Author: S. Baring-Gould
Title: Grettir the Outlaw: A Story of Iceland
Description: London, Blackie and Son , 1890. Cloth. The scarce first edition of this children's historical novel centring around Grettir Asmundarson. First edition. In the publisher's original decorative cloth. Illustrated with ten monochrome plates by M. Zeno Diemer and a coloured folding map. Collated, complete. This children's novel is an adaptation of Grettir's Saga or The Saga of Grettir the Strong, one of the Icelander's sagas (written down in the 13th and 14th centuries) which details the life of Grettir Asmundarson, an Icelandic outlaw, and is set in the 11th-century. Translated and adapted by S. Baring-Gould, an Anglican priest, prolific novelist and hymn writer, and eclectic scholar. With a thirty-two page catalogue of publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the original decorative cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Hinges are starting but firm and spine is slightly cocked. Internally, firmly bound. Pages have a touch of age toning, but are generally clean, with the odd spot. Half title page is clipped. Very Good . Ill.: M. Zeno Diemer. Very Good .

Keywords: Grettir the Outlaw: A Story of Iceland S. Baring-Gould Children's Fiction Illustrated S. Baring-Gould M. Zeno Diemer


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