Kalevala: Or the Land of Heroes, in Two Volumes . Volume Two (only) (Everyman's Library 260)
by Kirby, F. W
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co Inc, London / New York, 1966. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. A Brief Summary of the Contents of Volume II, notes, glossary of Finnish names. Illustrated endpapers, being the initials of Everyman's Library entwined, reproduced multiple times in an orange coloured ink. Blue coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Orange coloured tint to the top text block edge. Illustrated dustwrapper with black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. The second volume reproducing Finnish sagas at the end of the dark ages and beginning of the mediaeval period. For, as the front fold over panel blurb states, the sagas are "... Heroic but human, its men and women marched boldly through the fifty cantos, raiding, drinking, abducting, outwitting, weeping, but always active and always at odds with the very perils that confront their countrymen today: the forest, with its savage animals; it's myriad lakes and rocks and torrents; wind, fire, and darkness; and the cold." Â from the introduction, quoted on the front fold over panel blurb. Everyman's Library number 260. Minor rubbing to the book corners and back strip edges. Very light age toning of the text block edges and pages. Hint of rubbing to the back strip strip corners and book corners with some sunning to the back strip. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). [4], V - VI, [1], 2 - 285, [13 Â of which eight pages are further titles from series list]pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Myths, Legends & Folklore; Finland; poetry. Inventory No: 0122696. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0122696
- Title
- Kalevala: Or the Land of Heroes, in Two Volumes . Volume Two (only) (Everyman's Library 260)
- Author
- Kirby, F. W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd. / E. P. Dutton & Co Inc
- Place of Publication
- London / New York
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- BZDB2 poetry, epic, sagas, mythology, Finland, Everyman's Library  260 Myths, Legends & Folklore; Finland; poetry. Unbranded Kirby, F. W. Kalevala: Or the Land of Heroes, in Two Volumes . Volume Two (only) (Everyman's Library 26
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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