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History of the Literature of the Scandinavian North from the Most Ancient Times to the Present
by Horn, Frederik Winkel; Anderson, Rasmus B. (tr)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket/No Jacket
- Seller
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Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Scott, Foresman and Company, 1901. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket/No Jacket. Pages clean except for a bookplate at the front endpaper, some toning and specking around the page block edges, and small tears and creases at the bound corners of pp.417-422. Binding is somewhat relaxed, but square and secure; full red cloth cover shows darkening at the spine with dimming and flaking of the gilt titles, tiny brown specks front, back, and spine, and three short stains on the rear, otherwise sound. 507pp. w/index plus a bibliography of relevant English-language books prepared by Thorvald Solberg of the Library of Congress. The spine titles identify this as volume IV, but it is the complete text of Horn's work.
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- Bookseller
- The Haunted Bookshop, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 060551
- Title
- History of the Literature of the Scandinavian North from the Most Ancient Times to the Present
- Author
- Horn, Frederik Winkel; Anderson, Rasmus B. (tr)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Scott, Foresman and Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1901
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Haunted Bookshop, LLC
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Iowa City, Iowa
About The Haunted Bookshop, LLC
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