# - Jacobs, Helen.

Skrymir the giant challenging Thor and his companions (upper wrapper and p.9) [full-page], 273 by 195mm., unsigned; Illustrated title-page (p.1) [full-page], 299 by 191mm., signed; "Far out to sea [the funeral ship] drafted" (p.4) [full-page], 272 by 196mm., signed; Viking ship (p.5) [half-page], 110 by 171mm., signed; Thor (p.6) 164 by 90mm., unsigned; Thor, Loki and Thialfi entering a giant's glove (p.7) [half-page], 155 by 191mm., signed; Thor before the Giant King (p.11) 168 by 104mm., unsigned; Thialfi's Race (p.13) [half-page], 154 by 191mm., signed; "In vain did [Thor] try to break [an old woman's] grip" (p.16) [full-page], 271 by 194mm., unsigned; Three dwarves (p.26) 100 by 172mm., signed; "Freya crept forward to look over [the dwarves'] shoulders" (p.28) [full-page], 273 by 197mm., signed; Odur and Freya (p.30) [half-page], 136 by 170mm., unsigned; Iduna and her casket of fruit (p.32) [half-page], 156 by 196mm., signed; "Iduna took her casket and went with Loki" (p.35) [full-page], 271 by 196mm., signed; The falcon and sparrow pursued by the eagle (p.38) [half-page], 156 by 194m., unsigned; "'Take this twig,' said Loki. 'I will guide your hand.'" (p.40) [full-page], 271 by 195mm., signed; Baldur confronting Hel (p.44) [half-page], 156 by 193mm., signed; Thok the old hag (p.45) [half-page], 157 by 195mm., signed; "Kneeling by [Loki's] side, [Loki's wife] held a cup" (p.47) [full-page], 272 by 195mm., signed; together with eleven other illustrations and vignettes; all pen and ink illustrations, together with numerous leaves of proof printings, some occasional browning and pin-holes (30)

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Legends from the Norse, retold and edited by Constance M. Martin, was the tenth volume in "The Riverside Series".