Description

Large trade paperback in black covers with French Flaps [Gatefold], decorated in silver and gold. i – xxxi, 213 pages. Introduction by translator and a brief “Note on the Names” by Alfred David. Bilingual edition with the original Anglo-Saxon printed on versos and the corresponding English translation on facing rectos. First Norton paperback edition, first printing with full number line. Previous owner’s name inside front cover and again on top of first leaf. Winner of the Whitebread Prize. A highly regarded new verse translation of this epic Old English poem, written in England but set in Scandinavia. A like new copy, but for owner’s name, clean, square, and unmarked. Near fine.