Monroe, W.S. In Viking Land. Norway : Its People, Its Fjords and Its Fjelds. 1st. Ed. Pub. G. Bell. 1908
pp.xxiv, 332 with b/w. photos., plus 7 folding maps. 8vo. Hardback. TEG. Neat pencil signature to ffep. Contents fine. Original cloth boards with gilt lettering and armorial to front and spine showing light shelf wear o/w. fine. A very pleasing copy indeed.
A geographical and social history of Norway going back to the Vikings, the old Norse Kings, through union with Denmark and Sweden. The bulk of the work considers Norway at the time of publication and covers the people, education, transport, farm-life and agriculture, forests, fisheries and commerce, the landscape and major cities. It concludes with a consideration of folk-music and Edvard Grieg, painting, sculpture and architecture.
£100.00 [Ref: 70911]