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Rock Island IL: Lutheran Augustana Book Concern 1903. First edition. 343pp. Illus. IN SWEDISH. Redigerad af Aschon. Valuable materials on all aspects of Swedish immigrant life in this yearbook. Good pictures. Lovely illuminated cover. Very good. (loc 540). Hard Cover. more information

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Minneapolis, MN: Th. F. Hamann. First edition. 184pp. No date cited, ca 1924. Many illus. An account with illus of trip to Norway and Europe of Den Norske Gleeklub, Minneapolis and Normanna Mandskor, Duluth. Original green cloth cover. Top and bottom of backstrip are frayed. Interior very good; pages are clean and tightly bound. (loc 541/1). Hard Cover. more information

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KLM, 1989. From 0600 hours on June 21, 1989, a quarter-hour by quarter-hour photo of the airline at home or abroad, behind the scenes or with the passengers. In celebration of the airlines 70th Anniversary. 260pp filled with color photos. Blue cloth cover with silver trim. Wrap-around sky blue dust jacket. (loc 416/1). First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8-3/4 x 12. more information

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Rock Island, IL Augustana Lib. 1904.. First edition. 278pp. Illus. IN SWEDISH. Redigerad af Aschon. Illus. IN SWEDISH. Valuable materials on all aspects of Swedish immigrant life in this yearbook. Good pictures. Lovely illuminated cover. Good Plus. Slight wear to cover. (loc 540). Hard Cover. more information

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N.Y.: Crescent Books, 1991. One small, neatly repaired tear on dj edge. 287pp. Illustrated. "The Settlers, Ships, Swords and Sagas of the Nordic Age.". Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good Plus, Repaired DJ. more information

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Norwegian-American Hist. Assoc., 1953. 'The Norwegian-American Press and Public Affairs, 1847-1872.' Contents are very good, but spine attachment to cover is repaired. 176pp Indexed. This study is primarily an analysis of editorials from Norwegian-American journals in their treatment of political, diplomatic and social developments. Ex-libris & name of prev. owner inside front cover. (loc 541/1) . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. more information

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Brooklyn, 1892. First edition. Good. Slight cover wear. 121pp. The author and his wife (the subject of this book) both emigrated from Denmark to Brooklyn, where he was pastor of Our Saviors Danish Evangelical Church. IN DANISH. (loc 540). Hard Cover. more information

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Twayne, 1969. 262pp. Trans. from Norwegian: Beatrice H. Stroup & Stein Mathisen. Intro. Edvard Beyer. Considered one of the great works of modern Norwegian fiction, depicting a fine picture of rural Norway of the late Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century. The Library of Scandinavian Literature, Vol. 4. (loc x105/2 and 540/1). First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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Denmark: Somon Gullander. Limited to 200 copies. IN DANISH. 31pp. 2 photos. (Title translation: A Thistle Flower From The Prairie, Christmas 1953). (loc 540/1). Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Presentation Copy. more information

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Phila. PA Lippincott 1950. 448pp. Foreward by Carl Sandburg. Edited by Louis Adamic. From The Peoples of America Series. Ex-library, minimum marks. (loc 540). First Edition. Good. more information

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Yale Univ. Press, 1938. First edition. 614pp. Illus. Published for the Swedish-American Tercentenary Association. Good Plus. No jacket. (loc 541/2). Hard Cover. more information

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Northfield, MN Norwegian-Am. Hist.Assn. 1947.. 504pp. B/W photos. 'A study of the migration of technical leadership from Europe to America." (loc 551). First Edition. Very Good. more information

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Northfield, MN Norwegian Amer. Hist. Assoc. 1958.. 671pp. Illus. 'Norwegian migration to the Pacific Coast, 1847-1893.' (loc 551). First Edition. Good. more information

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N.Y. Grosset & Dunlap 1925. 351pp. Translated from Norwegian by A.G.Jayne. A novel of Norwegians in the Dakotas. (loc 551/2). Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Frayed, Chipped DJ. more information

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Moffat, Yard & Co., 1919. 328pp. Translated from the Norwegian by W. J. Alexancer Worster and C. Archer. Novel, very descriptive of the country and waters of Norway. (loc 551/1). Sixth Printing. Hard Cover. Good (except for cover soil). more information

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Minneapolis MN: Veckoblad Publ.Co., 1907. First edition. Very good, slight cover spots. En aterblick paderas uppkomost och forsta verksamhetstid. About Swedish missionaries. 277pp. Illus. IN SWEDISH. (loc 540). Hard Cover. more information

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Cambridge, MA Harvard Theo. Rev. 1925.. Good, but extensive underlining and writing in pencil. Reprinted from The Harvard Theological Review, Vol. XVIII, No. 4, October, 1925. Page nos.are: 293-319. Softcover. (loc 552/1). more information

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New York, N.Y. Exposition Pr. 1952.. First edition. 202pp. Very good. D/j is frayed. 'Pianist and leading exponent of Scandinavian and Finnish music in America.' Written with M.W.Pearson, et al. Signed by the author. (loc 541/1). Hard Cover. more information

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Houghton Mifflin, 1951. 260pp Illus (loc 517/1). Later Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Worn. Illus. by Sandoz, Edouard. more information

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Dutton, 1963. 251pp Novel of a Norwegia-American girl. Dust jacket is wrinkled. (Loc. 551/1). Fifth Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. more information

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Poughkeepsie, NY Platt & Schram, 1855. First edition. 292pp. Torstenson was an important Swedish general during the Thiry Years War. Presentation on title page from DePeyster. See DAB. Original backstrip and marbellized boards, corners frayed. New endpapers. Light water stain on pages, otherwise very good; clean and tightly bound. (loc 520). Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. more information

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Rock Island, IL Augustana Lib. 1963. First edition. Very good. D/j is good, frayed. 246pp. 'Essays in honor of Dr. Conrad Bergendoff'. (loc 541). more information

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Harper & Row, 1963. This book has a damp odor. 'The Saga of Habs Isbrandtsen and his Shipping Empire.' Danish immigrant who became very important in merchant shipping. Illus. with photos. 305pp. (loc 541/1). First Edition. Hard Cover. Good Plus/Good, Foxed DJ. more information

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N.Y. Doubleday 1972.. First edition. Very good. D/j is very good. 217pp. Illus. 'The Norse Crossings and Their Legacy.' Epilogue by Thor Heyerdahl. (loc 540/1). more information

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Copenhagen Gyldendalske 1879. First edition. Good. 98pp. IN DANISH. BOUND WITH: Roosing, Kr. TRAEK AF LIVET I AMERIKA. Af breve til hjemmet fra en Dansk reisende. Copenhagen, 1874, 178pp. BOUND WITH: Farrer, Marie. UDVANDRINGEN. Copenhagen, 1868, 128pp. Three rare works about America bound together, the last includes material about the Mormons and Utah. (loc 535). more information

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Trenton, JN: New Jersey Commission, 1938. First edition. Very good. 165pp. Illus. American Guide Series. Written to commemorate the 300th Anniversary of the settlement by the Swedes and Finns on the Delaware. (loc 541). Hard Cover. more information

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Harcourt Brace, 1943. First edition. Very good. No jacket. 204pp. Great stories about Swedish immigrants in San Francisco. (loc 551/1+2). Hard Cover. more information

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New York, N.Y. Willard 1950.. First edition. Very good. D/j is frayed. Pages - 194. Autobiography of a Danish-American, born in America, but raised in Denmark. She returned to America in 1938. (loc 541/1). more information

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Greenwood Press. 1974 reprint edition of book originally published in 1920. Very good. Translated from Norwegian by E.J. MacIntire. With an introduction by Llewellyn Jones. 260pp. (loc 892/6). Hard Cover. Very Good. more information

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Norwegian American Historical Association, 1963. First edition. Very good. 245pp. Forgotten Norwegian-American writer. (loc 540). Hard Cover. more information

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Smithsonian, 1999. 310pp Illus. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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Vantage Press, 1957. First edition. Good. Dj is worn. 279pp. Presentation copy signed by the author. Autobiography of a Swede who came to America, jumped ship and later returned legally to become successful. (loc 541). Hard Cover. more information

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Chicago, IL: Forsta Delen, 1892. First edition. Good. 204pp. IN SWEDISH. Prohibition work for Swedes in America. Many illus. Cover rubbed otherwise good. (loc 540/1). Hard Cover. more information

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Knopf, 1966. 222pp Trans. from the Swedish by Leif Sjoberg and W. H. Auden. A reflection of United Nations Secretary-General Hammarskjold's spiritual growth from 1925 until his death in 1961. The personal, inner, reflections of a great, very public figure. (Loc 900/1). First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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Twayne, 1969. Written in 1950, translated by John Jewson Egglishaw. Intro by Elias Bredsdorff. The Library of Scandanavian Literature, Vol. 5. Fine display of the author's skill at indirect communication and narrative technique. (loc 540/1). Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. more information

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Boston MA: G.K. Hall, 1975. First edition. Very good. 2 vols: 408pp, 384pp. Slightly abridged translation of the author's trilogy published separately under titles: Cleng Peerson, Hundevakt; Cleng Peerson, Landkjenning; and Cleng Peerson, Ankerfeste. Tr:Nor:Erik J. Friis. Intro by Kenneth O. Bjork. (loc 551). Hard Cover. more information

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New York, NY Vantage Press 1957.. 416pp. Novel : Norwegian immigrants in No. Calif. (loc 552). First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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Minneapolis, MN Augsburg Pub. 1949.. First edition. Very good. Remnant d/j. 203pp. Frontis. President St. Olaf College, Minn. (loc 552). Hard Cover. more information

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Stockholm: Historiska Forlaget 1926. 'I Ord Och Bild av Svenskarnas liv Och Underbara Oden i Forenta Statema och Canada'. Two volumes in one. 368 and 367 pp. Illus with drawings and many photos. Contains important material. IN SWEDISH. Very good, light cover soil. Former owner signature on front endpaper. (loc 521). Hard Cover. more information

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Chicago IL: Swedish M.E. Book Concern 1906. First edition. Very good. 158pp. Illus with photos. This annual contains valuable material on Swedes in America. IN SWEDISH. (loc 540/1). more information

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NY: Dover Publications, 1969. Good. 354pp. 'Leif Erikson to the Kensington Stone'. (loc 552/1). Soft Cover. more information

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Seattle, Wash. Welcome Press 1986.. 142pp. 'Norse roots in homestead soil.' Paper. Photos. (loc 551). First Edition. Very Good. more information

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Norwegian American Historical Association, 1966. First edition. Very good. 381pp. (Authors Series) (loc 540). Hard Cover. more information

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Little, Brown, 1927. First edition. Very good. 219pp. A Danish immigrant. (loc 540). Hard Cover. more information

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NY: The Author, No Date. 195pp. Frontis portrait. Very good, backstrip faded. No jacket. (loc 541/1). Hard Cover. more information

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Privately Printed, 1965. First edition. Very good. Paperback. 86pp. Presentation copy signed by the author on the title page. From Denmark to Texas! (loc 561). more information

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N.Y. Oxford 1968.. 504pp. Illus. Lacks front end paper, otherwsise very good. (loc 540). First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good, Frayed DJ. more information

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American-Scandanavian Foundation, 1962. 348pp First published in 1870, this solitary novel is in part in the format of a play, telling the story of seven brothers who leave their very modest civilization for life in the wild. (Loc 551/1). Hard Cover. Very Good/Slightly Frayed DJ. more information

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Madison, WI SHSW 1963.. 276 pp. "Entries in an Immigrants Log." Foreword by Merle Curti. Contains previous owner ex-libris and inscription. (loc 551). First Edition. Very Good. more information

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Madison WI: Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1963. 276pp. 'Entries in an immigrants log.' Foreword by Merle Curti. Norwegian scholar. (loc 551). First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Frayed DJ. more information

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