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199438 pages. Abundantly illustrated with colour and black and white archival photos. Features: Herschel Island - discovered by Captain John Franklin in 1826; The San Juan Island Pig War; Fort Victoria 1854-1857 (Part III) - Esquimalt emerges as a major outpost of British Naval Power in the Pacific; Prior House 1910-1960; First Winter in the West - Fort Macleod is constructed; Place Names of New Iceland. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Book
1967Signed and inscribed by author atop front free endpaper. 510 pages. Select bibliography. Index. Black and white maps and reproductions of photos. Explains how "the evolution of the Icelandic nation developed certain qualities of mind, and how those qualities have been strengthened through the adversities the Icelandic people have had to endure. It is these qualities which produced the Icelandic Canadian 'harvest' of achievement during the ninety odd years they have been in Canada." - dust jacket. "A careful perusal of this book is a must for those of Icelandic descent who doubt the grandeur of their ancestral heritage." - A. Isfeld. Author was born in Iceland and educated in Canada where he rose to prominence as a County Court Judge in Manitoba. Book clean and unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy of this important genealogical reference. Thibault 1,030. Book
1872359p. Hardcover Very good condition
1878268p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition, spine ends worn, slight foxing
1967266 p. Hardcover Very good condition good
1966124p., illus. Translated with an Introduction by Magnus Magnusson and Hermann Palsson Hardcover Very good condition good
1901274p., illus. The Norseland Series Hardcover Very good condition
1859406 p. Hardcover Ex-Library in good condition
1859406 p. Hardcover Very good condition
1963No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, foxing to page fore-edgesand a few pages and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn or creased with sunned spine and irregular sunning/staining to front cover spine edge. 146pp. The Saga of Gisli, written in the 13th century about a man and family who came to Iceland from Norway. He killed his brother-in-law and lived in hiding until he too was killed after thirteen or more years.
2006Appears unread in mint condition. 192pp. All you need to plan the perfect trip to Iceland and what you can see when you get there.
1964No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slight rubbing to spine ends, slightly dusty top of page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or creased or torn with extremely faint marking and a few small nicks to edges. 190pp. A study of the Icelandic saga in the light of later Norse literature where the author examines and evaluates the various attitudes and approaches to the sagas and adds critical insights of his own. Extremely scarce in the UK.
1975No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very slight sunning to spine. 139pp. Two Icelandic Sagas from the 13th century.
1901No added marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. Foxing to a number of pages and edges. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked boards, slight sunning to spine and top of rear board, slightly dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. 178pp. A series of mythological stories or sagas translated from the Icelandic which were originally written in the 13th to the 15th centuries.
1987No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with minor creasing to lower front edge. 240pp. A complete survey of the art of the Nordic countries - Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Iceland during the 200 years from around 1740 to 1940. Extremely well illustrated.
1931Boards a bit darkened and with corners lightly bumped ; Limited edition # 1315 of 1500. Top edge gilt. Sketches by Yngve Berg. SIGNED by the artist ; 4to; 207 pages
1913Light wear to extremities; Translated from the French by Anna Farwell de koven ; Laurel Crowned Tales; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 252 pages
1936A overview of the country from geographical aspects to government from history to juristiction. Including one beautiful color illustration of the icelandic coat of arms ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 224 pages
1986A hefty beautifully designed coffee table book. Profusely illustrated ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 336 pages
1930Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Spine sunned. A touch of occasional foxing; "with eight illustrations in colour, forty-six in black and white from the author's water-colour drawings, photographs and a sketch map". A beautiful A&C Black style book; 8vo
194620x14. 211p. Enc. tela ed. sobrecubierta.
196821x15. 95p. Fotogr.
196821x15. 95p. Fotogr.
MEULENHOFF.. 1969. In-8 Carré. Broché. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur acceptable. 31 pages de texte + 32 planches photos en noir et blanc.
1969réf. 5323Hachette 1969 1007 pages in12. 1969. reliure editeur sous rodhoid. 1007 pages.