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About this title: A novel by an Icelandic Nobel Prizewinner, about a sheep farmer who wants only to be an independent man. When his daughter expresses her own needs for independence, the battle of wills that results is both harsh and poignant. Brad Leithauser writes in his introduction: "I finished its last chapters one late afternoon in Rome, seated in an all-but-deserted café....I read as though furtively, hunched over the pages. I did this for two reasons. The light had turned dim. And I didn't want anyone to notice I was steadily weeping."
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Independent People an Epic
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Laxness
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Binding: Hardcover
Description: 1944. Hardcover. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Shipped to over one million satisfied book lovers. Read with Experienced Books. Good condition, showing modest signs of wear. Some aging/yellowing of text pages.  read more
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Independent People an Epic
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Laxness
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USA
Binding: Hardcover
Description: 1944. Hardcover. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Shipped to over one million satisfied book lovers. Read with Experienced Books. Good condition, showing modest signs of wear. Previous owner's name or address or stamp on front end paper or inside front cover. Some aging/yellowing of text pages. read more
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Independent People: an Epic
by
J. A. Laxness
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USA
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published: 1949
Description: Good. ---Interior is nice overall condition. 470 pages. -Publish Place: New York-Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. read more
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Independent People An Epic
by
Laxness, Halldor
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ID,
USA
Binding: Hard cover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published: 1946
Description: Very good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. HB: book haslabel and tape on spine, very light shelf wear, gilt on spine faded, upper spine/corners bumped, missing 1st cover page, stamps, library writing, book repaired between last text page and font info page. 470 p. read more
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Independent People, an Epic
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Laxness, Halldor
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KS,
USA
Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
Binding: Hard Cover
Publisher: Alfred A Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1946
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Book is in excellent condition, no marks or tears. No dust jacket, Dark blue covers with gold embossing. read more
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Peggy Tevebaugh,
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Independent People an Epic
by
Laxness, Halldor
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WA,
USA
Binding: Hard Cover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Inc.
Date Published: 1946
Description: Very Good. Hard Cover-VG-NO dust jacket if issued-Book is clean-470 pages. read more
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Independent People: an Epic
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Laxness, Halldor
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TX,
USA
Binding: Hard Cover
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf, NY
Date Published: 1946
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Cover is light wear, some rubbing. Pages clean, and tight. Cover has foxing and scuffing. read more
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Top Notch Books,
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Independent People an Epic
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Laxness, Halldor
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KY,
USA
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: NY: Alfred A Knopf, 1946
Description: Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Translated from the Icelandic by J A Thompson & ** FG 948 ** read more
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Independent People an Epic
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Laxness, Halldor
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NJ,
USA
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published: 1946
Description: VG / NONE. HARDBOUND BOOK. VERY GOOD / NO DUSTJACKET. PREV OWNER'S NAME ON FLYLEAF. read more
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Independent People: an Epic
by
Laxness, Halldor
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TX,
USA
Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Hard Cover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1946
Description: Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Blue boards with gold-color decorations and lettering, 470 pp. Sun-faded spine strip but otherwise mininal wear, very clean text, tight binding. read more
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Independent People: an Epic
by
Laxness, Halldor
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NJ,
USA
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: NY, Alfred A. Knopf, 1946.
Description: 8vo., 470pp., blue cloth. Translated from the Icelandic by J. A. Thompson. Boards moderately rubbed, spine sunned, frayed at upper extremity. Without jacket. read more
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Independent People: an Epic
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Laxness, Halldor
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NC,
USA
Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1946
Description: Near Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 470 pp. The cover is shelf-soiled, and the spine is lightly creased. The binding is tight and square and the text is clean. Translated from the Icelandic by J. A. Thompson. read more
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Independent People an Epic
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Laxness, Halldor
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KY,
USA
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: NY: Alfred A Knopf, 1946
Description: Hard Cover. No Jacket. C 1946 Good and 1st Edition (Translated from the Icelandic by J A Thompson) plus S&H. read more
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Independent People an Epic
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Laxness, Halldor
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PA,
USA
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc, New York
Date Published: 1946
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Trade Edition Blue cloth over boards with gold design to front board and gold lettering to spine. The corners are slightly bumped. Very little edge wear most around the head and heel of spine. The book is solid, tight and has no broken hinges. This is not an ex-library book. Contains 470 numbered pages divided into 3 books. all pages are very clean. a very nice solid and clean copy. read more
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Independent People: an Epic
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Laxness, Halldor
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OH,
USA
Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1946
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. A very good hardcover copy, lightly used. The binding is solid and square. The covering of dark blue cloth shows mild wear, with some rubbing of the edges but no fraying of the cloth. There is an owner's signature in front but the text is clean and unmarked. --------------------------------------------------------Laxness is Icelandic and that island's dominate literary figure. But he gained an international reputation with this novel, probably his ... read more
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Independent People: an Epic
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Laxness, Halldor
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MT,
USA
Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
Binding: Hard Cover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1946
Description: Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 470pp. Blue cov w/gilt dec; covs rubbed; corners lightly bumped. Sp ends bumped. Owner's inscription on frnt end paper. Review from the July Book-of-the-Month Club News is pasted inside frnt cov. Translated from the Icelandic by J.A. Thompson. "...is an epic story of our own time with tourists and streamlined modern girls and hardened roads and struggles with the new economics and with the First World War in it. But this is only the show of things. The ... read more
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Doreen Hansen,
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USA
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Independent People: an Epic
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Laxness, Halldor
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TX,
USA
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Inc., New York
Date Published: 1946
Description: Good in Poor dust jacket; 8vo-8" to 9" tall; 470 pages; Bookplate front paste down. DJ nicked, chipped and rubbed. Very light spotting to page fore edges. read more
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Ye Old Bookworm,
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Independent People: an Epic
by
Laxness, Halldor
Ships from
CA,
USA
Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946, NY
Date Published: 1946
Description: Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard cover 8vo in dec. blue cloth stamped in gold. Prev. owner's bkplt on the frnt fly, else VG no DJ. read more
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Independent People, an Epic
by
Laxness, Halldor
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IA,
USA
Edition: BOMC
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY
Date Published: 1946
Description: very good, none. 8vo, vi, 470, Blue cloth with gold decorations and lettering, blue topstain. Translated from the Icelandic by J. A. Thompson. This is the story of a small landowner in Iceland around the turn of the twentieth century. Portions of the jacket are glued to front pastedown and free endpaper. Text is clean. Spine is faded and corners are bumped. The jacket claims that this novel is in the tradition of Growth of the Soil and Kristin Lavransdatter, see for yourself. read more
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Asgard Books,
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Independent People, an Epic
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Laxness, Halldór Kiljan, And Thompson, J. Anderson, [From Old Catalog] Tr
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FL,
USA
Binding: Hard cover
Publisher: A. A. Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1946
Description: Good. No dust jacket. Nice vintage book in good cond. Dk. blue cover does show some wear. Inside text clean, but discolored, still tightly bound. Unknown printing. vi, 470 p. , 1 l. 22 cm. read more
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Charing Cross,
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Independent People: an Epic
by
Laxness, Halldor
Ships from
CA,
USA
Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946, NY
Date Published: 1946
Description: Dust Jacket Included. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard cover 8vo in dec. blue cloth stamped in gold. Unmarked VG+/G-in clear DJ cvr. read more
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Independent People: an Epic
by
Laxness, Halldor
Ships from
CO,
USA
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, NY
Date Published: 1946
Description: Very Good. 470 pp, 5.75 x 8.5, hardcover first edition in unclipped dust jacket, epic novel of the Icelandic people, Binding: Very Good Plus, jacket Good with considerable rubbing and small pieces missing from spine. read more
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Independent People an Epic
by
Laxness Halldor
Ships from
NY,
USA
Binding: Hard Cover
Publisher: Alfred A. knopf, New York
Date Published: 1946
Description: Very Good. Ttranslated from the icelandic by j.a. thomson. Dark blue cover has gold scrolls, lettering. Novel of the life of small freeholders in Iceland. 470 pp about icelandic pioneers, hard times & years of prosperity, book is clean, and unmaked by previous owner; 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. read more
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Francois Books,
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USA
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Independent People an Epic
by
Laxness, Halldor
Ships from
NY,
USA
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Description: Good Condition. About Icelandic people. Hardcover, Cover Wear Edition: 1946, Dust Jacket-Worn. read more
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Independent People: an Epic
by
Laxness, Halldor
Ships from
NY,
USA
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Description: Good Condition. Hardcover, Pages Yellow Cover Wear Edition: 1946. read more
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