Published by Orkney County Library, Kirkwall, 1973
Seller: Dark and Stormy Night Books, Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft Cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Soft cover, 8vo, 56pp. Orkney and the King Hakon Conference. A collection of academic studies on the links between 9th- and 11th-century Norse and Icelandic sagas, and the history of the Orkney Islands as seen on the ground. Topics: "Norwegian Consolidation and Expansion During the Reign of King Hakon Hakonsson." "Norwegian Court Literature in the Middle Ages," "King Hakon the Old Before the Bar of History," "The Battle of Largs," and "Hakonair Saga - Portrait of a King." CONDITION: Good. Some marks and one three inch cut to wraps, old price sticker to rear, some exterior soiling and one corner bent throughout. Otherwise sound. Book.
Published by Orkney County Library, Kirkwall, 1973
Seller: Dark and Stormy Night Books, Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Soft Cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Soft cover, 8vo, 56pp. Orkney and the King Hakon Conference. A collection of academic studies on the links between 9th- and 11th-century Norse and Icelandic sagas, and the history of the Orkney Islands of the Scottish Hebrides as seen on the ground. Topics: "Norwegian Consolidation and Expansion During the Reign of King Hakon Hakonsson." "Norwegian Court Literature in the Middle Ages," "King Hakon the Old Before the Bar of History," "The Battle of Largs," and "Hakonair Saga - Portrait of a King." CONDITION: Near Fine. Light wear to wraps, one small mark to front upper edge. Book.