The Viking Age: The Early History, Manners, And Customs of The Ancestors of The English-Speaking Nations. Illustrated From ? [2 VOLS]
DU CHAILLU, Paul B.
Published by John Murray, London, 1889
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2 VOLUMES, First Edition, xx + 591pp + map at rear; viii + 562pp + map + (1) adverts, engraved frontispiece in each volume, very well-illustrated throughout with 1366 illustrations, bound in red cloth, gilt decorated front boards, gilt decorated spines, gilt lettered, patterned endpapers with light foxing, very good condition, John Murray, London, 1889. * an incredibly extensive history with very detailed illustrations. Includes chapters on: mythology and cosmology, runes, relics, antiquities, graves, glass, horses and waggons, burials, religion, superstitions, Paganism v Christianity, slavery, law, duelling, oaths, revenge, marriage and divorce, birth, weapons, war customs, brotherhood, rock tracings, war ships, fleets, sea battles, feasts, dress, occupations, sorrow and mourning, expeditions and deeds etc. Seller Inventory # CAT 22/773
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Title: The Viking Age: The Early History, Manners, ...
Publisher: John Murray, London
Publication Date: 1889
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: ILLUSTRATED
Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st Edition
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The Viking Age: The Early History Manners And Customs Of The Ancestors Of The English Speaking Nations Illustrated From The Antiquities Discovered In Mounds Cairns And Bogs As Well As From The Ancient Sagas And Eddas (2 Vols)
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Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1890
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Seller: DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books, Burke, VA, U.S.A.
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Decorative Cloth. Condition: Very Good++. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket - Issued. 2nd Printing. 1 p.l., [v]-xix, [1], 591; 1 p.l., [v]-viii, 562. 1366 illus. (incl. 2 frontis.) & 1 full-page map. map. original cloth rtly cracked). Second Printing (first: 1889). With chapters on the settlement of Britain by northmen, mythology and cosmogony,runes, relics and antiquities, graves and burials, religion and sacrifices, superstitions, classes, slavery, duelling, outlawry, marriage and divorce, weapons, war customs, fleets and naval warfare, traders and trading ships, debts and robberies, architecture, feasts, dress, occupations, the arts, expeditions, the discovery and settlement of Iceland, Greenland, and America, the Orkneys and Hebrides, chronicles, sagas, and coins. Spines have light crease from opening. Text clean. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 011854
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