Gerrard, Nelson S.MareMagnum
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1985838 pages. "Even though the geographic limitations of this work are prescribed by the boundaries of a specific Icelandic settlement, its general scope and extensive background research defy this narrow categorization. The author not only traces the history of the settlement itself, from its beginnings to recent times, he includes a great deal of material of potential interest to those who may have only tenuous links with the Icelandic cultural heritage, at the same time establishing ties between thousands of Icelandic-North Americans and their native Iceland.... The author's disciplined approach has made the writing of this book an arduous task, but at the same time his stringent demands upon himself have enhanced the scholarly merit of his work immeasurably. Virtually unaided, the author has now completed and seen through to publication a more meticulous piece of research than any previously undertaking in the field of Icelandic ethnic history." - Haraldur Bessason, Professor and Head , Department of Icelandic Language and Literature, University of Manitoba. Average wear. Binding intact. Gift greetings atop front free endpaper. Highlighting on five pages. A sound copy of this invaluable genealogical reference. HACKETT (2) 268. Book
1969'An ancient tale of High Romance.' translated from the first volume of Perceval le Gallois ou le conte du Graal. 379 pages. Dark green cloth covers with silver title on spine. Dust jacket very grubby and stained, with wear and small tears to edges and extremities.
AA.VV Conan Saga Vol 1-2-4. , nd, Libri in perfetete condizioni, non presentano alcun segno di usura Buono (Good) . 384
Anno pubblicazione: 1978 Editore: Mondadori brossura, buone condizioni generali ib8
1908355 p. Translated and published by Clement Burbank Shaw. Numerous b/w text decorations, including those of A. Malmstrom and Knut Ekwall. Large 8vo. 23 cm. Original publisher's blue cloth binding; lettered and decorated in gold gilt. The front board pictures a Viking ship in brilliant gilt. Manuscript presentation on front end-paper: Annie L. Churchill from Mr. Ebbessen at Mr. Shaw's request. March - 1909." First Edition. VOYAGES Box 1
1908176 p. Illustrated with (lithographed) facsimiles of early Icelandic and Latin manuscripts. 4to. 31 cm. Very handsome original full cloth binding, decorated in silver and black. Edges uncut. Mildly XLib. Though it abounds in contradictions, 'The Flatey Book' (along with 'Hauk's Book' - also included in part here) is the chief repository of facts concerning the North American Vinland voyages of the Norsemen. Completed around 1380, the actual manuscript of this collection of Icelandic sagas was presented to the Danish King in 1662. According to this version, Biarni Heriulfsson, on a voyage from Iceland to Greenland around 985, was blown off course and sighted new lands to the south-west. Fifteen years later Leif Ericsson set out from Greenland in search of the lands that Biarni had seen, and found them. These he named: Helluland (Flat-stone-land); Markland (Forestland); and Vinland (Wineland). After his return, successive expeditions visited the new lands. In all probability, the Vinland they discove red now belongs to some part of southern Nova Scotia (though some claim it for Rhode Island). This collection of manuscripts and translations into English and Danish is edited by Rasmus Bjorn Anderson (1846-1936). It is augmented and supported by several very interesting texts from the Vatican, about the Catholic Church in America Greenland and before the time of Columbus. These were discovered in 1902, and first exhibited at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904). Reading the Flatey sagas, we find that the grapes of Vinland were discovered in Winter; by Leif's foster-father, Tyrker the German; who got drunk from eating the fruit; which grew on trees large enough for building timber. One wonders why they did not stay? A fine copy of this important text about the Discovery of America by Norsemen. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W150
1926322 p. Pictorial endpapers. Inked ownership. 8vo. Original full cloth binding. Second edition.Hardbound. Very good. Walter Noble Burns (1872-1932) created entertaining and dramatic biographies of Western figures, like Billy the Kid and Wyatt Earp, that forever installed them into the pantheon of heroes from the Old West. W7
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8vo,.478 pp., broche, couverture dorée à rabats. Tres bel exemplaire. [HI-1][P-39]
1980Features: The Saga of "Iron Annie" - Junkers Ju 52; Ghost Bases of the 8th Air Force; XB-38 - the Allison-powered B-17. Art: Junkers Ju 52m. Light moisture rippling at top edge. Book
1990303 pages including index. Reveals the in-depth, behind-the-scenes saga of the making and breaking of the Meech Lake Accord. "You're not the problem, David. I know who the problem is. It's that bastard Trudeau." - Premier Robert Bourassa to Premier David Peterson at the Langevin meeting, 1987. Discard stamp upon front endpaper. Book
196982 pages. Features: Legend of the Lariat; The Curse of Amador; The White Squaw; Old Man Sublett's Lost Gold; The Man Who Killed The Man Who Killed Jesse James; Henry Brown, Fake Lawman; Molly Walsh, Queen of the Yukon; The Saga of Blind Charley; Miniature Museum for Big Wagons; Tendoy, The Indian Chief Who Fought for Peace; Wild Horse Roundup. Some page corners folded. Faint date stamp atop back cover. Magazine
1973334 pages including index. A doctor tells why today's physicians are so useless. "Dr. Malleson writes with some of the acerbic wit and toughmindedness of Dr. Szasz and Eric Hoffer... he takes on doctors, patients, and the whole saga of medical superstition right up to the modern medical scene... Dr. Malleson manages a persuasive impressionistic picture of doctors, drug merchandisers, and patients wallowing in a welfare-state morass - the doctors wastefully trying to 'cure' patients who too frequently would do better on their own." - Publisher's Weekly. Illustrated in black and white. Average wear. Book
1988211 pages. Documents a 50 day Father and son flying and sightseeing saga of a lifetime. The richly detailed account of a "Round the World" adventure. Records with dramatic realism such anecdotes as the lonesome 15 hour trans-Pacific flights, and the tense moments when intercepting an Iranian pilot's transmissions after he had been hit by gunfire over the Persian Gulf. Takes you behind the scenes to such tantalizing and remote places of the world as Bali, Burma and Bangladesh. Includes fascinating pictures. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
199460 pages. Features include: The Griffon - All encompassing versatility; The Prairie Lancaster; The Call of the Arctic - CP-140; The African Twilight - Rwanda; Flying the PM (Pearson) - the saga continues; William Barker, VC and the Formation of the RCAF - Part II; Their Finest Hour - S/L Wally McLeod; The Very First AWACS; Against all odds - Team Canada. Light wear. Address label upon back cover. Nice copy. Book
1961287 pages. References, bibliography, index. "Episodic and fast-paced, the narrative runs free as a wild stallion through the pages, pausing for scholarly introspection only in notes at the end of the book." - from dust jacket. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Nice solid copy. Book
1965157 pages. Index. Abundantly illustrated in black and white. 43" x 21" fold out chart of the Great Lakes mounted inside back board. "The central role played by the Gildersleeve family in the saga of Great Lakes shipping is Miss Young's theme in this volume." - from Foreward. Light yellowing beginning at edges. Very light wear to book. Gift greetings upon front map endpaper else unmarked. Average wear to and chipping from dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Very nice copy overall. Book
1970Features: Europe will bring closer links to Africa; Man and the Heavens - 1; The Supermen; Southland Saga; In Search of the Sun God's Gold; Britain's rebel doctors; Earthquake devastates Peru; How Men turned Myths into facts; Cracking the cosmic code - signals from space; When life will be too rich for work; Southland (USA) Saga; Christian Roman Britain; Colin Chapman's super car - Elan Plus Two; Touchstone for T'ang; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Magazine
1976Features: Prehistoric Plainsmen; Fort Chipewyan; Saint Albert; Writing on Stone - Milk River Valley; The Ranching Saga of Southern Alberta; Home, House and Temple Among the Plains Indians; Oil City, Alberta; Some Early Travellers' Accounts of Alberta; The Mountains in Maps; The Frontier Art of R.B. Nevitt; Gerald Tailfeathers; Carl Rungius - An Artist's View of Nature; Architectural Heritage; Heritage Park; Ukrainian Vernacular Architecture; Medalta Pottery; Saddles; Hutterites - The Peaceful People; Cattle Brands; From an Alberta Kitchen; Beadwork by Alberta Native Peoples; The Doukhobors; Museums in Alberta; and more. Average wear. Date hand-written atop front cover. Sound copy. Magazine
1984Features: Perpetual seafloor metal factory; Swallow-tailed gull of the Galapagos Islands; The cooperative whale and its rescuers; Frying Pan Shoals Light Station - an aid to seafarers and biologists; Sea Squirts; The short , unhappy saga of Steller's sea cow; Milkfish - Southeast Asia's protein machine; Unpalatable Goby. Sound copy. Book
1959Features: Collision on the High Seas; The Co-ed or the Townie; By Boats Possessed; The Sheriff Who Never Gave Up; Fire at the Cocoanut Grove - the Boston nightclub became a furnace, trapping 1,000 revelers in one of the worst disasters in America's history; Three Brides, a Bathtub, and Murder; Saga's Photo Contest; Mel Ott - The Boy Wonder; The Marine in the Halloween Mask; The Big Build-up; The Most Versatile Shotgun Sport; Von Richtofen - The Last Knight of Battle; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
1974162 pages. Features: Churchill Centenary; The Sargassum Saga; The Turner Mystery; Before Columbus; Treasures of the Medici; Jungle City Gone to Seed; New Building in Bath; The Victorian Seaside. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Book
1994Features: The New Nature - welcome to the world of digital media; Polar Energy - the annual gathering of Polar Bears near Churchill, Manitoba has brought tourism to the tundra; Swampbillies no longer - Canada's Cajun cousins are reborn on the bayou, leading a French revival in the Deep South; Spirit of the Land - a pilgrim's tribute to soul power in native North America; The Sorry Saga of Superjuice - Premarin is a popular menopause drug... Few users know the side effects of its creation - horses as urine machines and a fouled prairie river. Light wear. Quality copy. Book
