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Publisher: Random House, 1945,:
Seller ID: 45243
DISNEY, Dorothy Cameron. The 17th Letter. NY: Random House, (1945). First Printing. Pp. 248. 8vo, black cloth, blue and gilt to spine. A spy novel that takes the heroine, Mary Strong, from Iceland to Halifax to solve a mystery. Spine of dust jacket missing, edges worn, chipped, inner flaps taped to boards, secondary dj underneath from Brentano's Rental Library, New York, also chipped and worn, else vg. 20.00 View more info
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Publisher: Institute of Social and Economic Research, St. John's, Nfld., 1988, ISBN:0-919666-58-2: 1988
Seller ID: 56092
ISBN: 0919666582
SINCLAIR, Peter R., (ed.). A Question of Survival : The Fisheries and Newfoundland Society. (St. John's, Newfoundland) : Institute of Social and Economic Research, Memorial University of Newfoundland, (1988). First Edition. Pp (5),vi-x,[1]-254,(2) + 14 pages of b&w photos. Some tables in the text. 8vo, blue art-illustrated cardcovers, black lettering to spine. Peter R. Sinclair (b. 1947). ISER Social and Economic Papers No. 17. This is a collective efforts of a number of researchers: Rosemary E Ommer's "What's Wrong with Canadian Fish?" (pp.23-44); View more info
By: VOIGT, Michael N., and J. Richard BOTTA (eds.) BOTTA, J. Richard
Price: $150.00
Publisher: Technomic Publishing Co. Inc., Lancaster, PA / Basel, 1990, ISBN:877627851:
Seller ID: 100331
VOIGT, Michael N., and J. Richard BOTTA (eds.). Advances in Fisheries Technology and Biotechnology for Increased Profitability : Papers from the 34th Atlantic Fisheries Technological Conference and Seafood Biotechnology Workshop, August 27 to September 1, 1989, St. John's, NF, Canada. Lancaster (PA)/ Basel : Technomic Publishing Co. Inc., (1990). First Printing. Pp (2),ii i-xi,(1),1-566,(6). Illustrated. Index. 4to, blue cloth, front cover and spine lettered in dark blue and light metallic blue. Contents : Opening Address for the Seafood Biotechnology Workshop (Senator J. Marshall). Chapter I.... View more info
By: Anon.
Price: $150.00
Publisher: John Ritchie, Publisher, Kilmarnock, Scotland , 1912,:
Seller ID: 18249
Anon. Amid Arctic Snows : A Story of Gospel Pioneers and their Work in Iceland, Lapland, and Lone Labrador. With Peeps at the Peoples of these Lands. Kilmarnock, Scotland : John Ritchie, Publisher, n.d. [1910s?]. Pp (8),[9]-103,(1),(8). Illustrated. Small 8vo, illustrated peach cloth, a.e.g. Not in O'Dea. Pp 73-103 on Labrador. Contents : Introduction; Peeps at Iceland - The Land and the People, Industries and Occupations, Early Days of Christianity; Peeps at Lapland - Peeps at the Lapps, The Religion of the Lapps, The Gospel in Lapland; Peeps at Faroe - Gospel Labours and Fruit; Lone Labrador... View more info
By: GUDMUNDSSON, Einar Már SCUDDER, Bernard (trans.)
Price: $150.00
Publisher: St. Martin's Press, 1997, ISBN:0312150539:
Seller ID: 58006
GUDMUNDSSON, Einar Már. Angels of the Universe. Translated from the Icelandic by Bernard Scudder. NY: St. Martin's Press, (1995). First Edition. Pp. 164. 8vo, black cloth, gilt titles to spine. Einar Már Gudmundsson was awarded the Nordic Council Literature Prize in 1995 for this book. A very nice copy in dust jacket (sticker remnant to the spine). Considered scarce. 150.00 View more info
By: Arctic Journal DOWNES, P.G. BARR, William DOLITSKY, Alexander B.
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Published for the Arctic Institute of North America by The University of Calgary Press, Calgary , 1985,:
Seller ID: 91980
(Arctic Journal). Arctic: Journal of the Arctic Institute of North America.Volume 38, No. 3, September 1985. Calgary : Published for the Arctic Insti tute of North America by The University of Calgary Press, 1985. Pp [i]-ii,[167]-260. Illustrated. Maps. Double Column. 4to, illustrated pale blue cardcovers. Of nautical interest : To Great Slave and Great Bear: P.G. Downes' s Journal of Travels [by canoe] North from Ile a la Crosse in 1938 [Part II]” (R.H. Cockburn, Editor, pp 231-243). Other articles : Arctic Marine Phototrophic Systems: Functions of Sea Ice Stabilization (by S. Apollonio); I... View more info
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Oxford University Press / At the Clarendon Press, Oxford , 1937,:
Seller ID: 94226
CRAIGIE, William A., Sir. The Art of Poetry in Iceland : The Taylorian Lecture 1937. Oxford : At the Clarendon Press, 1937. Pp [1]-34,(2). Small 8vo, lacking wrappers. Lacking wrappers, pencilled notes to last page, else good. As is. 30.00 View more info
By: SVEINSSON, Asmundur LAXNESS
Price: $50.00
Publisher: Helgafell, Reykjavik, Iceland, 1961,:
Seller ID: 88147
(SVEINSSON, Asmundur). Asmundur Sveinsson. Formali eftir Halldor Kiljan Laxness. (Reykjavik, Iceland) : Helgafell, MCMLXI [1961]. Pp [1]-67,(1),+ 114 pp plates. Illustrated in colour and black-and-white. 4to, grey cloth, illustrated and lettered in brown to front board and spine. Ásmundur Sveinsson (1893-1982) was an Icelandic sculptor. Text in Icelandic. Very good in tornand edgeworn dustjacket. 50.00 View more info
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Publisher: Abacus, London, 2005, ISBN:0349116032:
Seller ID: 98622
CONNELLY, Charlie. Attention All Shipping : A Journey Round the Shipping Forecast . (London): Abacus, (2005). Later printing. Pp. (8),[ix]-x,[1]-373,(1). 8vo, illustrated grey card covers. "The shipping forecast is a curious piece of broadcasting; at once impenetrably baffling yet at the same time reassuringly familiar, most of us have grown up with this sonorous gazetteerfirmly planted in our subconscious. But where are these places, and what s ecrets do they conceal? Charlie Connelly sets off on a journey round the forecast to find out, unearthing the history and culture behind one of Br... View more info
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Publisher: Press Porcépic, Toronto, 1983, ISBN:0888782101:
Seller ID: 15862
GUNNARS, Kristjana. The Axe's Edge : Fiction by Kristjana Gunnars. Toronto/Victoria : Press Porcépic, (1983). First Printing. Pp. (8),1-93,(3). 8vo, white and blue card covers with black titles to front and spine. "This colection of ten stories by the gifted poet Kristjana Gunnars is the result of five years of archival research and the author's personal exploration of herown Icelandic heritage." - from the rear cover. Includes the following sto ries: "Bells", "Roundup", "Bloodletter", "Mice", "Guest", "Crossroads", "Grasses", &#... View more info
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Publisher: Little, Brown, 2005,:
Seller ID: 69245
WILSON, Christopher. The Ballad of Lee Cotton. (L): Little, Brown, (2005). Uncorrected Bound Proof. Pp. 307. 8vo, pink illustrated card covers, red titles to front and spine. The story of the challenges faced by a young man of mixed heritage, an Icelandic father and a black mother, born in the segregated 1950's American South. Vg. 20.00 View more info
By: KARIG, Walter, Commander. BURTON, Earl, Lieutenant. FREELAND, Stephen L., Lieutenant.
Price: $35.00
Publisher: Farrar & Rinehart, 1946,:
Seller ID: 54836
KARIG, Walter, Commander, USNR. Battle Report : The Atlantic War: [From theNeutrality Patrol to the Crossing of the Rhine]. With Lieutenant Earl Burt on, and Lieutenant Stephen L. Freeland. NY: Farrar & Rinehart, 1946. Pp 558+ LXXX [80] plates. 8vo, grey cloth. Law 0208. Battle Report Vol II. "This is the narrative of the American Navy in the Atlantic from the days of neu trality patrol to the crossing of the Rhine. Now the complete story can be told of duty in the frigid waters off Iceland and Greenland, the "Killer Groups" in the action that destroyed Germany's U-boat power, and ... View more info
By: HUOT, Louis Canadian Geographic Journal 03:05 November 1931 JOHNSON, Jon Ragnar GREEN, H.U.
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Canadian Geographical Society, Montreal, 1931,:
Seller ID: 103176
HUOT, Louis. "Beauharnois Power Works". An article in Canadian GeographicalJournal, Vol. III, No. 5, November 1931, pp. 295-315 with illustrations. M ontreal : Canadian Geographical Society, November 1931. Pp i-viii,(2),295-360,ix-xiv. Illustrated. Map. Double column. Large 8vo, white & blue printedpaper covers. Other contents : Iceland (by Jon Regnar Johnson, pp 316-338) ; Garibaldi Park (by Ruth D. Golman, pp 329-348); Voice of the Wilderness (by H.U. Green, pp 349-360). A very nice copy. 30.00 View more info
By: VALGARDSON, W.D.
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Oberon, 1973,:
Seller ID: 8059
VALGARDSON, W.D. Bloodflowers. N.pl.: Oberon, (1973). Pp 122. 8vo, card covers. Paperback Edition. Light spine creasing, else vg. 15.00 View more info
Price: $30.00
Publisher: Hutchinson, London, 1978, ISBN:0091331005:
Seller ID: 91219
SEVERIN, Tim. The Brendan Voyage. Drawings by Trondur Patursson. London: Hutchinson, (1978). First Printing. Pp 292. Illustrated. Maps. 8vo, black cloth spine, green boards. Toy 0593. Gift inscription to half-title page, elsevery good in nicked, edgeworn dust jacket. Signed without inscription by S everin on the title page. 30.00 View more info
By: SCHEUREN, Claire E. GRAY, Mildred Reid Grant
Price: $50.00
Publisher: Zeitgeist West Publishing, Tuscon, Arizona, 2013, ISBN:9780979692130:
Seller ID: 112471
SCHEUREN, Claire E. Bringing Out the Untold Life : Recollections of MildredReid Grant Gray : Canadian Morse Code Operator Chronicles Nine Decades In Historic Cape Breton Fishing Village : An Oral History Related to Claire E.Scheuren : Highlights of Gabarus History. [Tuscon, Arizona] : Zeitgeist We st Publishing, (2013). First Edition. Pp (8),1-243, (1). With many b&w photos and other iIllustrations in the text. 8vo, blue cloth, with the word "CENTER" in gilt lettering on the spine. "Mildred Gray is acknowledged as the last surviving government-employed Morse Code operator and one o... View more info
By: LUI, Elizabeth Gill KAITA, Keya
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Publisher: Four Stops Press, Los Angeles, California, 2004, ISBN:0801443261:
Seller ID: 115133
LUI, Elizabeth Gill. Building Diplomacy : The Architecture of American Embassies. Keya Kaita, Cultural Montages. Essay by Jane C. Loeffler; Kevin Spence, project coordinator. Los Angeles, California : "Distributed by Cornell University Press in association with Four Stops Press", (2004). First Edition. Pp (14),15-267,(5). Folio, grey cloth, with silver lettering to front and spine. With map end-papers. "An ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy book." Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. Elizabeth GillLui (b. 1955). Keya Kaita (b. 1976). Embassy architecture and design ... View more info
By: NEARY, Peter and Patrick O'FLAHERTY (eds.) Social History of Canada 21 O'FLAHERTY, Patrick
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Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1974, ISBN:0802062334:
Seller ID: 18486
NEARY, Peter and Patrick O'FLAHERTY (eds.). By great waters : A Newfoundland and Labrador anthology. (Toronto) : University of Toronto Press, (1974). First Printing. Pp (4),[v]-xi,(4),2-262,(4). Maps. 8vo, illustrated white and grey card covers. The Social History of Canada Vol.21. O'Dea 5605. Part 1 - Discovery and Early Exploration : Vinland; John Day's Letter (1497); Jacques Cartier Visits the Funks (1534); The Letter of Stephen Parmenius (6 August 1583); John Guy's Encounter with the Savages (1612); John Mason's Account of Newfoundland (1620); A Letter from Ferryland (18 August 1622); Sir ... View more info
By: NEARY, Peter and Patrick O'FLAHERTY (eds.) Social History of Canada 21 O'FLAHERTY, Patrick
Price: $15.00
Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1975, ISBN:0802062334:
Seller ID: 17482
NEARY, Peter and Patrick O'FLAHERTY (eds.). By great waters : A Newfoundland and Labrador anthology. (Toronto) : University of Toronto Press, (1975). Second Printing. Pp (4),[v]-xi,(4),2-262,(4). Maps. 8vo, grey card covers with white spine. The Social History of Canada Vol.21. O'Dea 5605. Part 1 - Discovery and Early Exploration : Vinland; John Day's Letter (1497); Jacques Cartier Visits the Funks (1534); The Letter of Stephen Parmenius (6 August 1583); John Guy's Encounter with the Savages (1612); John Mason's Accountof Newfoundland (1620); A Letter from Ferryland (18 August 1622); Sir Rich ... View more info
By: NEARY, Peter and Patrick O'FLAHERTY (eds.) Social History of Canada 21 O'FLAHERTY, Patrick
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Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Toronto , 1979,:
Seller ID: 14501
NEARY, Peter and Patrick O'FLAHERTY (eds.). By great waters : A Newfoundland and Labrador Anthology. (Tor.) : University of Toronto Press, (1979). Fourth Printing. Pp (4),[v]-xi,(4),2-262,(4). Maps. 8vo, card covers. The Social History of Canada Vol.21. O'Dea 5605. Part 1 - Discovery and Early Exploration : Vinland; John Day's Letter (1497); Jacques Cartier Visits the Funks (1534); The Letter of Stephen Parmenius (6 August 1583); John Guy's Encounter with the Savages (1612); John Mason's Account of Newfoundland (1620); A Letter from Ferryland (18 August 1622); Sir Richard Whitbourne's Descript... View more info
