REYKJAVIK: Thaettir og Myndir ur Sogu Baejarins 1786-1936.
by Helgason, Jon
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Reykjavik: Isafoldarprentsmioja H.F., 1937., 1937.. Good. - Quarto [approximately 11 inches high by 9 inches wide], softcover bound in brown pictorial stiff suede wrappers. The binding is rubbed & soiled with the extremities chipped & with a number of small stains. 100 & [2] pages plus a large section of black-and-white illustrations. the last signature [i.e. group of pages] is detached. There is an ink inscription on the front endpaper & the rear blanks are foxed. Good. <p>The detached signature includes the last two pages of illustrations and a folding list of the illustrations in English. The rest of the text is in Icelandic.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 35330
- Title
- REYKJAVIK: Thaettir og Myndir ur Sogu Baejarins 1786-1936.
- Author
- Helgason, Jon
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Reykjavik: Isafoldarprentsmioja H.F., 1937.
- Date Published
- 1937.
- Keywords
- TRAVEL; HISTORY; ICELAND; REYKJAVIK: THAETTIR OG MYNDIR UR SOGU BAEJARINS 1786- 1936; JON HELGASON.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel & History;
Terms of Sale
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Payment with order from individuals. Items are offered subject to prior sale. All purchases are subject to your approval, returnable within 10 days. New York State residents please add sales tax to your purchases. All items are guaranteed authentic and as described.
About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
Glossary
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...