About this title: In Runes of the North Sigurd Olson explores his feelings about the haunting appeal of the wilderness. He recounts how the legends of the northern vastness of Canada and Alaska have influenced him.
In the introduction, Olson writes, "My runes have come from the wilderness, for in its solitude, silence, and freedom .... I know there are moments of insight when ancient truths do stand out more vividly, and one senses anew his relationship to the earth and to all life".
Runes of the North explores these values, insights, and truths. Olson weaves the tales and myths with his own stories and ...
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Edition: 4th Printing.
Binding: Hardbound
Publisher: Alfred A Knopf, New York
Date Published: March, 1964
Description: 8vo (8.5 inches tall) 254 pages. Description: B&w illustrations by Robert Hines. A book of legends, reflections, and adventures, set in the vast wilderness of the North that sweeps from the Quetico-Superior and Hudson Bay to the Yukon and Alaska. brick colored cloth; the spine is slightly faded, and the book very slightly skewed, owner's name, otherwise the book is Good, no dust jacket. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: NY, 1964
Date Published: 1964
Description: 4th printing. Cloth. 254pp. Chapter head illustrations. Bookplate, fos. Superb essays on the Northwoods of the Quetico-Superior, Hudson Bay & beyond. Vg in corner worn dj. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1963
Description: Fair. No dust jacket. Great copy. Binding is tight, text is unmarked, pages have tanning due to age. Spine and edges have wear. xii, 254 p. illus., map. 22 cm. Includes: Illustrations, Maps. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1973
Description: Robert Hines. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Stated Ninth Printing of a 1963 Copyright. Lightest wear on corners and edges of boards with a tiny watermark on top edge and a neat BP on FFE, Very Good Condition in a lightly rubbed DJ with a couple tiny tears. 255 pages. "...a book of legends, reflections, and adventures, set in the vast wilderness of the North that sweeps from the Quetico-Superior and Hudson Bay to the Yukon and Alaska. " Illustrated by Robert Hines. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred Knopf
Date Published: 1964
Description: VG in G jacket. 1964 Alfred Knopf Hardcover with dust jacket. Book is in good condition. Pink cloth over board covers have minimal edge and corner wear. Spine is clean with bright gilt. Dust jacket has moderate edge and corner wear including some ships with loss. Jacket is clean and bright. Pages are clean with minor age tone. Binding is solid. A nice copy. read more
Edition: Hardbound Ed
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 1963
ISBN-13:9780816629947ISBN:0816629943
Description: Hines, Robert. Very good in very good dust jacket. Hdbk ED Cloth over bds 254 pgs Deckled Fore edge. Bk is clean & tight with very min wear, PO name frt free, PO bkplt inside frt cvr, dj in mylar has chipped & tattered edges, sm pc gone bk cvr & a tear vert from top edge. read more
Edition: Fourth Printing Stated
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf-A Borzoi Book, New York
Date Published: 1964
Description: Robert Hines. Good. No Jacket. Hard Cover. 8 1/2" Tall. Observations and reflections on nature and man resulting from the author's travels north of the border in the wilderness between Hudson Bay and the Yukon. 255 pages with one map plus a note on the type and a note about the author. Boards fading, text lightly browned at edges, otherwise tight and clean. read more
Edition: 1964 reprint.
Binding: hardcover
Publisher: New York: Knopf
Description: 256pp. illus. russet cloth 8vo: Very Good+ in an edge torn but generally good dj. "A book of legends, reflections, and adventures, set in the vast wilderness of the North that sweeps from the Quetico-Superior and Hudson Bay to the Yukon and Alaska. " The American writer and environmentalist Olson (1899-1982) was a modern day "voyageur. " read more
Description: Very Good. B002I5QKYK Clean bright DJ with mild wear. 1/2 inch tear and a nick at DJ corner. Firm binding. Name on first page. Otherwise unmarked interior. read more
Edition: First Edition, 2nd Printing, So Stated
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
Date Published: 1963
Description: Hines, Robert. Very Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall Bound in brown cloth covers.254 pages. Illustrated. Sun fade tocovers. Not much. Light rubbing to some few edges. Otherwise a tight, clean, complete copy with clean internals. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 1963
ISBN-13:9780394443485ISBN:0394443489
Description: Near Fine in Very Good DJ. Nice copy with one small edge stain at top page edges and jacket with light wear including tiny chip at top of back cover. read more
Edition: FOURTH PRINT
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: ALFRED A. KNOPF
Date Published: 1964
Description: ROBERT HINES. Very Good in Fair jacket. NATURE. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. KELLY GREEN JACKET HAS 2 ONE INCH TEARS AT BOTTOM FRONT AND A COUPLE SMALLER TEARS AT JACKET BOTTOM. THERE IS A CHIP AT JACKET TOP SPINE EDGE. 155 PAGES. OVERSTOCK MARK AT TOP OUTSIDE PAGE EDGES, ELSE BOOK IS CLEAN, BRIGHT AND SECURE. read more
Edition: 1st Edition 4th Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY
Date Published: 1964
Description: Robert Hines, Illust. VG+/VG+ W/Dust Jacket 255pgs DJ slightly nicked top & bottom edges, 3/8" DJ tear bottom fore-edge, 1/4" DJ chip top rear edge, piece of masking tape. Over some writing inside front cover, o.w. clean, bright & tight. Price unclipped. DJ in clear plastic protective cover. A book of legends, reflections, and adventures, set in the vast wilderness of the North that sweeps from the Quetico-Superior and hudson Bay to the Yukon and Alaska. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976
Description: Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Water marks to back cover, rubbings to edges and corners of book, rubbings and small tears to DJ, owner's stamp and writing inside cover first page. read more
"Olson was the poet philosopher of the great northern wilderness. His advocacy on environmental issues lives on. But his love of the wild is what grabs me. It doesn't hurt that he's a good word smith."
"I liked this book better than "Reflections". Where Reflections was philosophy, "Runes of the North" was storytelling at its north country finest. Good book."
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