Dietrich of Bern and His Companions, Preceded by the Saga of Wayland Smith, Part I - The Sons of Wayland, Nos. 4 to 24, in Seven Volumes

Seven volumes (of nine) containing Nos. 4 to 24 of Dietrich and His Companions, issued in parts.   Uniformly bound sewn in stiff card wraps with yapped edges.    Thirteen plate illustrations across all seven volumes.  8vos. Covers are worn and chapped at edges, toned in margins and faded but internally the text blocks are spotted but otherwise generally clean and neat; the first signature in the volume containing Nos. 4-6 is lose. The Wayland-Dietrich Saga: The Saga of Dietrich of Bern and his Companions is a multi-volume work published 1924-1939.  It is a  comprehensive re-rendering in verse by Katherine M Buck of various Germanic legends, featuring Dietrich of Bern (a mythical knight  loosely based on Theodoric the Great) and his adventures purportedly in the 4th and 5th centuries, as retold in medieval literature.   This set lack volume one, which contains Nos. 1-3 and volume nine which was a supplement (index?) to the initial eight volumes.