THRYMSKVITHA; [Inscribed association copy].
Iowa City: The Windhover Press / University of Iowa, 1970. First edition thus. Limited edition of 200 copies with English translation opposite original Icelandic poem. Final version by Anselm Hollo & Sidney Berger. INSCRIBED BY BERGER on half-title page, "Sept. 11, 1970/ To John McGalliard/ with infinite appreciation/ for more than can ever be repaid./ Sidney Berger." John McGalliard (1906-1993) was a widely known scholar and teacher of Old English, Old Norse, and other medieval subjects at the University of Iowa from 1931 to 1975. THRYMSKVITHA, one of the best known poems from the Poetic Edda, describes the theft and recovery of Thor's hammer. Corners bumped, otherwise near fine in stiff paperwraps.
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Price: $200.00