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The Vikings and America
by Wahlgren, Erik
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0500021090
- ISBN 13
- 9780500021095
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
London: Thames & Hudson, 1986 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 192 pp, preface, 1. The Uttermost Reach; 2. An Expanding Universe; 3. Ships and Helmets, Poets and Kings; 4. The Stepping Stones; 5. The Ultimate Step; 6. Buckram Vikings; 7. Archaeology Ascendant; 8. Grapes, Gold, and Whales; 9. Where was Vinland; 10. The End and the Beginning; notes, sources of the 103 b&w illustrations, select bibliography, index. Ancient Peoples & Places, Vol. 102: First Edition, 1986. "Excavations at L'Anse aux Meadows in northern Newfoundland have revealed the presence of the Vikings around AD 1000. But was this the mysterious Vinland ("land of grapevines") which, according to the Icelandic sagas, Leif Eriksson discovered almost one thousand years ago? In his account.The Author argues for a location farther south and also suggests Viking exploration far to the North. He also answers the question: "Why did the Vikings eventually leave the New World?" with his theory that a worsening climate and attacks by native Eskimos and Indians put paid to the first European presence in North America." Not Price Clipped. Only the slightest wear to top edge spine dj, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Red cloth with gilt T&H seal logo on front board with gilt lettering to spine..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000823
- Title
- The Vikings and America
- Author
- Wahlgren, Erik
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0500021090
- ISBN 13
- 9780500021095
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- ARCHAEOLOGY THE VIKINGS SCANDINAVIAN HISTORY AND LITERATURE NEWFOUNDLAND VINELAND PRE-COLUMBIAN ADVENTURES
- Bookseller catalogs
- ARCHAEOLOGY;
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- New
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- Price Clipped
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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- Marginalia
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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