dorset press edition reprint (11 résultats)

Hardcover. Pages slightly tanned otherwise good. NOT A FORMER LIBRARY BOOK.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Special Edition. Very good with very good dust jacket. Book and dust jacket are very lightly bumped at bottom of spine. The complete texts of 13 operas. 711 pages with illustrations.

grey & red 1/2 cloth hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. very fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped (no price listed). nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first printing (NAP) of this facimile reprint edition. 181p.+ 4 b&w maps. glossary. genealogical trees. chronology. european history. medieval history. medieval literature. history of scandinavia. biography. history of england. ~ By 1066 King Harald of Norway was the most feared Viking warrior in all of Northern Europe, and at the age of fifty~one he undertook the most ambitious enterprise of his career~the conquest of England. His two formidable opponents were King Harold of England and William of Normandy, otherwise known as William the Conqueror. King Harald's Saga tells the story of this famous leader who fought from Russia to Sicily, and how his claim to the throne of England was rewarded with 'seven feet of English soil'. This superb portrait is a part of the immense Heimskringla ('The Orb of the World'), a remarkable work of medieval history written some 170 years after Harald's death by the Icelandic historian Snorri Sturluson. Sturluson sees history as a continual flow, a long chain of events connected to individual personalities. A portrait gallery of human aspirations and failings, his narrative is a vividly readable saga~history where every action corresponds to personal motivation and men are ruled by their emotions~principally love and hate or ambition and revenge, Sturluson reveals this Viking ruler's resourcefulness and cunning, and details both his gift for leadership and expertise in double~dealing. King Harald's Saga is a fascinating account of one of the central participants from a pivotal point in European history. SNORRI STURLUSON was born in 1179 and brought up at Oddi, the home of an aristocratic and cultured family in the south of Iceland (1181~1201). He then lived as a wealthy landowner, politician and lawyer, and was Lawspeaker of the Althing from 1215~18 and 1222~31. He visited Norway twice, 1218~20 (when he also went to Sweden) and 1237~9. In 1241 Snorri Sturluson was killed by his enemies. An outstanding personality of medieval Scandinavia and Iceland, he was the author of Egil 's Saga, and of Heimskringla, a history of the kings of Norway from the half~mythical origins of the dynasty down to the year 1177.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. Special Edition. Near fine with very good to fine dust jacket. Dust jacket is bumped at bottom of spine, at back corners, and at bottom of front flap. Minor crease at bottom corner of first few pages. 611 pages with a bibliography and 10 maps plus 31 page index.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. Fine with fine dust jacket. 326 pages with index, bibliography, and seven maps.

Very good with very good to fine dust jacket. Occasional heavy pencil underlining and margin notes. Book and dust jacket are lightly bumped at spine tips. Dust jacket is lightly rubbed at the corners and has a crease on front flap. 208 pages.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. Fine with fine dust jacket. 378 pages with index.

Hardcover. Etat : As New. Etat de la jaquette : As New. Hbk 252pp an unread copy excellent clean tight unmarked in dj in protective sleeve as new.

Hardcover. Etat : Fair. Reprint. With dust jacket. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Near fine with near fine dust jacket. Very tiny bump on page fore edge of first ten pages. 430 pages with index and 18 maps. ISBN 0-88029-463-9.

Etat : near fine. Etat de la jaquette : near fine. hbk 344pp dj very faintly shelfworn now in protective sleeve some jottings on last free endpaper otherwise excellent clean tight unmarked text.