Search Results: Norway & Norwegians from Twin City Antiquarian Books

Oslo: Norsk Teknisk Landsforbund, 1937 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full blue cloth, gilt titles on spine & device on front board, 490 pp, many photos in text. One corner bumped, some very slight sunning to spine and near top edge. Norwegian-language report on three technical colleges located in Oslo, Bergen, and Trondheim. In addition to general information on the schools, lists faculty and graduates, in many cases with photographs. Shipping weight 4 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/No dj. 26½ X 18½ cm.

Oslo: H. Aschehoug & Co., 1965 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Dec. boards, green cloth spine with black titles and horizontal foil rules, 127 pp, 8 ff b & w photo plates. Spine cocked, bottom corners lightly bumped. DJ has some edge wear and small tears to rear panel near spine ends, corners of flaps clipped; in Brodart archival cover. Norwegian-language memoir of Olympic cross-country skiing gold medalist Håkon Brusveen, as told to Arvid Møller. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. . VG+/VG. 22 X 14½ cm.

Bagn: Eget Forlag, 1967 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Inscribed by author on recto of ffep. Oatmeal cloth, brown titles on front board & spine, 182 pp, b & w photos, notes. Author's inscription dated in 1969. Bottom corners bumped, stray pen mark on fpd. DJ top edge tattered, faint dampstain to bottom of rear panel; in Brodart archival cover. This is a history of the log church in Bagn, built in 1736-7 to replace a church that had been razed in 1700. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . VG/G+. 24½ X 18 cm.

Oslo: H. Aschehoug & Co., 1929 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. 425th thousand. Wire-sewn in printed paper-covered boards with blue cloth spine, [iv], 256, [4] pp. Spine ends frayed, else VG. Bookmark with embossed gilt candle laid in. This little Norwegian-language songbook was given away by the Norwegian-America Line (Norske Amerikalinje, whose name is rubber-stamped on title page), and as such bears 8 pages showing on-board scenes. Shipping weight 1 lb.. Later printing. . G+/No dj. 13 X 9½ cm.

Bergen: J. W. Eides Forlag, 1960 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Grey & white dec. boards, red cloth spine with gilt-on-blue titles, 275 pp, 2 ff b & w photo plates. Strong musty smell, otherwise very good, gift inscription on ffep, spine cocked, previous owner's name & address rubber-stamped on flyleaf & half-title. DJ moderately rubbed; in Brodart archival cover. In Norwegian. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. . 21 X 15 cm.

Boston: Twayne Publishers, a division of G. K. Hall & Co., Boston, for The Norwegian-American Historical Association, 1975 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue cloth, foil titles on spine, [xv], 326 pp, b & w photos, notes, bibliography, index. Owner's name & date on recto of ffep, top edge slightly dusty, else fine. DJ has small tears (2 mm to 1 cm) along top edge and tail of spine, red & blue ink rubbed off in places, mostly on rear panel; in Brodart archival cover. This is a well-documented history of the bygdelag, or associations of Norwegian immigrants from the same place in Norway. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. . Near Fine/VG. 23½ X 16 cm.

Oslo: Jacob Dybwads Forlag, 1945 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Maroon leather-textured boards, gold ink titles on spine & dec. on front board, 237, [1] pp, map, 3 ff b & w photo plates including frontispiece. Front hinge cracked, gift inscription dated in Nov. 1945 on [blank] verso of frontispiece. DJ chipped at & near spine ends; in Brodart archival cover. Norwegian-language memoir of the Norwegian Army's fight against the 1940 German invasion, by the press chief of the Norwegian commander, General Otto Ruge. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 8 oz.). . VG/VG-. 19½ X 13½ cm.

Stavanger: Otto Floor's Arvinger A.S Forlag, 1945 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Sewn in printed paper wraps, mostly red front cover, black titles on white spine, 172 pp. Covers tearing along joints, otherwise very good, gift inscription on half-title. Norwegian language diary of a student imprisoned in the Buchenwald concentration camp during 1943. This is the earliest book by Nils Apeland that we find mention of anywhere. Shipping weight 1 lb.. Wraps. Good/No dj. 20 X 13½ cm.

Minneapolis: E. Jensen, 1909 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full ribbed maroon cloth, gilt titles on spine, 286 pp, two wood engravings. Corners bumped, extremities of boards rubbed. Norwegian-language history. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 8 oz.). . VG/No dj. 20 X 14 cm.

Kristiania, Kjøbenhavn, London & Berlin: Gyldendalske Bokhandel, 1923 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Red cloth, beige cloth spine with copper titles on red background, 206 pp. Boards soiled, rubbed & bumped, pencil gift inscription on ffep, otherwise VG. Apparently a first edition, date on title page matches copyright. Norwegian language poetry. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. . G+/No dj. 19 X 13 cm.

Oslo: H. Aschehoug & Co., 1954 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Sewn in pale blue, black & white pictorial wraps, 171 pp, dozens of line cuts. Tattered front cover reattached. Boardman, a staff member of the Summer School of the University of Oslo writes a tale of an American family in Norway larded with much exposition on postwar Norwegian life and occasional Norwegian colloquialisms and translations of American slang. Shipping weight 1 lb.. Wraps. G-/No dj. Illus. by Ulf Aas. 21 X 15 cm.

Minneapolis & Oxford: University of Minnesota Press, 1991 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue cloth with foil titles on front board & spine, beige endpapers, xviii, 225, [1] pp, 5 maps, b & w photos, notes, bibliography, index. Owner's blind-stamped ex-libris on ffep, else as new. Lives of eight Norwegian immigrants to the United States and Canada are traced through their translated letters to friends and family in Norway. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/No dj. 23½ X 15½ cm.

Northfield, MN: Twayne Publishers, a division of G. K. Hall & Co., Boston, for The Norwegian-American Historical Association, 1976 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Brown cloth with gilt titles on spine, blind & gilt decoration on front board, xiii, 401 pp, 4 ff photo plates, notes, bibliography, index. Bottom corners very lightly bumped, leaning slightly, faint fingerprints on boards, faintly musty. DJ rubbed at joints and fore-edges, with an 8 mm tear with associated creasing at top of rear panel; in Brodart archival cover. Kristofer Janson was already a well-known poet and author of laandsmal peasant stories when he emigrated to America in 1881. He spent most of the 1880s and 90s as a Unitarian minister, and spoke and wrote frequently on issues of social justice. This biography follows Janson's story beginning with his first trip to America. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. . VG+/VG+. 23½ X 16 cm.

Minneapolis: The Christian Literature Co., 1928 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Brown cloth, gilt titles on front board & spine, 188, [2] pp, frontis. A few spots on edges, otherwise very good. Novel about a young Norwegian pietist who emigrates to America. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. First Edition. . VG-/No dj. 20 X 14 cm.

Minneapolis: Wm. Kriedts Forlag, 1907 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Andet rediverede oplag. Black cloth, bronze titles on front board & spine, 1-271, 1-46 pp. Heavily rubbed at corners, spine ends, and joints, titles on spine dull, quite musty, else good. Condition, especially the smell, may leave something to be desired, but we can't find another copy for sale anywhere. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. 2nd revised ed., 1st ptg. . Fair/No dj. 19½ X 14 cm.

Oslo: Forlaget Land og Kirke, 1956 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Putty cloth, gilt titles on front board & spine, 136 pp, 32 illustrations (mostly photos). One leaf dog-eared, slight wear to corners & spine ends. DJ rather soiled and rubbed, with a few small chips & tears; in Brodart archival cover. Norwegian-language biography of a disabled teacher.. 3rd ptg. . Near Fine/VG-. 21 X 14½ cm.

Northfield, MN: The Norwegian-American Historical Association, 1994 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Putty cloth with blue foil titles and publisher's device on front board and spine, blue endpapers, XI, 228 pp, notes, numerous photos, drawings, and maps included in pagination. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Articles on collecting and preserving Norwegian Americana, buildings and farmsteads, settlement patterns, clothing, vinaigrettes (lukteflaske), artist S. O. Lund, and altars, by the editor, Reidar Bakken (tr. by James Skurdall), Kenneth A. Breisch, Carol Colburn, M. A. Madson, Carlin Hibbard, and Kristin M. Anderson. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. . New/New. 26 X 22 cm.

St. Paul: Webb Book Publishing Company, 1943 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue-grey cloth, 365 pp, 8 ff plates, ill. half-title & title, ill. at beginning and end of each chapter. Slightly browned throughout, owner's sig in pencil on ffep, sm. stain in top margin on p. 100. Memoir of a lawyer's life in the northern Norwegian mining town of Narvik from 1930 through the Nazi occupation of Norway, and his flight to Sweden and eventual exile in America. Shipping weight 3 lbs. (International 2 lbs., 4 oz.). 2nd ptg. . VG+/No dj. Illus. by Rockwell Kent. 22 X 14½ cm.

Oslo: Forlagt av H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard), 1946 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Dec. paper-covered boards, dark blue spine with gilt titles, top edge dyed blue, 440, [2] pp. Edges rubbed, boards showing through paper at corners. Norwegian language fiction. Shipping weight 2 lbs.. . G-/No dj. 19 X 13 cm.

Northfield, MN: The Norwegian-American Historical Association, 1993 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Putty-colored linen with blue titles on front board and spine, xii, 228 pp, notes. Papers presented at a symposium inaugurating the King Olav V Chair in Scandinavian-American Studies at St. Olaf College in Northfield. Contents: in defense of multiculturalism, by John Bodnar; the founding of St. Olaf's school, by Joseph M. Shaw; Swedish-American "college mania" in the nineteenth century, by Philip J. Anderson; tracing threads: N. F. S. Grundtvig, the Danish folk high school movement, and the elderhostel experience, by John Mark Nielsen; training for the class struggle: Finnish immigrants and workers' education, 1899 to World War II, by A. William Hoglund; myth, history, and the Norwegian-American Historical Association, by J. R. Christianson; interpreting the Finnish-American experience, by Peter J. Kivisto; Swedish America: changing… Read More