Johnston, Professor George (translator)MareMagnum
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No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, foxing to page fore-edgesand a few pages and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn or creased with sunned spine and irregular sunning/staining to front cover spine edge. 146pp. The Saga of Gisli, written in the 13th century about a man and family who came to Iceland from Norway. He killed his brother-in-law and lived in hiding until he too was killed after thirteen or more years.
1935504584Ithaca, Cornell Univesity Press 1935. 113 pp. Large 8vo. Original-Softcover, slightly spotted, corners and edges rubbed and bumped, uncutted and mostly unopened, paper partly a bit stained, otherwise fine, text in English.
Features: Surprising island of the Northern Sea - Iceland; The Flowers Known as Birds - the Bird of Paradise from South Africa; What Maestros Look like to me - Sol Nemkov tells his adventures in the concert world while playing for such temperamental geniuses as Toscanini and Stokowski; You can't live in New York - untold miseries plague those who set up housekeeping in Manhattan, says long-time resident Horace Sutton; My Next 60 Movies - James Stewart (conclusion); Maybe I'll Pitch Forever - Satchel Paige, the American League's first Negro pitcher; The Coyote - World's Champion People Taunter - some claim he is one of man's best friends. Above-average wear. Covers almost detached. Small clipping from ad on page 55 - text unaffected. 1/6 page photo of coyote clipped from page 42. Top 2/3 of page 81 clipped out - this seems to have removed part of a novel. Nice color Coke ad on back cover. Book
186132889Edinburgh: Edmonton and Douglas 1861. 2 volumes. First Edition. Illustrated in both volumes with engraved maps and plans a number double-page and a number large and multi-folding collated complete. 8vo publisher's original forest-green cloth the spines lettered and ruled in gilt the upper cover of each volume with elaborate giltwork in an all-over designs showing crossed swords axes and other weapons surrounded by two of the most famous of the wise Viking sayings which were passed down from family elders oral tradition and later the sagas: "Bare is Back Without Brother Behind It" and "But Short While is Hand Fain Of Blow" xxx cciv 256; xiii 507 pp. An essentially fine copy bright and clean with very little wear the green cloth remains in very pleasing condition without fading the giltwork is strong and very well preserved the text-blocks and hinges are sound and tight a very pleasing set with only slight evidence of age or shelving at the extremities. FIRST EDITION. A VERY HANDSOME COPY OF THIS ICONIC SCANDINAVIAN TREASURE. With a long and scholarly Introduction which explains in great detail the Iceland of the period in which the saga was written. Further to the Introduction is a complete Index allowing for study of many elements presented both in the scholarship and in the saga. Njáls saga like the other sagas of Icelanders is anonymous. There are however several hypotheses about the saga's authorship. The oldest idea attested in the early 17th century is that Sćmundr fróđi wrote the work. Other suggested authors include Sćmundr's sons Jón Loftsson Snorri Sturluson Einarr Gilsson Brandr Jónsson and Ţorvarđr Ţórarinsson.<br> The saga is now believed to have been composed in the period from 1270 to 1290. Among written sources which the author likely used are Laxdćla saga Eyrbyggja saga and Ljósvetninga saga as well as the lost sagas Brjáns saga and Gauks saga Trandilssonar. however the author probably derived the bulk of the material in the saga from oral tradition which he manipulated for his own artistic purposes. Opinions on the historicity of the saga have varied greatly ranging from pure fiction to nearly verbatim truth to any number of nuanced views. It can be regarded as certain that Njáll and Gunnarr were real historical people and their fateful deaths are referred to in other sources. Gabriel Turville-Petre said "It was not the author's purpose to write a work of history but rather to use a historical subject for an epic in prose".<br> Njáls saga explores the consequences of vengeance as a defence of family honor by dealing with a blood feud spanning some 50 years. The saga shows how even worthy people can destroy themselves by disputes and demonstrates the tensions in the Icelandic Commonwealth which eventually led to its destruction. Any insult to one's honor had to be revenged: sometimes this includes slights which seem trivial to modern readers. <br> From THE SLAYING OF THORD FREEDMANSON in Njal's Saga: Thrain said "We have won an ill work and Njal's sons will take this slaying ill when they hear of it."<br> They ride home and tell Hallgerda. She was glad to hear of the slaying but Rannveig Gunnar's mother said "It is said 'but a short while is hand fain of blow' and so it will be here; but still Gunnar will set thee free from this matter. But if Hallgerda makes thee take another fly in thy mouth then that will be thy bane."<br> Hallgerda sent a man to Bergthorsknoll to tell the slaying and another man to the Thing to tell it to Gunnar. Bergthora said she would not fight against Hallgerda with ill words about such a matter; "That" quoth she "would be no revenge for so great a quarrel." WIKI. Burnt Njal<br><br> Edmonton and Douglas hardcover
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with minor creasing to lower front edge. 240pp. A complete survey of the art of the Nordic countries - Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Iceland during the 200 years from around 1740 to 1940. Extremely well illustrated.
1973111628London, Book Club Associates, 1973, gr. in-8°, xxv-473 pp, 59 illustrations et cartes, 29 pl. de photos hors texte, biblio, index, reliure toile éditeur, jaquette illustrée, bon état. Texte en anglais
124p., illus. Translated with an Introduction by Magnus Magnusson and Hermann Palsson Hardcover Very good condition good
Features: The Enchanted Islands - The Galapagos Islands; The Mountain of Gold - reprint of a 1926 story in which an Englishman accepts an inviation to travel to a 'mountain of gold' in British Columbia, Canada; The Way Back - After crashing in Iceland, 2 airmen walk 70km to civilization - author Major-General H.L. Davies; The 'Black Magic' Tiger - in India a rifle is 'charmed' to kill a tiger; Pork-Knocking - fellows who go into the wilds of British Guiana to dig for diamonds - great photos; When Awang Ruled Simporna - the story of a prisoner in British North Borneo; Our Murder Mystery in the Cook Archipelago; A Question of Feet - a wily old farmer in South-West Africa outwits the police; Sky Workers - men who work at dangerous heights (great photo); Trail of the Snake - West African Gold Prospectors follow the advice of a Witch Doctor; and more. Front cover loose but present. Backstrip missing. Faint signature atop front cover. Binding intact. Book
Features: The Enchanted Islands - The Galapagos Islands; The Mountain of Gold - reprint of a 1926 story in which an Englishman accepts an inviation to travel to a 'mountain of gold' in British Columbia, Canada; The Way Back - After crashing in Iceland, 2 airmen walk 70km to civilization - author Major-General H.L. Davies; The 'Black Magic' Tiger - in India a rifle is 'charmed' to kill a tiger; Pork-Knocking - fellows who go into the wilds of British Guiana to dig for diamonds - great photos; When Awang Ruled Simporna - the story of a prisoner in British North Borneo; Our Murder Mystery in the Cook Archipelago; A Question of Feet - a wily old farmer in South-West Africa outwits the police; Sky Workers - men who work at dangerous heights (great photo); Trail of the Snake - West African Gold Prospectors follow the advice of a Witch Doctor; and more. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. Unmarked. Book
262o.J. isländischer Arzt. Seit 1820 Landphysikus für Island, schrieb über die meteorolog. u. nosol. Verhältnisse Islands. 1794 Hunavatn Syssel - 1855. Fast Halbfigur. Lithographie von E. Lassalle 1839. Ca. 260 x 260 mm.
No added marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. Foxing to a number of pages and edges. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked boards, slight sunning to spine and top of rear board, slightly dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. 178pp. A series of mythological stories or sagas translated from the Icelandic which were originally written in the 13th to the 15th centuries.
(Reykjavik), 1976. Origbd. 260 pp. M.dedik.
19767993(Reykjavik), 1976. Origbd. 260 pp. M.dedik.
184032957Paris bertrand ca. 1840. 295x43 cm. Originalt litografi trykt på kina-papir med brede marginer Dessiné par A. Mayer. Prospekt af Laxa-flodens turbulente forløb i landskabet. <br/><br/><em>Planche Nr. 121 fra Paul Gaimard: Voyage en Islande et au Groënland exécuté pendant les Années 1835 et 1836 sur la Corvette la Recherche. Paris Arthur Bertrand 1842. </em> unknown
184032957(Paris, bertrand, ca. 1840). 29,5x43 cm. Originalt litografi trykt på kina-papir med brede marginer (Dessiné par A. Mayer). Prospekt af Laxa-flodens turbulente forløb i landskabet.
(Paris, bertrand, ca. 1840). 29,5x43 cm. Originalt litografi trykt på kina-papir med brede marginer (Dessiné par A. Mayer). Prospekt af Laxa-flodens turbulente forløb i landskabet.
2015500099989Presses de la Cité 2015 457 pages 14 86x21 41x1 85cm. 2015. Broché. 457 pages.
Un volume broché au format poche de 240 pp.; couverture illustrée; bande éditeur conservée. Etat de neuf. Voir photo.
86219aafBokautgafan örn og Örlygur H. F., 1982, in-4to, 45 p., richly ill. with drawings, hardcover in simili-leather, orig. ill. jacket.
Kbhvn., 1915-19. Orig. omslag. Omslag løst og ryg med defekter. Indvendig frisk. 130,148 pp. Rigt tekstillustreret samt 1 foldekort.
191528247Kbhvn., 1915-19. Orig. omslag. Omslag løst og ryg med defekter. Indvendig frisk. 130,148 pp. Rigt tekstillustreret samt 1 foldekort.
København, Jespersens Forlag, 1925. Samtidigt hshirtbd. Orig. bogtrykt foromslag opsat på forpermen. 88),168 pp., 2 kort, tekstillustrationer.
192554832København, Jespersens Forlag, 1925. Samtidigt hshirtbd. Orig. bogtrykt foromslag opsat på forpermen. 88),168 pp., 2 kort, tekstillustrationer.
København, Gyldendal, 1912-16. 2 samtidige hshirtbd. De originale bogtrykte foromslag påsat forpermerne. Stempler på titelblade. XXIV,254 (4),276 pp. Rigt illustreret og med kortbilag.
København, Gyldendal, 1912-16. 2 samtidige hshirtbd. De originale bogtrykte foromslag påsat forpermerne. Stempler på titelblade. XXIV,254 (4),276 pp. Rigt illustreret og med kortbilag.
