King Harald and the Icelanders / translated from the Icelandic by Pardee Lowe, Jr. ; with original wood engravings by Michael McCurdy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lowe, Pardee, 1936- translator.

McCurdy, Michael, engraver, typographer.

Penmaen Press, publisher, printer.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Icelandic

Subjects (All):

Tales--Iceland.

Tales.

Legends--Iceland.

Legends.

Folklore--Iceland.

Iceland.

Genre:

Private press books (Printing)

Mohawk Superfine (paper).

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Palatino.

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Lowe, Pardee, 1936- (autograph) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

McCurdy, Michael (autograph) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

43, [5] pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

[Lincoln, Mass.] : Penmaen Press,Limited, 1979.

Contents:

The story of Brand the Generous.

Authuns's story.

Stump's story.

The story of Thorsteinn Sagawise. The story of Odd Ofeigsson.

Notes:

"Printed in an edition of 1000 copies at the Penmaen Press ... The type is Palatino and the paper Mohawk Superfine. Typography is by Michael McCurdy ... One hundred copies comprise the deluxe edition and were signed by the Translator and the artist."--Colophon.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy is number 13 of the deluxe edition.

ISBN:

9780195778212

0195778219

OCLC:

5248354