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Runes of the North
by Olson, Sigurd (signed)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/Near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394443489
- ISBN 13
- 9780394443485
- Seller
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La Grande, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
NY: Knopf, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Twelfth printing, 1977. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "For my Icelandic friend George Hanson, who will understand the meaning of ancient Runic inscription. Best wishes, Sigurd F Olson." George Hanson was a college librarian and book collector in Chicago, with a special passion for and scholarly interest in Iceland, and a copy of his obituary is laid in. Illustrated by Robert Hines. A book that "expresses his feelings about the haunting appeal of wilderness" with a special concentration on the territory of the Canadian border and further north through Alaska.
Brown cloth with gold stamping and a loon in red, turquoise top stain. Hanson's name stamp to pastedown. Near fine or better in a near fine jacket with a little rubbing to rear panel and subtle tape reinforcement to top of spine (no tears).
Brown cloth with gold stamping and a loon in red, turquoise top stain. Hanson's name stamp to pastedown. Near fine or better in a near fine jacket with a little rubbing to rear panel and subtle tape reinforcement to top of spine (no tears).
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- Bookseller
- Rural Hours
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1217
- Title
- Runes of the North
- Author
- Olson, Sigurd (signed)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394443489
- ISBN 13
- 9780394443485
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1963
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About the Seller
Rural Hours
Biblio member since 2023
La Grande, Oregon
About Rural Hours
Rural Hours (formerly Wood + River = Books, est. 2019) specializes in ecology, natural history, nature writing, the environment, environmental literature, and contemporary essay, with a special passion for association copies and notable inscriptions. We draw our name from the popular-but-then-forgotten book by Susan Fenimore Cooper (published in 1850), generally considered the first work of environmental creative nonfiction by a woman in the U.S. We are interested in challenging and expanding the canon of environmental literature and finding books that tell remarkable stories and illuminate the tradition of writing about place and natural history.
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