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Landet Under Leidarstjernen: En Ferd Til Gronlands Norrone Bygder (Land Under the Pole Star: A Voyage to Greenland's Norse Settlements)
by Ingstad, Helge
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+ to Very Good-/-
- Seller
-
Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Oslo, Norway: Gyldendal, 1959. Hardcover. Good+ to Very Good-/-. Book is written in Norwegian by Helge Ingstad, noted Norwegian explorer. Brown and tan decorated boards, red cloth spine with gilt titling, illustrated with black and white drawings, plates, maps, and a fold-out two-colour map at back, 592 pages. Wear to edges and corners of boards, spine is sunned and has a few pale spots of discolouration, text block edge has a few pale spots of discolouration, upper edge is darkened, text is clean and tight. This is a handsome book. Book is overweight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Details
- Bookseller
- Black Sheep Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015931
- Title
- Landet Under Leidarstjernen: En Ferd Til Gronlands Norrone Bygder (Land Under the Pole Star: A Voyage to Greenland's Norse Settlements)
- Author
- Ingstad, Helge
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ to Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- -
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Gyldendal
- Place of Publication
- Oslo, Norway
- Date Published
- 1959
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- EXPLORATION, NON-ENGLISH, GREENLAND, NORWAY, NORWEGIAN, HISTORY,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Non-English / Other Languages; History; Exploration;
Terms of Sale
Black Sheep Books
Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
About the Seller
Black Sheep Books
Biblio member since 2004
Salt Spring Island, British Columbia
About Black Sheep Books
We are an independent, locally-owned shop dedicated to books and the people who love them. Here you will find two floors packed with volumes of enduring value, including familiar favourites, contemporary fiction, guides, books of local interest, and non-fiction titles covering everything from outer space to inner peace. We also have marine charts, art cards, unique prints, hand-crafted bags, and many other intriguing items. Located at Grace Point Square in the Village of Ganges, close to marinas and Salt Spring\'s renowned Saturday Market, we are open every day except Christmas and New Year\'s. If you want to pick-up a book you saw online, please call or e-mail ahead as many of our listings are kept in a separate storage facility.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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