[Rarebooks] fs: Norwegian genealogical reference

[Back Creek Books]

Greetings All,

For your consideration:
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(No. 7180 )  Hagen, Olav Tryggve. KVIKNE EI BYGDEBOK, BAND I: BYGDESOGA;
BAND II: GARDSBRUK-KOPARVERK.
Oslo: I Kommisjon Hos A S Bokcentralen, 1952, 1951. First printing, Quarter
leather, Quartos, 446 & 471 pages, black & white photographs. Good to very
good.
      Genealogical reference and history of Norway. Includes sections on the
topography, geology, and even archaeological finds. Text is entirely in
Norwegian. Numerous photographic portraits and pictures of family farms.
Includes genealogical data on some families which immigrated to America.
Complete index at end of volume II. A photograph [1920s?] laid in volume II
depicts two well-dressed gentleman and a young boy standing behind a horse
and plow in a newly tilled field. Bound in decorative paper over boards with
gilt-stamped leather spines, gray topstain. Mild rubs to board edges and
spines. A few scattered notations by a prior owner. A few stains to
textblock edges. Bindings straight and sound.    $150.00
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