1889, ISBN: 0883560089

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[EAN: 9780883560082], [PU: Scribner and Welford, 743 & 745 Broadway, [1889]., New York:], ICELANDIC SAGAS, ICELAND, SUPERSTITION, MYTHOLOGY, FOLKLORE, GRETTIR THE STRONG, HISTORICAL FICTI… mais…

[EAN: 9780883560082], [PU: Scribner and Welford, 743 & 745 Broadway, [1889]., New York:], ICELANDIC SAGAS, ICELAND, SUPERSTITION, MYTHOLOGY, FOLKLORE, GRETTIR THE STRONG, HISTORICAL FICTION, FOLKTALES, SCANDINAVIAN, SCANDINAVIA, VIKINGS, NAUTICAL, MARITIME, ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, MICHAEL ZENO DIEMER, 19TH-CENTURY IMPRINTS, SABINE BARING-GOULD, MIDDLE AGES, MEDIEVAL, 12mo. 384 pp., plus 32 pp. publisher's catalogue. Frontisp., 11 plates, 1 double-page colour map. Olive-green pictorial publisher's cloth over beveled boards, cover arrt illustration of Viking helm, spears, shields, and mountains, decorative spine, gilt & black lettering (minor edgewear, rubbing, slight bumping to corners), still VG copy. First edition of this scarce recounting of the famed Icelandic Saga of Grettir the Strong, considered one of the finest in Scandinavian Sagas, and the Icelandic version of the Beowulf Legend set in the 10th century. This work tells of desperate feats, fighting beserkers, and with the spirit of Glam, as well as an excellent account of Icelandic folkways and culture. These are early illustrations by Michael Zeno Diemer (1867-1939) who studied at the Academy in Munich under Gabriel von Gackl and Alexander von Liezen-Mayer, and was especially well-knwon for his watercolours of the Alps., Books<

ISBN: 9780883560082

New York: Scribner and Welford, 743 & 745 Broadway, [1889]. 12mo. 384 pp., plus 32 pp. publishers catalogue. Frontisp., 11 plates, 1 double-page colour map. Olive-green pictorial publish… mais…

New York: Scribner and Welford, 743 & 745 Broadway, [1889]. 12mo. 384 pp., plus 32 pp. publishers catalogue. Frontisp., 11 plates, 1 double-page colour map. Olive-green pictorial publishers cloth over beveled boards, cover arrt illustration of Viking helm, spears, shields, and mountains, decorative spine, gilt & black lettering (minor edgewear, rubbing, slight bumping to corners), still VG copy. First edition of this scarce recounting of the famed Icelandic Saga of Grettir the Strong, considered one of the finest in Scandinavian Sagas, and the Icelandic version of the Beowulf Legend set in the 10th century. This work tells of desperate feats, fighting beserkers, and with the spirit of Glam, as well as an excellent account of Icelandic folkways and culture. These are early illustrations by Michael Zeno Diemer (1867-1939) who studied at the Academy in Munich under Gabriel von Gackl and Alexander von Liezen-Mayer, and was especially well-knwon for his watercolours of the Alps., Scribner and Welford, 743 & 745 Broadway, 0<

1973, ISBN: 9780883560082

Hardcover book. 266 pages. Published by Causeway Books (1973) Media >