thrymskvitha (8 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. A short narrative poem of ancient Norse mythology, part of the Poetic Edda. Parallel Icelandic and English verse. Brown wraps with black title, 10 pp, 9.5-in tall, edition of 200 copies.

paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Bookplate of Robert Leland Kellogg. No markings. Slight fading to front cover with minor wear. Side by side Icelandic / English translation. Limited edition of 200 copies. Always securely packed. Professional booksellers since 1994. Satisfaction guaranteed.

Softcover. First Edition; First Printing. Wraps, fine copy, one of 200 set and printed by Sidney Berger, designed by K.M.on Venezia from Bembo type. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.

Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff brown wrappers. (10pp). Fine. Lovely and tight copy of this fine edition, limited to 200 copies, with Icelandic and English texts side by side. An Old Norse narrative poem, it dates possibly as early as the ninth century a.d. Colophon at rear notes "Designed by K.M." -- and best of all this is KM's personal copy, with the custom "KM" bookplate of K. Kimber Merker (1932-2013), founder of Iowa's noted Stone Wall Press, affixed inside the front wrapper.

Edition limited to 200 copies set into type and printed by Sid Berger after a design by Kim Merker; 8vo, pp. 16 frenchfold; Icelandic text and English translation on facing pages; fine in original terracotta wrappers, the title printed in black and red on front. From the library of Kim Merker. Berger, Printing and the Mind of Merker, 43: "Only 175 copies were produced.".

wrappers. Windhover Press (illustrator). 8vo. wrappers. unpaginated. Limited to 200 copies. Fine condition. Translated by Sidney Berger and Anselm Hollo.

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. Ltd 200 copies. Translation of old Islandic text. Presentation by Berger.

First Edition. First edition thus. Limited edition of 200 copies with English translation opposite original Icelandic poem. Final version by Anselm Hollo & Sidney Berger. INSCRIBED BY BERGER on half-title page, "Sept. 11, 1970/ To John McGalliard/ with infinite appreciation/ for more than can ever be repaid./ Sidney Berger." John McGalliard (1906-1993) was a widely known scholar and teacher of Old English, Old Norse, and other medieval subjects at the University of Iowa from 1931 to 1975. THRYMSKVITHA, one of the best known poems from the Poetic Edda, describes the theft and recovery of Thor's hammer. Corners bumped, otherwise near fine in stiff paperwraps. Signed.