Bantam, New York, 1977, 1^st pr thus.  ISBN 0-553-10237-0.  MMPB, 217 pages including Appendix and Sources.  Good plus; wraps show some edge and cover wear, reading creases; binding sound with a slight lean.  Interior clean and unmarked; black & white illustrations by Ian Miller.  ‘Mystery, history, horror – it’s a sword-rattling adventure with as many lopped heads and limbs as a nightmare … as much wild and drunken sex as a dream.  It’s the incredible chronicle of Ibn Fadlan, emissary of the Caliph of Baghdad, relating his expedition to the wild Viking barrens and his terrifying encounter there with the ferocious hairy demons of the Northland.’ (from rear wrap)