Scandinavian from LEFT COAST BOOKS

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1998. Cloth, xviii, 234 pages, illustrations (some colour), maps; 26 cm. A good reading copy, with penciled underlining & marginalia. Dust jacket with light shelfwear. "This richly illustrated book is a lucid introduction to a largely neglected manifestation of Modernism that came out of fin-de-siecle Sweden. Michelle Facos presents the first study in English… Read more about this item

Goteborg, Sweden: Wetterling Gallery, 1990. [8] pages, illustrations; 21 cm. Published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Wetterling Gallery, Gothenburg, December 15 to January 27, 1990-91. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to wraps. . 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Collectible.

Boston, MA: Da Capo Press; A Merloyd Lawrence Book, 2015. xxv, 341 pages, illustrations, maps; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. First printing. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "While Amundsen, Franklin, and Peary were first to explore the furthest geographical reaches of the Polar North, Knud Rasmussen was the first to explore its culture and its soul. Part Danish,… Read more about this item

New York: Frederick Keppel & Co., 1913. 34 pages, illustrations; 15 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning. . 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 24mo.

New York: Thames and Hudson; World of Art Ser., 1985. 216 pages, illustrations (some colour); 21 cm. Tight, clean copy. Light edgewear to wraps, age toning. CONTENTS: Childhood and early studies; The Norwegian scene; Christiania's Bohemia; What Paris meant to Munch; The Frieze of Life; Munch in Berlin; In Paris again; The lonely path of Edvard Munch. Love and… Read more about this item

Copenhagen: Rosenborg, 1999. 36 pages, colour illustrations; 21 x 30 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. . Paperback. Fine. Oblong.

Kalmar: Kalmar lans Museum, 1992. 103 pages, illustrations (some colour); 26 cm. Text in Swedish. Firm binding, clean inside copy. . 1st. Paperback. Fine. 4to.

Reykjavik and London: Published for the Government of Iceland and the City of Reykjavik by Lund Humphries, 1989. 135 pages, illustrations (some colour); 24 cm. Edited by Julian Freeman in a collaboration between Lisatafn Islands (The National Gallery of Iceland) and Brighton Polytechnic Gallery. Published to accompany an exhibition touring Britain in 1990. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy.… Read more about this item

Oslo: Nasjonalgalleriet, 1989. 119 pages, colour illustrations; 25 cm. Text in Norwegian, English, German and French. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Top edge lightly soiled.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

Oslo: Aschehoug, 2012. Cloth, 295 pages; 23 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. Post-modern novel by the Norwegian artist, active in New York.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Collectible.

London: Institute of Contemporary Arts, 2012. 157 pages, colour illustrations; 24 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, September 25-November 18, 2012. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps. A portion of the exhibition is a collaboration between Melgaard and the Norwegian architectural firm Sn hetta.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good.… Read more about this item

Ostfildern, Germany and Oslo, Norway: Hatje Cantz; Munch Museet, 2015. 255 pages, colour illustrations; 28 cm. Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at Munch Museum, Oslo, January 31 - April 12, 2015. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "Munch matters: the Norwegian star painter from the point of… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1969. xvi, 118 pages, illustrations (some colour), portrait; 27 cm. Exhibition held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, January 28 to March 9, 1969. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

New York: Metro Books, 2014. Pictorial boards, 141 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to boards. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "From the remote and unforgiving landscape of northern Europe, the Vikings voyaged to far-flung areas of the world with extraordinary consequences. Vikings examines the… Read more about this item

Stockholm: Liljevalchs & Kulturhuset, 1977. 238 pages, illustrations (some colour); 21 cm. Text in Swedish and English. Exhibition held at Liljevalchs Konsthall, Sweden, 25 March to 15 May, 1977. Good+. Firm binding, creased spine. Clean inside copy. Browning.. 3rd. Paperback. Good. 8vo.

New York: Metro Books, 2013. Pictorial boards, 224 pages, illustrations (some colour); 25 cm. Originally published as: Vikings: a history of the Norse people. London: Amber Books Ltd., 2013. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket with a closed tear/back cover. "In this book, the narrative of Viking history is examined from the 8th to the 11th centuries. Illustrated with… Read more about this item

Ostfildern-Ruit, Germany: Hatje Cantz, 2007. 281 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits; 31 cm. English Edition. Issued in conjunction with exhibitions held at Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, from March 18 to July 15, 2007 and Kunsthalle Wurth, Schwabisch Hall, from August 4 to December 2007. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates..… Read more about this item

London: Phaidon Publishers Inc.; Alpha Books, 1960. Cloth, 143 pages, 89 illustrations (23 colour); 27 cm. Translated from the German. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light foxing/front matter. Dust jacket with a sunned spine (legible lettering). An early monograph on the Norwegian Symbolist-cum-Expressionist. Well illustrated, with Eighty-Nine Illustrations Including Twenty-Three in Full Colour.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Edinburgh: Historic Scotland, 1993. 24 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 25 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Prehistoric and Norse settlement in Scotland.. Paperback. Fine. 8vo. Guidebook.

New York: Grove Press, Inc.; An Evergreen Book, 1968. Cloth, 312 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. GP-544. Topstained black. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket, with moderate edgewear, protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. Profusely illustrated with erotic art: Western, Primitive, India, China, and Japan . "This book stems… Read more about this item