Grabhorn Press, printer.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Lytell geste of Robyn Hode.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Robin Hood (Legendary character).

Robin Hood.

Genre:

Private press books (Printing)

Printing in multiple colors (Printing)

Limitation statements (Publishing)

Deckled edges (Paper)

Untrimmed edges (Binding)

Case bindings (Binding)

Illustrated works.

Poems.

Penn Provenance:

Viain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[8], 101, [1] pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm

Manufacture:

[San Francisco] : Printed at The Grabhorn Press, in the winter of 1931.

Place of Publication:

[San Francisco] : The Westgate Press, 1932..

Notes:

Prefatory note by Oscar Lewis.

"Two hundred and eighty copies printed at the Grabhorn Press in the winter of 1931, twenty-five of which were specially made for Herbert Lionel Rothchild. This is copy number [blank]"--Colophon.

Title in red and black within color-illustrated border. Half-title, fytte titles, colophon and one 3-line initial in red.

Local Notes:

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy unnumbered.

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy bound in quarter red leather over decorative paper boards; 3 raised bands on spine; brief title ("ROB- YN HODE") in black on spine; deckled edges, untrimmed.

OCLC:

3022238