Press muriel (152 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Zustand: New.

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Zustand: New.

Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. J. M. Dent & Sons / E. P. Dutton, Published 1964. Hardcover, xxi, 309 pp.; 19 cm; Everyman's Library No. 597, "First included in Everyman's Library 1964"; double-page map of the Laxdale district. Translated by Muriel Press; edited with an introduction and index by Peter Foote. In Very Good condition with a Good dust jacket. Black cloth-covered boards, copper lettering and Everyman's Library monogram on spine; mild shelf and edge wear, light bumping to top corners of both covers. Binding tight. Orange Everyman's Library patterned endpapers. Bookseller's ticket of Snaebjorn Jonsson & Co., The English Bookshop, Reykjavik, on front pastedown. Mild foxing to edges of text block; mild toning and foxing to first and last few leaves, including endpapers; mild overall toning. Some creasing and a few small closed tears to top edge of last few leaves. Otherwise unmarked. Yellow illustrated dust jacket with wrapper drawing of a helmeted Viking warrior by Eric Fraser; a few nicks and small tears (1/2 inch or less) along edges, mild to moderate shelf and edge wear with some soiling and scuffing, heavier to rear panel; faded spine, mild overall toning and foxing. Now in an archival quality (removable) Brodart cover. Laxdaela saga, written in the west of Iceland about 1250, is a family chronicle that follows the descendants of Ketill Flatnose from 9th-century Norway to the death of Snorri in 1031. At its center is the tragedy of Gudrun Osvifsdottir, Kjartan and his foster-brother Bolli, in which Gudrun urges her husband to kill the man she loves. Muriel Press's translation, first published in 1899, was the first English translation of the saga. This Everyman's Library edition includes an introduction by Peter Foote, Professor of Old Icelandic at University College London, on the saga's sources, its debt to the Sigurd and Brynhild legend, and the translation, with a note on a verse and a full index. The text is in 78 chapters, each dated where the saga allows. Jacket artist Eric Fraser (1902-1983), known for his Radio Times drawings and later Folio Society Tolkien illustrations, drew many of the Everyman's Library jackets of the 1960s.…

Zustand: New.

Paperback or Softback. Zustand: New. Laxd�la Saga. Book.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Zustand: New.

Paperback. Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Fore-edge foxed; otherwise very good condition in worn dust jacket. No markings. ]. 309p.

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: very good. NOT an ex library book. Clean pages. Dust jacket has 1/2" tear, no chips.

Zustand: New.

Hardback or Cased Book. Zustand: New. Laxd La Saga - The Laxdale Saga - With Map and Section Headings. Book.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: New.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Zustand: Good. 1964. Everyman's Library Reprint. 309 pages. Everyman's Library No. 597. Pictorial dust jacket over brown cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are bright and clear, with light tanning and foxing to text block edges. Ex-libris and pencil inscription present on front free endpaper, with a few small nicks along text block edge. Tape marks to endpapers. Boards have light shelf-wear with minor corner bumping and mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a subtle forward lean. Unclipped dust jacket has light wear to surfaces with slight creasing along edges. Light sunning to spine.…

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: New.

Hardback or Cased Book. Zustand: New. Laxd�la Saga. Book.

Zustand: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.