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THE STORY OF GRETTIR THE STRONG by MORRIS, WILLIAM [and] EIRIKR MAGNUSSON, Translators - 1901
by MORRIS, WILLIAM [and] EIRIKR MAGNUSSON, Translators
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THE STORY OF GRETTIR THE STRONG
by MORRIS, WILLIAM [and] EIRIKR MAGNUSSON, Translators
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London: Printed at the Chiswick Press, 1901. ONE OF 315 COPIES. 286 x 203 mm. (11 1/4 x 8"). xiv, [ii], 177, [1] pp. ONE OF 315 COPIES. Handsome contemporary dark brown crushed morocco, lavishly gilt, covers with wide frame composed of plain and decorative rules and an intricate floral roll, central panel with lotus flower cornerpieces, raised bands, spine densely gilt in compartments with long-stemmed lotus flower flanked by volutes and palmettes, the blossom surrounded by small circle and leaf tools, intricately gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Original cloth backstrip bound in at back. With frontispiece map of western Iceland. Lemire A-5.03; Walsdorf 84. A touch of fading to the spine, rear cover with tiny nick and barely perceptible graze, but still A VERY FINE COPY of an attractively bound book--particularly clean, bright, and fresh inside and out. One of the Icelandic sagas translated by Morris, this volume is in the Golden type designed and intended for use at the Kelmscott Press, and like other posthumous Morris items from the Chiswick Press, this one shares a direct bloodline in terms of design and typeface with its famous Hammersmith relatives. Of special importance, the handmade paper used here is also identical to that used at the Kelmscott Press, being made of the same materials at the same mill using the same moulds. And, as usual, the Chiswick Press has provided what it normally does: high quality press work and fine textured paper. If anything, the leaves here are more beautiful and pleasing to the touch than usual. Morris became fascinated with Iceland and its culture to the point where he undertook to learn the language, studying with his co-translator Eirikr Magnusson, and began to produce English versions of the great Icelandic sagas. In 1869, Morris and Magnusson issued their first effort, the present bloodthirsty tale of the Icelandic outlaw Grettir, which takes place in the 10th century and was first written down in the 13th. Our decorative binding is unsigned but has been well executed to an attractive design. One of the Icelandic sagas translated by Morris, this volume is in the Golden type designed and intended for use at the Kelmscott Press, and like other posthumous Morris items from the Chiswick Press, this one shares a direct bloodline in terms of design and typeface with its famous Hammersmith relatives. Of special importance, the handmade paper used here is also identical to that used at the Kelmscott Press, being made of the same materials at the same mill using the same moulds. And, as usual, the Chiswick Press has provided what it normally does: high quality press work and fine textured paper. If anything, the leaves here are more beautiful and pleasing to the touch than usual. Morris became fascinated with Iceland and its culture to the point where he undertook to learn the language, studying with his co-translator Eirikr Magnusson, and began to produce English versions of the great Icelandic sagas. In 1869, Morris and Magnusson issued their first effort, the present bloodthirsty tale of the Icelandic outlaw Grettir, which takes place in the 10th century and was first written down in the 13th. Our decorative binding is unsigned but has been well executed to an attractive design.
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