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Kristin Lavransdatter: The Bridal Wreath, The Mistress of Husaby, The Cross: Sigrid Undset
by Undset, Sigrid
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394432622
- ISBN 13
- 9780394432625
- Seller
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Fayetteville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Alfred A. Knopf, 1948. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 9x6x1. May 1948 printing. The dust jacket has moderate edge wear, darkened and general wear, spine sunned and tears at head/tail, price unclipped. Green cloth boards are sunned on the top edge and on the spine, very light rubbing at the extremities, paper edges spotted. Pen name on lightly tanned front endpaper. All orders packed with care, independent bookseller since 2011
Synopsis
Kristin Lavransdatter is the common name for a trilogy of historical novels written by Nobel laureate Sigrid Undset. The individual novels are Kransen (The Wreath), first published in 1920, Husfrue (Wife), published in 1921, and Korset (The Cross), published in 1922. Kransen and Husfrue have also been published in English translation under the titles The Bridal Wreath and The Mistress of Husaby.
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- Bookseller
- Ivy Ridge Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 09849
- Title
- Kristin Lavransdatter: The Bridal Wreath, The Mistress of Husaby, The Cross: Sigrid Undset
- Author
- Undset, Sigrid
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0394432622
- ISBN 13
- 9780394432625
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1948
- Size
- 9x6x1
- Keywords
- literature & fiction
- X weight
- 32 oz
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Edges
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- Independent Bookseller
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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