£75
Small 4to, pp. [ii], 9-263, [1] + map, new distributor label tipped in to title-page. Partially unopened in original green paper boards backed in green cloth, printed paper label to spine. A touch of soiling, predominantly to edges, spine just a little creased and marked.
An English translation of the 13th century Icelandic Laxdæla saga by bibliographer and typographer Robert Proctor (1868-1903). Proctor's interest in the sagas was awaked by his friend the artist William Morris, whose poem 'The Lovers of Gudrun' from 1880 was inspired by the same source material.
