Iceland: Its Scenes and Sagas
by Baring-Gould, Sabine
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1863. Hardcover. Very Good -. Baring-Gould, Sabine. xlviii, 447 p.: color frontispiece, 15 additional leaves of plates (some color), and 1 folded map of Iceland with the author's route indicated in red; 26 cm. Half contemporary morocco with six spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-tooled spine title. Marbled paper over boards and marbled endpapers. Many in-text maps, music, and drawings. Appendices: A. "Notes on the Ornithology of Iceland" by A. Newton -- B. "Advice to Sportsmen" by J.W.R. -- C. "A List of Icelandic Plants" -- D. "A List of Icelandic Published Sagas" -- E. "Expenses of My Tour in Iceland." A scarce account of a mid-19th-century visit to Iceland. In Very Good- Condition: edges lightly rubbed; old repair to last leaf of text, without loss of text; dampstain in margin of seven plates, not touching images; occasional soiling in margins; old stains to a few pages; otherwise pages and plates are clean and tight.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002036
- Title
- Iceland: Its Scenes and Sagas
- Author
- Baring-Gould, Sabine
- Illustrator
- Baring-Gould, Sabine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good -
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Smith, Elder and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1863
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography & Autobiography; Travel & Exploration; Gardening & Nature; Maps;
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