EDDISON, E. R. (trans.).

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Egil's Saga. First Eddison edition, one of just 14 copies printed on hand-made paper, as noted by Eddison on the front free endpaper. The author has inscribed the book on the same page to the illustrator of his 1922 fantasy novel The Worm Ouroboros: "Keith Henderson, from E. R. E., 5th December, 1930". Eddison's (1882-1945) work was only the second translation into English, after W. C. Green's 1893 translation, which Eddison judged as "so bad as to be unreadable" (quoted by Townend, p. 100). A Norse scholar and author of epic fantasy novels whose works drew high praise from Tolkien and C. S. Lewis, Eddison was an occasional member of the Inklings.

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