Robin Hood by Carola Oman Hardcover Book, Illustrated 1973

Title: Robin Hood by Carola Oman Hardcover Book, Illustrated 1973.
Author: Carola Oman.
Type: Fiction.
Edition: Reprinted Edition 1973.
Publisher: J M Dent & Sons Ltd, London.
Year First Published: 1939.
Format: Hardcover Book, with Dust Jacket.
Printed By: Aldine Press, Letchworth, Hertfordshire, UK.
Page Count: 242 pages.
Width: 14.5cm
Height: 21.5cm
Thickness: 2.5cm
Info: From the C.I.C series of Publications. (Childrens Illustrated Classics.)
With eight illustrations in full colour and twenty two drawings in the text by S Van Abbe R.B.A., A.R.E.
Robin Hood The Prince of Outlaws, a tale of the Fourteenth Century from the "Lytell Geste" by Carola Oman.
No inscriptions or notations, a good clean copy.
Robin Hood is a legendary heroic outlaw originally depicted in English folklore and subsequently featured in literature and film. According to legend, he was a highly skilled archer and swordsman. In some versions of the legend, he is depicted as being of noble birth, and in modern retellings he is sometimes depicted as having fought in the Crusades before returning to England to find his lands taken by the Sheriff. In the oldest known versions he is instead a member of the yeoman class. Traditionally depicted dressed in Lincoln green, he is said to have robbed from the rich and given to the poor.
Carola Oman CBE (11 May 1897 11 June 1978) was an English historical novelist, biographer and children's writer, best known for her retelling of the Robin Hood legend and for a 1946 biography of Admiral Lord Nelson.According to an obituary, "She did not so much popularise history as elevate the level of popular history.
Oman produced several historical novels for younger readers, notably Robin Hood: Prince of Outlaws (1937), cited as "one of the most influential of the juvenile literary publications", which remained continuously in print for at least forty years.
Wikipedia.
Condition: Very Good, all pages and binding intact, no loose pages, dust jacket in good condition, binding on the spine is still tight, a well looked after vintage book.
Price: R 195.00 Inc Vat.