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Richardson, Norval. MY DIPLOMATIC EDUCATION
NY 1929 Dodd Mead. Author was in diplomatic missions in Cuba, Denmark, Portugal, Italy, Chile and Japan. 8vo., 337pp., photo illus., hardcover. Owner signed. VG++, no DJ. hinges not broken; almost no wear at all. (a10929)
$26.00 Carr, John . NORTHERN SUMMER; OR TRAVELS ROUND THE BALTIC, THROUGH DENMARK, SWEDEN, RUSSIA, PRUSSIA AND PART OF GERMANY IN 180 (NOT A MODERN REPRINT)
Hartford 1806 Lincoln and Gleason. Hardcover. Small octavo., 330pp., full leather with later paper spine. Good, some foxing, hinges beginning to crack inside. Hard-to-find title. (a11403)
$119.00 Almborn, Ove . DISTRIBUTION AND ECOLOGY OF SOME SOUTH SCANDINAVIAN LICHENS
Lund 1958. Botaniska Notiser Supplement Vol. 1:2. Square octavo, 254pp., illustrations, index, wraps. VG, minor soiling on cover. (a19565)
$25.00 (scandinavia) . NORDISK EXPORTKALENDER 1917-1918.
Kobehavn 1918. Northern Directory of Exports. Four parts, Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Hardcover. sm4to., 139pp., 92pp., 64pp., and appendix, 128pp., ads, directories etc., pictorial boards. VG, light wear, light soiling. (a20820)
$65.00 Finland . FINLAND A PRACTICAL GUIDE-BOOK
Helsinki 1931 Finnish Tourist Assoc. 16mo., 144pp., one folding map in rear pocket and 7 smaller maps, index. 'Containing full information regarding routes, hotels, sights, etc.' Blue cloth. Good plus, spine faded and light spine end wear. (a23391)
$35.00 Groennings, Sven . SCANDINAVIA IN SOCIAL SCIENCE LITERATURE AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bloomington 1970. Lg.8vo., 284pp., index, wraps. VG. (a24142)
$45.00 Jensen, Carl Christian . EN AMERIKANSK SAGA
Copenhagen 1927. In Danish. 8vo., 190pp., wraps. Unopened. VG. Light fraying of cover edges. No ownership marks. Text Fine. Very Scarce. (a24208)
$45.00 Sansom, William . THE ICICLE AND THE SUN
London 1958 1st Hogarth. Travel in Scandinavia. 8vo., 159pp., photo illus. VG, no DJ. (a29176)
$35.00 Holberg, Ludvig . COMEDIES JEPPE OF THE HILL, THE POLITICAL TINKER, ERASMUS MONTANUS
NY 1935 Fourth Edition, The American-Scandinavian Foundation. Translated by Oscar James Campbell and Frederic Schenck. 12mo., 178pp. VG, no DJ. (a32582)
$25.00 Baedeker, Karl . SCHWEDEN NORWEGEN NEBST DEN REISEROUTEN DURCH DANEMARK UND AUSFLUGEN NACH SPITZBERGEN UND ISLAND
Leipzig 1906 10th Baedeker. In German. 12mo., 510pp., 42 karten, 26 planen, mehreren kleinenpanoramen und grundrissen, limp cloth. Good plus, light wear. (a32647)
$45.00 Baetke, Walter . UEBER DIE ENTSTEHUNG DER ISLAEND SAGAS
Berlin 1956. Berichte Ueber die Verhandlungen der Saechsischen Akad. der Wiss. zu Leipzig, Philologische-historische Klasse Band 102, Heft 5. In German. Small octavo, 108pp., wraps. VG. (a36762)
$35.00 Edwards, William Seymour . THROUGH SCANDINAVIA TO MOSCOW
Cincinnati 1906 1st Robert Clarke. Denmark, Sweden and Russia. 8vo., 237pp., large folding map, index, green cloth with gilt lettering. Top edge gilt. Good, cover worn and rubbed. (a37659)
$44.00 Bayerschmidt, Carl F. and Erik J. Friis (editors) . SCANDINAVIAN STUDIES ESSAYS PRESENTED TO DR. HENRY GODDARD LEACH ON THE OCCASION OF HIS EIGHTY-FIFTH BIRTHDAY
Seattle 1965 1st University of Washington. 8vo., 458pp., hardcover. Good plus, spine ends and corners a bit worn, np DJ. (a51620)
$30.00Candolin, Yngve. SEALFINER (SPEKKFINGER) AND ITS OCCURRENCE IN THE GULFS OF THE BALTIC SEA
Abo 1953. Acta Chirurgica Scandinavica Supp. 177. A disease which affects the fingers of seal hunters. Sm.4to., 51pp., photo illustrations, wraps. VG. (a52137)
$75.00 Shetelig, Haakon and Hjalmar Falk . SCANDINAVIAN ARCHAEOLOGY
Oxford 1937 Clarendon. Translated by E. V. Gordon. 8vo., 458pp., illustrations, index, hardcover. Rust residue from paperclip on top margins of initial pages. VG, light spotting on fore-edges, light rubbing on cover, no DJ. (a54641)
$85.00 Frenzel, Dr. Burkhard . DIE VEGETATIONS-UND LANDSCHAFTSZONEN NORD-EURASIENS W�HREND DER LETZTEN EISZEIT UND W�HREND DER POSTGLAZIALEN W�RMEZEIT
Wiesbaden 1959. Offprint from Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur zu Mainz, Abhandlungen der mathematischen-naturwissenschaftlichen Klasse, Nr. 13. In German. Sm.4to., pp.937-1099, text illustrations, 3 foldout maps, original printed wraps. Unopened. Institute stamp on front. Near Fine. (a55812)
$100.00 Jonsson, Finnur . DEN ISLANDSKE GRAMMATIKS HISTORIE TIL o. 1800
K�benhavn 1933 Levin & Munksgaard. In Danish. 8vo.,139pp., original printed wraps. VG. (a56331)
$40.00 Burkdahl, Jorgen ; Heinberg, Aage et al . SCANDINAVIA PAST AND PRESENT 3 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
Denmark 1959 1st Published by Edvard Henriksen, Arnkrone. 3 volumes. 4to., 1265pp. (v. 1 and v. 2), 881pp., (v. 2), monochrome photo illustrations, 3/4 red leather with papercovered boards. VG, light wear; some spotting on fore-edges, in Fair DJs, worn and chipped. (a56966)
$85.00 Hermundsgard, Frode . CHILD OF THE EARTH TARJEI VESAAS AND SCANDINAVIAN PRIMITIVISM
NY 1989 first edition. Greenwood. Octavo, 146pp., original printed hardcover. Near Fine , no DJ. Unused. (a58399)
$67.00 Bjornson, Bjornstjerne . WHEN THE NEW WINE BLOOMS
Boston 1911. first edition. A Play, in Poet Lore Volume XXII, Number 1. Translated from Danish-Norwegian by Lee M. Hollander. Hardcover. Sq.8vo., 80pp., brown paper covered boards with mounted printed label on front. Small university bookplate. Good plus, light wear on corners. Scarce. (a60371)
$55.00 Pfeiffer, Ida . A JOURNEY TO ICELAND AND TRAVELS IN SWEDEN AND NORWAY
NY 1852 Putnam. Translated from German by Charlotte Fenimore Cooper. Small octavo, 216pp., original blue cloth hardcover with gilt decorated spine. VG, cover a bit worn, some spotting on end papers. (a62449)
$75.00 Campbell, John Francis . FROST AND FIRE, NATURAL ENGINES, TOOL-MARKS AND CHIPS WITH SKETCHES TAKEN AT HOME AND ABROAD BY A TRAVELLER 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE)
Edinburgh 1865 1st Edmonston & Douglas. Geologist and world traveller offers detailed look geology and climate of Scandinavia, Iceland, Greenland and British Isles. 2 volumes. Octavo, 506pp., 519pp., frontis map, numerous engravings, folding pictorial chart, 3/4 green leather with marbled boards and mounted leather spine labels. Near VG, lacks half of folding chart, some rubbing and wear. (a63609)
$140.00 Bruun, Daniel (editor) . TRAVELLERS GUIDE TO THE SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES
Kjobenhavn 1916 1st Det Forenende Dampskibs-Selskab. In English. 12mo., 195pp., photo illustrations, maps, grey cloth hardcover. VG, light wear. (a64855)
$37.00Coxe, William. TRAVELS INTO POLAND, RUSSIA, SWEDEN AND DENMARK - VOLUME IV (of 5) SWEDEN
London 1792 Fourth edition. T. Cadell. This volume covers Sweden. Octavo, 429pp., 3 portraits, 3 fine large foldout maps, two foldout charts, index, full leather. Good, cover very rubbed, inner hinges reinforced; later paper backstrip. Volume IV only. This volume covers Sweden. (a65423)
$145.00Coxe, William. TRAVELS INTO POLAND, RUSSIA, SWEDEN AND DENMARK - VOLUME V (of 5) NORWAY AND DENMARK
London 1792 Fourth edition. T. Cadell. This volume covers Norway and Denmark. Octavo, 360pp., 3 portraits, 5 fine large foldout maps, two foldout charts, index, full leather. Good, cover very rubbed, inner hinges reinforced; later paper backstrip. Volume V only, which covers Norway and Denmark. (a65424)
$145.00 Mohn, H. et Hildebrandsson, H. H. . LES ORAGES DANS LA PENINSULE SCANDINAVE
1890 Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis. 4to., 55pp., 12 plates, later wraps. VG plus. (a66212)
$55.00 (skiing) . F�RENINGENS F�R SKIDL�PNINGENS FR�MJANDE I SVERIGE PROGRAM OCH ARSSKRIPT FOR VINTERN 1898-99
Stockholm 1898 Nordin & Josephsons Bokhandel. In Swedish. Hardcover. Octavo, 176pp., (2). Numerous photo illustrations, original color wraps bound in 3/4 green cloth with mounted leather spine label. Owner signed (Anna Falch 1899). VG. Rare. (a66772)
$160.00 (photography) . PICTURESQUE SCANDINAVIA - DENMARK, SWEDEN, NORWAY, FINLAND, ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPE LIFE OF THE PEOPLE
Berlin, Zurich 1925. 4to.,280pp. of gravure photo illustrations with captions in 4 languages, map. hardcover. VG plus, very slight cover fading, in Fair DJ, chipped. Orbis terrarum -style book (a67092)
$100.00 (photography) . SUOMI KUVINA FINLAND I BILDER FINLAND ILLUSTRATED
Porvoo Suomi 1939 Werner Soderstrom. Hardcover. Octavo, 23pp. of text in six languages including English, Finnish, French, German, Spanish, over 100 photo illustrations (green tinted) of Finland with all views identified, cloth. Owner inscribed. VG plus, no DJ. (a6920)
$29.00 Prime, Samuel Irenaeus . ALHAMBRA AND THE KREMLIN THE SOUTH AND THE NORTH OF EUROPE
NY 1873 Anson Randolph. Octavo hardcover. 482pp., illus. Spain, Scandinavia and Russia. Good, text clean and binding secure, top spine end worn down, cover tips worn. no dj. (a7481)
$30.00 Lyngstad, Sverre . SIGURD HOEL'S FICTION: CULTURAL CRITICISM AND TRAGIC VISION
1984 1st Greenwood. ISBN 0 313 24343 3. Hardcover. Octavo, 198pp., cloth. Near Fine, slight residue from price tag inside cover, faint indentations on rear cover. (a80877)
$85.00 Fraser, Stewart E. (editor) . LUDVIG HOLBERG'S MEMOIRS AN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY DANISH CONTRIBUTION TO INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING
Leiden 1970 Brill. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 289pp., cloth. Fine in Near Fine DJ, small chip on rear panel. (a81345)
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