1921: Oxford at the clarendon Press, 1921. (1st edition, 1st printing). Hardbound. GOOD+. Not a reprint. Navy blue cloth with crisp, gilt lettering and design on spine. Frame-like edge on front and back covers. Rough cut page edges. Tight, faint age tanning to pages, light age soil to exterior, with faint tanning to spine, slight inward curl to cover corners. Softened spine ends with 2 tiny rips at top. Two single drips of candlewax on front cover. Translation of the sagas; discussion of the history and interpretation of them through the years, genealogy, chronology and occasional voyage maps. 304 indexed, illustrated pages including Bibliography.

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Bookseller: Rainy Day Paperback Exchange (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 4-DH011
Title: The Norse Discoverers of America: The Wineland Sagas
Author: Gathorne-Hardy, G.M
Format/Binding: Hardbound
Book Condition: Used - GOOD+
Edition: (1st edition, 1st printing)
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford at the clarendon Press
Place of Publication: 1921
Date Published: 1921
Keywords: Vineland, Greenland, Iceland
Bookseller catalogs: FICTION - Mythology & Folklore;

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Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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