KING HARALD AND THE ICELANDERS. Translated from the Icelandic by Pardee Lowe, Jr. with original wood engravings by Michael McCurdy. INSCRIBED by Michael McCurdy
por (McCurdy, Michael). Lowe, Pardee, Jr.; translator
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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(Lincoln, MA): Penmaen Press Limited, (1979).. (1979).. Fine. - Octavo, cream paper covered boards title in gilt on the spine in a pictorial dust wrapper. The boards are slightly bumped. There is some light soiling to the dust jacket & its spine & extremities are somewhat darkened. x & pages 11-[45] plus colophon. Cover illustration, 1 full-page illustration & 5 half-page head-pieces in black & white by Michael McCurdy. Fine in a very good dust wrapper. <p>Limited edition of 1,000 copies, printed by Penelope Reid and Michael McCurdy with typography by McCurdy.<p>Inscribed by McCurdy on the half-title: "This copy of [title] For ..... ..... with best wishes. / Michael McCurdy / Dec. 1980".<p>A translation of short stories in Old Norse Icelandic of encounters between the fiercely independent Icelanders, Vikings formerly from Norway, and the dominating Norwegian monarch King Harald Sigurdsson the Tyrant who ruled from 1047 to 1066, when he was defeated by King Harold Godwinsson of England.<p>Laid in is a folded Penmaen Press catalog.
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- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 19910
- Título
- KING HARALD AND THE ICELANDERS. Translated from the Icelandic by Pardee Lowe, Jr. with original wood engravings by Michael McCurdy. INSCRIBED by Michael McCurdy
- Autor
- (McCurdy, Michael). Lowe, Pardee, Jr.; translator
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- Usado - Fine
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- Editorial
- (Lincoln, MA): Penmaen Press Limited, (1979).
- Data de publicação
- (1979).
- Palavras-chave
- ILLUSTRATED; ILLUSTRATOR; MICHAEL MCCURDY; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; WOOD ENGRAVINGS; LITERATURE; OLD NORSE ICELANDIC; STORIES; KING HARALD SIGURDSSON; KING HARALD AND THE ICELANDERS; TRANSLATOR; PARDEE LOWE, JR.; PENMAEN PRESS; LIMITED EDI
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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Cadyville, New York
Sobre Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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