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Robin Hood: A Research Guide: Versions

Anthony Munday (1560?-1633)

The Downfall of Robert, Earle of Huntington

Excerpts from The Death of Robert, Earle of Huntington

Ben Jonson (1572-1637)

The Sad Shepherd: Or, A Tale of Robin Hood

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The English Archer, or Robin Hood's Garland (1780)

The English Archer, or Robin Hood's Garland

Thomas Percy (1729-1811)

Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript, Volume 1

Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript, Volume 2

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About Bishop Percy

Joseph Ritson (1752-1803)

Robin Hood: A Collection of Poems, Songs, and Ballads Related to that Celebrated English Outlaw

About Joseph Ritson

Walter Scott (1771-1832)

Ivanhoe, A Romance, Volume 1

Ivanhoe, A Romance, Volume 2

Ivanhoe, A Romance, Volume 3

Pierce Egan (1772-1849)

Robin Hood and Little John, or The Merry Men of Sherwood Forest

Leigh Hunt (1784-1859)

Ballads of Robin Hood

John Keats (1795-1821)

Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870)

Robin Hood: The Outlaw

Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892)

The Foresters: Robin Hood and Maid Marian

Francis James Child (1825-1896)

English and Scottish Popular Ballads

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Howard Pyle (1853-1911)

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood of Great Renown, in Nottinghamshire

Paul Creswick (1866-1947) & N.C. Wyeth (1882-1945)

Henry Gilbert (1868-1928)

J. Walker McSpadden (1874-1960)

Stories of Robin Hood and His Merry Outlaws

Charlton Comics (1956-1958)

Robin Hood and His Merry Men

Quality Comics (1956)

Robin Hood Tales