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Auction History Result 4b0176 ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD first edition English hardcover book 1938 with color illustrations! Date Sold 4/11/2023 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A Vintage English Hardcover Book (measures 7 1/2" x 10" [19 x 25 cm]; 128 pages) (Learn More) The Adventures of Robin Hood, the classic 1938 Michael Curtiz & William Keighley England royalty romantic adventure thriller ("Dazzling to the eye... stirring to the heart - a great entertainment from Warner Bros."; "Based "He lives again - the world's most beloved rogue!"; On Ancient Robin Hood Legends"; "Photographed in Technicolor"; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award) starring Errol Flynn (in the title role as Robin Hood), Olivia De Havilland (as Maid Marian), Basil Rathbone (as Sir Guy of Gisbourne), Claude Rains (as Prince John), Patric Knowles (as Will Scarlett), Eugene Pallette (as Friar Tuck), Alan Hale Sr. (as Little John), Melville Cooper (as the Sheriff of Nottingham), Ian Hunter (as King Richard the Lion Heart), Una O'Connor, and Herbert Mundin. Note that the mount of Maid Marian is played by none other than Trigger the Horse, before he was purchased by Roy Rogers! Finally, note that anyone who saw this movie remembers well the archery contest which comes down to Errol Flynn in disguise and Owain the Welshman, but few people know that Owain was played by the world's greatest archer, Howard Hill, and that he also did Flynn's bow and arrow stunts shown in the movie! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this is the first edition of this book, because we did research which reveals that the first edition had 16 color plates (which this does), along with 100 black and white images. We previously auctioned a later edition which only had 8 color plates. That later edition had a dust jacket, and this one does not (a collector tells us that first editions did originally have dust jackets). Also note that we have pictured the front cover, the title page, and the interior page that shows the publishing information, and one or more interior 2-page spreads. Condition: good. Learn More about condition grades 
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