Boston, MA: L. C. Page & Company, 1908. Hardbound. FAIR. Text block is tight, with rough cut side and bottom edges and bright gilt top edge, but endpapers are cracked along inner hinges. Front and back covers are wonderfully bright and unmarked but have rubbing at corners and spine hinge. Spine covering is bright and clean but softened at ends. The frontispiece photo of King Haakon VII still has it's protective tissue. 332 indexed pages, illustrated throughout with black and white photos, plus "Suggestions for Travelers" and Bibliography.

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Bookseller: Rainy Day Paperback Exchange (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 5-2T018
Title: In Viking Land - Norway: Its People, Its Fjords and its Fjelds
Author: Monroe, W. S
Format/Binding: Hardbound
Book Condition: Used - FAIR
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: L. C. Page & Company
Place of Publication: Boston, MA
Date Published: 1908
Keywords: Norway
Bookseller catalogs: CULTURES & COUNTRIES; TRAVEL / Europe / Scandinavia;

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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

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....
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...
Fair: is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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....
Cracked: In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.