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The Story of the Viga-Glum, Translated from the Icelandic by Sir Edmund Head
by Edmund Walker Head
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
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About This Item
Williams and Norgate, 1866. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Burgundy cloth boards are bumped and rubbed at the corners, spine sunned with wear at the edges and head/tail. Pen name inside front cover, tanned endpapers. One of the Sagas of Icelanders that recounts the life and fall of Glumr Eyjolfsson, a powerful man whose nickname, VÃga, refers to his propensity for killing people. All orders packed with care, independent bookseller since 2011
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- Bookseller
- Ivy Ridge Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11918
- Title
- The Story of the Viga-Glum, Translated from the Icelandic by Sir Edmund Head
- Author
- Edmund Walker Head
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Williams and Norgate
- Date Published
- 1866
- Weight
- 1.00 lbs
- Keywords
- literature & fiction
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