Frithiof's Saga. Translated into English verse by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Lucius Sherman, Thomas and Martha Holcomb, and William Lewery Blackley with the introductory notes to the cantos by Longfellow and the general introduction by Bayard Taylor Stockholm: The Limited Editions Club, 1953.
One of 1,500 numbered copies signed by the illustrator. This being copy. no. 1403.
Quarto. [1]-[249], [1, blank], [1, signed limitation page], [1, blank] pp. Publisher's quarter natural Swedish linen over decorated paper boards, spine stamped in red and black, image of a ship stamped in gilt on front cover, top edges stained dark blue. One tiny spot of discoloration to top corner, still a fine copy. With original matching slipcase. Slipcase has rubbing around edges, with slight splitting to two corners, yet still solid.
Newman & Wiche, 232.
ID:
3359
$
50