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The Norse Myths
by Crossley-Holland, Kevin (introduced and retold by)
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0394748468
- ISBN 13
- 9780394748467
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
New York: Pantheon Books. Very Good- with no dust jacket. (1980). Softcover. 0394748468 . No signatures. Rubbing to edges of wrappers. Wear to corners of wrappers. ; xli, [1],276, [1] pages. Small vignette illustrations at head of each story. 32 classic Norse myths. Page dimensions: 234 x 154mm. "An excellent introduction, notes, and a glossary provide mythological and historical backgrounds and suggest parallels with myths in other parts of the world." - Denver Post review, quoted on rear wrapper. ; The Pantheon Fairy Tale & Folklore Library; 8vo .
Synopsis
Kevin Crossley-Holland has published several outstanding collections of myths, legends, and folktales, and is an award-winning poet and author of children’s books. His King Arthur trilogy has been translated into twenty-two languages and has sold more than a million copies. He and his Minnesota-born wife live in Norfolk, England.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15250
- Title
- The Norse Myths
- Author
- Crossley-Holland, Kevin (introduced and retold by)
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0394748468
- ISBN 13
- 9780394748467
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- (1980)
- Keywords
- 0394748468
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.