Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1873 Book. Fair. Hardcover. English Translation . Cover has significant wear on the spine edges, inner hinge starting to crack leaving a couple of leaves loose from the binding; bookplate on front endpaper. Translated from the Icelandic by Jon A. Hjaltalin and Gilbert Goudie. This saga is "the story of the Orkneymen, Earls and Odallers of Norwegian extraction, who established an Earldom of Norway in the Northern Scottish Isles a thousand years ago, and whose descendants for several centuries held sway over the Hebrides and Northern Mainland of Scotland"..

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Bookseller: UHR Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 088909
Title: The Orkneyinga Saga
Author: Anderson, Joseph (Editor)
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fair
Edition: English Translation
Publisher: Edmonston and Douglas
Place of Publication: Edinburgh
Date Published: 1873
Keywords: history scotland, history scottish isles people, earldom of norway, icelandic saga, orkneyinga saga, orkneymen, earls odallers norway norwegian history, northern european history, scandinavian history

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Fair: is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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