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Kristiania: Olaf Norlis Forlag, 1909. Soft cover. Very Good-. Softcover stapled into a manila folder cover, with the original covers of the softcover still included. Name of prior owner written on the upper corner of the original front cover.Small chip at upper corner of the original front cover. 16 pages. 1909 date printed on the original front cover.

Oslo: Norigs ungdomslag og Student-maaliget, 1906. Soft cover. Fair. Norwegian language. Bound in original printed wraps; 48 pages. Short biographical sketch of this Norwegian writer. Covers nearly detached, but connected at the center of the spine; edgewear and small chips present, with no loss of printing. Internally very good, with contents clean with no foxing. An early entry in the Folkeskrifter series, whcih would continue for many years. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Kristiania: Forlagt af H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard), 1909. Soft cover. Good. Norwegian language. Bound in printed wraps; 206 pages plus contents. Fifth edition (femte oplag), stated. Letters from Norwegian author Alexander Kielland to his daughter Beate. Pages mostly uncut. The wraps show edgewear and soil, with a few tiny chips. Bookplate of Norwegian-American collector Herman Gimmestad to the front cover verso, otherwise unmarked (and likely unread). Quite readable if one wishes to cut the pages. Still tightly bound. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Decorah: Den Norske Synodes Forlag, 1901. Hardcover. Fair. Hardcover bound in black cloth with leather spine and corners. Gilt cross on the cove and gilt lettering on the spine. There is some discoloration on the cover. There first 39 pages have a dark spot on the outer margin of the pages. Hinges are tight, but there is an open crack between the title page and the first page.

Kristiania og Kjobenhavn: Gyldendalske Boghandel Nordisk Forlag, 1911. First Edition (NAP). . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Photographs. Norwegian language. Bound in gray cloth with titles and decorations stamped in gilt. Corresponding 1911 dates to the title and copyright pages; no additional printings. 230 pages, with two photographs. Decorated endpapers; all edges marbled. Bergliot Ibsen was Bjornson's daughter, who married Henrik Ibsen's son Sigurd. She had a career singing as a mezzosoprano in Europe, and late in life wrote a biography of her father, mother and husband. The letters here, received at her home at Aulestad, Norway, were written between 1887 and 1890. This copy has light bumps at the heel and upper rear corner, but is otherwise fine. Hinges solid; binding square. A clean, tight, unmarked copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Sydney, Australia: Mintis, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good. Photographs. bound in tan and dark brown cloth. Hinges tight. Pages unmarked. Very light rubbing to cover. Lithuanians in Australia. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Decorah: Den Norske Synodes Forlag, 1904. Hardcover. Very Good-. Paper covered boards hardcover with blue cloth spine. Black lettering on cover. The paper covered boards show some browning and darkening. Hinges tight. Herman Gimmestad prior owner bookplate on the inside of the front cover. The edge of the front free endpaper is ragged. Thin crack showing at the top two inches between title page and first page.

Decorah: Udgiverens Forlag, 1892. Soft cover. Very Good. Engravings. Norwegian language. Original plain wraps with applique cover identical to the title page. 120 pages. Illustrated throughout with full and partial-page engravings. Presentation copy to Lars M. Gimmestad, president of Gale College (Wisconsin), from the author, but not signed. Doving is best remembered as a translator of hymns; this is an early work, published before the author graduated from Luther College. The wraps show a touch of foxing at the fore-edge and spine, otherwise clean and bright. A clean, tight copy. Scarce. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Chicago: John Anderson & Co., 1905. Hardcover. Very Good. 1905 date on title page and copyright page. Introduction in English; rest of text in Norwegian. Bookplate of Herman Gimmestad on inside of the front cover. Bound in black cloth with gill cover and spine lettering. Lower corners of cover are bumped. Light rubbing to cover. Frontis illustration of Bjornstjerne Bjornson. Text is unmarked.

Kristiania: H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard), 1907. Hardcover. Very Good-/No Jacket. Frontispiece Portrait & Photograph; Cover Art By L. Moe (Louis Moe?). Norwegian language. Two volumes bound in edge-beveled navy cloth with titles and art nouvelle decorations stamped in gilt. Covers signed by L. Moe, quite possibly Norwegian artist Louis Moe. I: 334 pages; II: 641 pages. Both volumes have decorated endpapers with all edges marbled. Volume I carries a frontispiece photograph of Bjornson, with the tissue guard present; a second photograph, of Bjornson and his wife, follows the dedication page. Volume II has full-page photographs of Bjornson and his wife bound at page 306; there are a few partial page illustrations also. Both volumes have a gift inscription (to the same person, indicating these have always been a set). Volume I cloth shows moderate edgewear, with slight frays at the corners and spine ends. Frontispiece and title page have dampstained edges; quite peculiar, actually, as these… Read More

Oslo: Forlagt Av H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard), 1930. First Edition (NAP) . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Norwegian language. Bound in beveled red cloth with titles and decorations stamped in gilt. 1930 title page date; no additional printings. 332 pages plus contents. All edges marbled. The cloth shows only a trace of edgewear with no splits or frays. Bookplate of Norwegian-American collector Herman Gimmestad to the front pastedown; gift inscription neatly to the second blank, otherwise unmarked. Hinges solid; binding square. A clean, tight copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Minneapolis: The Lund Press, 1929. Soft cover. Very Good. Photographs. Very good condition softcover, clean and bright, tightly bound. 188 pages. Text in Norwegian. Organization was formed in order to preserve the history and tradition in America of people of Norwegian birth or descent. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Kjobenhavn / Kristiania: Gyldendalske Boghandel Nordisk Forlag, 1904. First Edition (NAP) . Three Quarter Leather. No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Norwegian language. Bound in black pebbled cloth backed with black leather; spine title and rules stamped in gilt. Corner tips also in leather. 240 pages. Title page dated 1904; no additional printings. An early rebind of the paperback (softcover) original, with the first owner's signature and date (December 22, 1904), inked to the half-title. Later bookplate of Norwegian-American collector Herman Gimmestad to the front pastedown, otherwise unmarked. The covers show moderate edgewear; the leather is rubbed at the corners and spine ends. Hinges solid; binding square. A clean, tight copy.

Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1996. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. German language. Edition Suhrkamp Neue Folge Band 991. Appears unread. Clean, tight and unmarked.

The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1948. Hardcover. Very Good. very good condition hardcover bound in green cloth with gilt cover emblem and gilt spine lettering. Hinges tight. Clean and unmarked. 1948 date on title page and copyright page. In Latin.

Kristiania: H. Aschehoug & Co. (W. Nygaard), 1910. Second Edition (stated). . Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. Norwegian language. Bound in green cloth with beveled edges; titles and decorations stamped in gilt. Andet oplag (second edition, stated). 171 pages. Decorated endpapers. All edges marbled. An early novel by Elder the Younger. The cloth shows only a touch of edgewear. Bookplate of Norwegian-American collector Herman Gimmestad to the front free endpaper verso, otherwise unmarked. Hinges solid; binding square. A clean, tight copy. Uncommon. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Decorah: Den Norske Synodes Forlag, 1876. Hardcover. Fair. Norwegian language. An early copy in this language, printed in Iowa in 1876. 64 pages. Covers quite worn, leather spine chipped, but contents secure and clean. Some toning to the title and final pages only. Uncommon edition. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Hamar: Ciget Forlag / Prentab hjaa D. Arnesen, 1876. Hardcover. Very Good. Norwegian language. Bound in brick cloth with titles stamped in gilt; 97 pages. Stated as "second thousand" (andre tusundet) on the title page and dated 1876, so a likely second printing, issued in the same year as the first edition. The signature of Julius E. Olson, the second Professor of Scandinavian Languages at the University of Wisconsin (Madison), appears on both the front free endpaper and the title page. The front pastedown carries the bookplate of Norwegian-American collector Herman Gimmestad, who likely acquired the book in Madison, where he attended college in the 1940s. The cloth shows only very light wear at the extremities. The spine has the remains of a title label, with the printing no longer visible. The area between the second blank and the title page is slightly pulled, but there is no actual separation in the binding. Hinges solid; binding square. A clean, tight copy of an uncommon early… Read More

Kristiania: Det Norske Aktieforlag, 1904. Hardcover. Very Good. Bound in a flexible beige cloth with gilt lettering and design on the front cover. Floral endpapers. Hinges tight. Bookplate of Herman Gimmestad on the inside of the front cove.r Very clean and bright book

Minneapolis: Forfatterens Forlag, 1914. First Edition (NAP) . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Norwegian language. Bound in burgundy cloth with titles stamped in gilt. Corresponding 1914 dates to the title and copyright pages; no additional printings. 528 pages. Decorated endpapers. A history of the Lutheran church in America. Both covers and spine show heavy foxing, but actual wear is minor, with just the hint of a fray at the head of the spine. Bookplate of Norwegian-American collector Herman Gimmestad to the front pastedown, otherwise unmarked. Hinges solid; binding square. all contents clean, tight and unmarked. Solid, useful copy of an uncommon title.