A Visit to Sherwood Forest including the Abbeys of Newstead, Rufford & Welbec; Annesley, Thoresby, Hardwick Halls, Bolsover Castle and other interesting places in the locality.
London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans 1850
96pp illustrated + 20pp period ads for businesses in the area. Green blind stamped cloth with gilt decoration and title on upper board. and spine. Spine a little rubbed and gilt dull else good copy. Includes a critical essay on the life and times of Robin Hood. Organised as a series of letters to provide a description of Mansfield and the neighbourhood with 4 full page lithographed illustrations of country houses and text illustrations of other places of interest. First edition of a scarce guide book.