Author: BJARNARSON, ARNI; AKUREYRI; HOUSER, GEORGE J. (TRANSLATOR)
Title: Framfari 1877 to 1880
Description: Manitoba, Canada: Gimli Chapter, Icelandic National League of North America, 1986. First Edition Thus. ISBN: 0889256993. "Reprints, in English, issues of Framfari, the first Icelandic journal printed west of the Atlantic Ocean. The first number appeared on 10th September 1877. To celebrate the centenary of this remarkable cultural initiative of the Western Icelanders, the two years' issue of the paper are here reproduced in facsimile." - Foreword. xii, 748 pages. Map. Occasional illustrations. Map endpapers. Two small address labels inside front board, otherwise clean, bright, tight and unmarked. A quality example of this exceptionally informative Icelandic historical reference. ; 4to. Very Good .

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