Search Results: Scandinavia & Scandinavians from Twin City Antiquarian Books

Copenhagen: J. Frimodt Publisher, 1948 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Sewn in printed paper wraps, [56] pp including [46] pp of black & white plates most of which contain a single large photo with caption. Covers tattered at edges, marginal damp stain on half-title, otherwise very good. Only six pages of text accompany the 46 pages of beautiful black & white photos, all taken before WW2 (original publication was in 1939). Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 8 oz.). 4th ptg. Wraps. Good/No dj. 24½ X 31 cm (oblong).

Skuggsjá, 1978 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Sewn in stiff orange wraps with black titles, 240 pp, explanatory notes. Book has been read, causing creasing to spine & light edge wear, top corner of front cover creased, prevous owner's name on half title. The saga of Gretti the Strong in Icelandic. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 8 oz.). Wraps. VG/No dj. 21 X 14 cm.

Bangor, Gwynedd: Privately Printed, 1976 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Sewn in stiff blue wraps, white titles & decoration, 169 pp, 3 maps, bibliography, index. Top corner bumped, extremities lightly rubbed. "...a general account of many aspects of Iceland, past and present, its ancient sagas, and the history, geography, and wild life of a little known island." Shipping weight 1 lb.. First Edition. Wraps. VG/No dj. 21½ X 14 cm.

Reykjavík: Bókaútgáfa Menningarsjóds, 1942 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Jónas Jónsson gaf út. In series Íslenzk Úrvalsrit. Sewn in blue printed paper wraps, uncut, xlvii, 112 pp. The rather fragile oversized wraps have separated at the joints and been tipped back onto book, small tears especially to fore-edge, fading near edges. Shipping weight 12 oz.. Wraps. G/No dj. 17½ X 11½ cm.

Reykjavík: Á Kostnad Hjálmars Lárussonar, 1919 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Jón Þorkelsson hefir búid undir prentun. Red pebble-grained cloth without titles, green endpapers printed with a watered silk pattern, 340 pp. Paper browned, marginal tears on two leaves, else VG. Icelandic poetry. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 4 oz.). . G/No dj. 17 X 11 cm.

Reykjavík: Prentsm. Gutenberg, 1928 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Brown cloth with gilt titles, elaborate gilt & white decorations, frontis., [vii], 139 pp. Extremities rubbed & bumped, gift inscription dated 1934. In Icelandic language. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 4 oz.). . VG/No dj. 18½ X 13 cm.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1966 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue cloth with white-stamped Viking ship on front board, yellow & white stamped titles on spine, maps on endpapers, xvi, 590 pp, bibliography, index. Slight wear to corners and spine ends, a series of tiny nicks (apparently a manufacturing defect) to bottom edge, owner's signature on recto of front free endpaper. DJ has a bit of wear at corners and two small tears to top edge; in Brodart archival cover. From the DJ: "Mr. Connery has known and studied the Scandinavians for nearly twenty years. ... His book gives an immediate sense of the way life is lived at all levels, of the extraordinary differences as well as the common features of the five nations, and a behind-the-scenes view of influential people and forces in and out of government." The book contains major sections on Scandinavia in general, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland, and a chapter on Iceland.… Read More

London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1964 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Joint publisher-- New York: St. Martin's Press. Blue cloth, gilt titles on spine, xvi, 488 pp, 48 photos on 16 ff b & w plates, 112 maps, index. Extremities rubbed, small spots on bottom edge. Physical, historical, economic, and political geography of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Denmark. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. . VG/No dj. 22½ X 15½ cm.

Reykjavík: Heimskringla H-F, 1943 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Brown cloth with gilt titles, gilt & white decorations, frontis., [vii], 139 pp. Spine ends frayed, else very good. In Icelandic language. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 4 oz.). . G+/No dj. 20 X 14 cm.

Richmond, VA: Time-Life Books, 1998 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black boards, gilt titles on spine, gilt titles & dec. on front board, 144 pp, glossary, bibliography, index. Spine ends a bit rumpled, else as new. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Large glossy book on everyday life among the Vikings--illustrated on most pages by color photos of artifacts or archeological sites, or facsimiles of old documents. Shipping weight 3 lbs.. First Edition. . Fine/Fine. 26 X 26 cm.

Reykjavík: Útgefandi Þórhallur Bjarnarson, 1943 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Sewn in sky blue printed paper wraps, 198 pp, uncut. Wraps browning around the edges, some foxing to rear cover, mostly unopened, presentation inscription signed by 'Utgaf.' (publisher) on front cover. Icelandic-language poetry. Shipping weight 2 lbs. (International 1 lb., 4 oz.). Wraps. VG/No dj. 22 X 13½ cm.