Search Results: Scandinavia from KALAMOS BOOKS

Visby, Sweden: Gotlandskonst, 1970 Book. Fine. Soft cover. First Thus.. Undated [c 1970] 160p. illus index.map [ Slight scuffing to paper spine, else fine. ONLY 3 copies found in WorldCat].

Topsfield. MA: Salem House Publishers, 1986 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st.US Ed... In search of his own Viking origins he imposed on himself the challenge of the first coast to coast walk across Iceland..."carrying a seventy-two pound load, he covered 500 miles of some of the earth's most adverse terrain, including the largest of all lava fields, glacial ice, the black sand desert of Sprengisandur and the active volcano Hekla" 188p, plates.

Sorgenfri Station, Copenhagen: Frilandsmuseet, 1962 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. "Welcome to The Open Air Museum - an iconic destination for over 100 years! One of the largest and oldest open air museums in the world. The Open Air Museum is a museum of rural architecture focusing on landscapes, buildings and people. But it is far more than just a historical museum, it is also a popular tourist attraction that appeals to the visitor's imagination. Arriving at the museum, you enter a different world: the countryside of historic Denmark. It is not difficult to imagine yourself transported centuries back in time, strolling along the gravel roads and visiting the fully-furnished homes of the people of the past, such as the peasant, the wealthy miller, the village weaver or the inmates of the poorhouse." 83p. illus. fold-out plan [This early edition NOT found in WorldCat].

Uppsala, Sweden: Uppsala University Information Office, 1977 Brochure. Illus. by Translation Monica Linell. As New. Brochure. Booklet edited by Johan Engstrom describing the history and architecture of the university building erected 1622-1625 named after King Gustavus Adolphus, later housing the University Library. Unpaginated [20p.] illus.

Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksells/ Gebers Forlag, 1957 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Facsimile Edition. Stiernhielm [1598-1672) was the first Swedish poet to apply the verse meters of antique poets to the Swedish language, modifying their principle of long and short syllables to a principle of stressed and unstressed syllables, which better suits the phonology of Swedish. His most famous is "Hercules", an epic poem in hexameters, about how Hercules in his youth is being tempted by Fru Lusta ("Mrs. Lust") and her daughters to choose an immoral lifestyle for his future. The allegory, known as Hercules at the crossroads, can be traced back to the Athenian sophist Prodicus of Ceos, as preserved in Xenophon. This miniature book contains a facsimile of the first edition of the poem published in Fraktur type the original title page reads "Georgi Sti´ernhielmi Hercules. Tryckt i Upsala hoos Johannem Pauli, Academiæ Typog. Ahr 1658" [unpaginated] followed by an essay… Read More

Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Forlag, 1960 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 2nd Ed.. Lapland as seen though the photographs of Gosta Lundquist.TETxt added by Olof Thaning. Foreword by Dag Hammarskjold. English translation by Ebba De Dardel128p. illus ( B & W).

New York: Minotaur Books, 2017 Book. New. Hardcover. 1st US Edition. (The Dark Iceland Series #2) .

Bergen: John Greigs Forlag, 1969 Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 6th Reprint. A brief In introduction to Norwegian traditions and culture. Translated into English by Toni Ramholt. 07p, Illus. [B & W] A previous owner has stuck paper labels over an inscription on the ffep. else near fine..

Philadelphia / Jerusalem: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1981 Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. "Scattered in the North Atlantic 300 miles off Iceland and 400 miles off Norway lies an archipelago-- the Faroe Islands. At present, (of 1981) an internally self-governing dependency of Denmark, the Faroes have kept their culture alive in part by elaborating certain elements of that culture as badges of self-consciousness. 'The Ring of Dancers' is composed of af a series of studies of aspects of Faroese life, language, and folkways. The Faroes are introduced as the Faroese themselves conceive them-- as islands both joined and separated by the waterways round about them. The archipelago is visualized in terms of such waterways as fjords, the points of the compass, 'home' villages, and natural and political districts. The authors also discuss Faroese society as the Faroese conceived it around 1890, by an analysis of a then popular folktale about the Ashlad. Placed in its social… Read More

Stockholm: Bokforlaget Fabel, 1965 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Published in collaboration with the Swedish Institute, Illustrations by Bjorn Lindroth. 122p..

Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt & Soners Forlag, 1946 Book. Illus. by Trans.Elizabeth Kjellberg. Very Good. Hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s). First Edition.. Sweden described and illustrated with contemporary photographs English translation by Elizabeth Kjellberg396p. plates. Nice coloured fold-out map at rear. Clean and crisp text, some slight shelf wear to linen look binding. Owner's bookplate inside front cover and glued to the ffep is a card on behalf of Prince William (as the President of the Swedish PEN Club) inviting the owner to lunch..

London: Faber & Faber, 2004 Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st UK Ed.. A young man, struck by lightning, is believed to be a keeper of the Norse religion's greatest secret. When war breaks out against the rising tide of Christianity, he must embark on a journey where he must confront his own gods, but the gods of a people yet more savage. 321p.Looks unread - still has publishers band.

Stockholm: K.W.Gullers , 1976 Book. Illus. by Photography :Bjorn Enstrom. Karl.W.Gullers. Near Fine. Decorative Cloth. First Edition.. Commemorative book celebrating the 500th anniversary of the founding of the university of Uppsala in 1477. Unpaginated. [80p] illus.colour.

Stockholm: Forum, 1967 Book. Illus. by Ehren, Svenolov. As New. Hardcover. 1st Swedish Edition. The world of the Vikings explained by a distinguished Danish archaeologist at the University of Aarhus and delightfully illustrated by Ehren Svenolov. Translated inti Swedish by Gunnar Rydstro?m. 240p. illus.col. NOTE: Large oversized heavy volume .

London: Pelican/Penguin, 1960 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Pbk Edition. Original vintage Paperback. Pelican A 459, 318p. plates bibliography index.Text unmarked, name of previous owner, paper age-toned.