Nials Saga

316pp, with some black and white illustrations. Pictorial printed light card covers, black titles on front and spine. 8vo. Very lightly sun-faded spine, reader's crease. Chipping to edges, minor closed tears. Text block edges are untrimmed and some pages uncut. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Pictorial dust jacket is in four pieces (no spine) laid-in. New Nordic Press. Introduction and notes by Ellen Olsen. '...one of the longest and generally considered the finest of the 13th-century Icelanders' sagas. It presents the most comprehensive picture of Icelandic life in the heroic age and has a wide range of complex characters.' (from Britannica)