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May and Hallberg Hallmundsson, trans.; illustrations by Kjartan Gudjónsson.
Icelandic Folk and Fairy Tales.

Published Reykjavík: Iceland Review Library, 1987.
[No ISBN].
Binding: paperback, stitch bound.
Size: 150×209×10mm.
Page count: 123pp inc. 10 monochrome illustrations.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair to good: this copy has some scuffs and marks on its covers, a bit of wear on the edges and corners, a heavy crease on the lower corner of the back cover; otherwise looks in good order, the spine is not creased from reading and the text appears to be free of marking.


This item £6.00
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Weight without packaging: 245g.

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Presents a selection of tales translated from the 19th-century collection of Jón Árnason, which included tales preserved in oral tradition from the early days of Iceland’s history.


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