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E.P. Dutton, 1929. Hardcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Ex-university library book. Some wear to the flexible covers; the pages are yellowed. Some ink notes in the margins. A reading copy only. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Literary Classics; Inventory No: 210947. .
The Saga of Grettir the Strong: A Story of the Eleventh Century by Hight, George Ainslie - 1929
by Hight, George Ainslie
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The Saga of Grettir the Strong: A Story of the Eleventh Century
by Hight, George Ainslie
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New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1929. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 0x0x0. No publisher date (circa 1920s). No jacket. A few minor spots on top page ridge, minor pencil note on rear endpaper. 1929 Hard Cover. xviii, 258 pp. Translated from the Icelandic by George Ainslie Hight. Grettir's saga is considered one of the Sagas of Icelanders, which were written down in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries and record stories of events that supposedly took place between the ninth and the eleventh centuries in Iceland. The manuscript of Grettir's saga was written down some time just before 1400 AD, making it a late addition to the tradition. The author is unknown but it is believed that his story may have been based on a previous account of Grettir's life written by Sturla Ãórðarson. Whoever the author was, the author shows an awareness of the Sagas of Icelanders tradition by making references to other sagas and borrowing themes from the larger cultural milieu of the Germanic peoples that appear independently in other texts like the Old English Beowulf. Chapters 1-13 primarily focus on how Grettir's viking great-grandfather Onundur Tree-foot escaped Norway to settle in Iceland after fighting in the Battle of Hafrsfjord against the first king of Norway Harald Fairhair. Chapters 14-85 primarily focus on the life, condemnation, and death of Grettir. Chapters 86-93 focus on Grettir's half-brother Thorstein Dromund's journey to the court of Constantinople to take revenge and, incidentally, find courtly love before spending the latter portion of his life in a monastic cell in Rome.
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The Saga of Grettir the Strong: A Story of the Eleventh Century (Everyman's Library 699)
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The Saga of Grettir the Strong
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J. M. Dent & Sons, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 258 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Thumb-marking present. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Pages remain intact. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Soft crushing to spine ends. Visible tanning to spine and edges. Light marks to boards.
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The Saga of Grettir the Strong (Everyman's Library #699)
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London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1929. 1929 printing; green c w/gilt spine titles, sunned spine; decorative end papers; 258 clean, unmarked pages+catalogue. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12 vo.
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The Saga of Grettir the Strong [Everyman's Library 699]
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generic. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. Dent and Dutton. Last reprinted 1965. (sagas, Iceland) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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The Saga of Grettir the Strong
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London: J M Dent & Sons Ltd, 1929. No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slightly dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. Dusty dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with a little rubbing to top of slightly sunned spine. 258pp. Translated from the Icelandic saga setting out the exploits of Grettir in the 9th century. Scarce with dust jacket in this edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 7 x 4.5 inches.
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The Saga of Grettir the Strong; A Story of the Eleventh Century. Translated from the Icelandic by George Ainslie Hight
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The Saga of Grettir the Strong; a Story of the Eleventh Century. Translated From the Icelandic by George Ainslie Hight
by Hight, George Ainslie
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