The Volsunga saga. Translated from the Icelandic by Eirikr Magnusson and William M. Morris; with introduction by H. Halliday Sparling

Iceland 004 (Norroena Society). (Icelandic sagas). The Volsunga saga. Translated from the Icelandic by Eirikr Magnusson and William M. Morris; with introduction by H. Halliday Sparling, supplemented with Legends of the Wagner Trilogy by Jessie L. Weston; and Old Norse Sagas kindred to that of the Volsungs and Niblung Tale. Rasmus B. Anderson, editor in chief; J.W. Buel, managing editor. London/ New York: Norroena Society, 1906, vi, 340 p., [4] leaves of plates: illus. 1906 Viking edition, 650 copies printed, #25 of the 650. Some light shelf wear, very nice copy, green cloth, paper label, top edge gilt, deckled paper edges. Many pages still uncut.

The Völsunga saga (often referred to in English as the Volsunga Saga or Saga of the Völsungs) is a legendary saga, a late 13th-century poetic rendition in Old Norse of the origin and decline of the Völsung clan (including the story of Sigurd and Brynhild and destruction of the Burgundians). It is one of the most famous legendary sagas, and an example of a "heroic saga" that deals with Germanic heroic legend.

The saga covers themes including the quarrel between Sigi and Skadi, a huge family tree that involves great kings and powerful conquerors, the quest led by Sigmund and Sinfjötli to save princess Signy from the evil king Seggier, and most famously, Sigurd killing the serpent/dragon Fafnir; and the influence of the cursed ring Andvaranaut.