Full Title:

Styrbiorn the Strong

Publication:

Minneapolis, Mn.: University of Minnesota Press, 2011.

Wraps:

Large format paperback, 18.5 cm. (7 5/16-in.) x 12.6 cm. (5-in.); full cover painting by Mingovits Design, overprinted in various shades of blue and white:

Spine: [lettered down in blue]: EDDISON | [decorated rule] | [lettered down in white, two lines] STYRBIORN | THE STRONG | [Publisher's device] (see image above).

Front Cover: [in dark blue] "THE GREATEST AND MOST CONVINCING WRITER | OF INVENTED WORLDS THAT I HAVE READ." | [in light blue] ―J. R. R. TOLKIEN | [in white] STYRBIORN | THE | STRONG | [in dark blue] E. R. EDDISON | [in light blue] AFTERWORD BY PAUL EDMUND THOMAS

Back Cover: [in black] SCANDINAVIA / LITERATURE / FOLKLORE | [in light blue, two appreciations by Ursula Leguin and C. S. Lewis, side by side] | [in white, 9-line publisher's blurb] | [in light blue] ERIC RÜCKER EDDISON (1882 - 1945) studied classics at Trinity College, Oxford; | entered civil service with the Board of Trade, and went on to translate Egil's Saga and | write five novels, including the fantasy classic The Worm Ouroboros. | PAUL EDMUND THOMAS is a litereary scholar who focuses his work on E. R. Eddison | and J. R. R. Tolkein. | [at left in dark blue] UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PRESS | PRINTED IN U.S.A. | COVER DESIGN BY MINGOVITS DESIGN | [in black on white ground, $17.95 |ISBN 978-0-8166-7755-9 | [bar codes]

Notes:

As far as I know, this is the first time Styrbiorn has been issued in paperback. I feel that it is worth listing here for two reasons: it includes a previously unpublished Letter of Introduction, originally written by Eddison in 1922 for inclusion in the Jonathan Cape first printing, but omitted from that issue for unknown reasons. This edition also includes an 11-page Afterword: The Writing of Styrbiorn the Strong, by Paul Edmund Thomas, that is definitely worth reading. As an added plus, this edition reproduces Keith Henderson's decorations from the first printing.