In the Days of Giants
| First published | 1902 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Type | Collection |
| Cover art | E. Boyd Smith |
| Pages | 259+[6] |
| Price | $1.10 |
Subtitled 'A Book of Norse Myths'.
- Stated: "Published April, 1902"
- First edition
- "Retold fron Edda Snorra Sturlusonar." (Edda of Snorri Sturluson; the Prose Edda, or Younger Edda)
- "Six of these tales are reprinted from The Churchman"
- Digital copy at HDL provides full view including cover -- cover green cloth, black lettering, black and gold illustration; the latter signed "E. B. S." -- title page large red colophon: The Riverside Press, Cambridge -- (also) "Houghton, Mifflin and Co." // "Boston and New York 1902" -- copyright page: Published April, 1902 -- one front page acknowledges 6 tales reprinted from The Churchman -- Contents, 16 numbered tales ("tales" per subtitle and acknowledgment) -- Illustrations, 6 including frontispiece (full-page b/w signed "E. BOYD SMITH", plates not included in pagination) -- text spans p[1]-259 -- p[260]: "The Riverside Press // Electrotyped and printed by H. O. Houghton & Co. // Cambridge [...]"
- Reviewed in "Fiction" The Sun (Baltimore) 1902-05-22 p8; this one unsigned, positive -- "7-1/4x5, pp. 259. Illus. $1.10" -- "Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston"
- LCCN links e-copy at HathiTrust Digital Library (HDL),
- OCLC contains a list of Contents
No ISBN on record — searching by title and author.
| Page | Title | Author(s) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Beginning of Things | Abbie Farwell Brown | Short Story |
| 11 | How Odin Lost His Eye | Abbie Farwell Brown | Short Story |
| 21 | Kvasir's Blood | Abbie Farwell Brown | Short Story |
| 35 | The Giant Builder | Abbie Farwell Brown | Short Story |
| 50 | The Magic Apples | Abbie Farwell Brown | Short Story |
| 70 | Skadi's Choice | Abbie Farwell Brown | Short Story |
| 80 | The Dwarf's Gifts | Abbie Farwell Brown | Short Story |
| 98 | Loki's Children | Abbie Farwell Brown | Short Story |
| 110 | The Quest of the Hammer | Abbie Farwell Brown | Short Story |
| 132 | The Giantess Who Would Not | Abbie Farwell Brown | Short Story |
| 146 | Thor's Visit to the Giants | Abbie Farwell Brown | Short Story |
| 172 | Thor's Fishing | Abbie Farwell Brown | Short Story |
| 192 | Thor's Duel | Abbie Farwell Brown | Short Story |
| 208 | In the Giant's House | Abbie Farwell Brown | Short Story |
| 226 | Balder and the Mistletoe | Abbie Farwell Brown | Short Story |
| 243 | The Punishment of Loki | Abbie Farwell Brown | Short Story |
| Title | Year | Publisher | Format | Type | Catalog ID | Cover Artist | Pages | |
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| In the Days of Giants |
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2008 | Yesterday's Classics | Trade Paperback | Collection | E. Boyd Smith | 204 | |
| In the Days of Giants |
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2008 | Dodo Press | Trade Paperback | Collection | E. Boyd Smith | 148 | |
| In the Days of Giants |
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2008 | Wildside Press | Hardcover | Collection | 280 | ||
| In the Days of Giants: A Book of Norse Tales | 2014 | Project Gutenberg | eBook | Collection | 44622 |