Library List – English Books
Sorted by Category
Revised from June 1998 listing.
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CATEGORY (SORTED) |
AUTHOR |
TITLE & VOLUMES |
PUBLISHER/DATE & EDITION, if available. |
COMMENTS |
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Arts |
Cowl, Pape |
A Great Icelandic Sculptor: Einar Jónsson. |
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Arts |
Parsons, Thomas |
Designers Guide to Scandinavian Patterns. |
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Autobiog. |
Einarsson, Helgi |
A Manitoba Fisherman |
George Houser |
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Autobiog. |
Johannesson, Gudlaug |
I Remember |
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Autobiog. |
Lindal, Amalia |
Ripples from Iceland |
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Biography |
Loti, Pierre |
An Iceland Fisherman |
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Commemor. |
Goodridge, Ingibjörg S. |
Betel: 1915 – 1975 |
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2 Copies |
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Commemor. |
Thorvaldson, Evelyn K. (edited by) |
Betel Home Foundation 1915-1995 (80 Years Gimli, Selkirk, |
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Edda |
Auden, W.H.; Taylor, Paul B.: Translators. |
The Elder Edda |
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Edda |
Hannesson, Johann S. |
Bibliography of the Eddas |
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Exploration |
Jack, Robert |
Arctic Living |
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History |
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Scandinavia Past & Present: 1. From the Viking Age to Absolute Monarchy, 2. Through Revolutions to Liberty, 3. Five Modern Democracies. |
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(3 volumes) |
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History |
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Vikings, The |
National Geographic |
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History |
Butler, Ewan |
Scandinavia |
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History |
Lafay, Howard |
The Vikings |
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Iceland Cultural |
Gislason, Gylfi P. |
The Problem of being an Icelander |
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Iceland Cultural |
Karlsson, P.K. |
The Problem of Being an Icelander Past, Present and Future |
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Iceland Exploration |
Stefansson, Vilhjalmur |
The Northward Course of Empire |
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Iceland Genealogy |
Gislason, Donald E. &Armannsson, Peter H. |
Ancestral Farms |
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Iceland History |
Byock, Jesse L. |
Medieval Iceland |
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(Society, Sagas and Power) |
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Iceland History |
Guðmundson, Barthi |
The Origins of the Icelanders |
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Iceland History |
Hanson, Earl Parker |
New World’s Emerging |
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Iceland History |
Hermannsson, Halldor |
The Hólar Cato, 17th Century |
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Iceland History |
Johannesson, Jon |
A History of the Old Icelandic Commonwealth |
U. Of Manitoba |
Translated by Bessason, Haraldur |
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Iceland History |
Palsson, Hermann; Edwards, Paul: Translators. |
The Book of Settlement, Translation. |
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Iceland History |
Ponzi, Frank |
Eighteenth Century Iceland |
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Iceland History |
Stefansson, Vilhjalmur |
Iceland, The First American Republic. |
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Iceland Pictures |
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Iceland, Book of Photos |
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Iceland Pictures |
Þórarinsson, Sigurður |
Surtsey: See also Icelandic book list. |
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Photos, Icelandic and English Text. |
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Iceland Pictures |
Burks, John B. |
Iceland in Pictures |
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Iceland Travel |
Annandale, Nelson |
The Faroes and Iceland |
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Iceland Travel |
Stefansson, Evelyn |
Here is the Far North |
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2 Copies. |
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Language |
Gordon, E. V. |
An Introduction to Old Norse |
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Literature Fiction |
Bjarnason, Loftur |
Anthology of Modern Icelandic Literature Vol.1(1800-WWI) |
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Literature Fiction |
Gustafson, Ralph |
The Vivid Air (14 short stories) |
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Literature Fiction |
Kamban, Gudmundur |
I See a Wondrous Land |
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Literature Fiction |
Laxness, Halldor |
Independent People |
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(5 copies) |
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Literature Fiction |
Salverson, Laura Goodman |
Lord of the Silver Dragon |
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(2 copies) |
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Literature Fiction |
Salverson, Laura Goodman |
When Sparrows Fall |
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Literature Fiction |
Salverson, Laura Goodman |
The Viking Heart |
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Literature Fiction |
Stewart, David A. |
The Home of the Happy Sunset |
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Md, LLd. |
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Literature Fiction |
Sveinsson, Solveig |
The Tangled Web |
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Literature Fiction |
Valgardson, William D. |
Bloodflowers |
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(ten short stories) |
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Literature Fiction |
Valgardson, William D. |
Gentle Sinners |
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Literature Fiction |
Valgardson, William D. |
The Girl with the Botticelli Face |
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Literature Fiction |
Valgardson, William D. |
Red Dust |
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(seven short stories) |
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Literature Non Fiction |
Langford, Dixon |
Where to Begin |
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Media, Poetry |
Eliason, Magnus |
A Poetry Recitation |
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Tape Cartridge. |
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Mythology |
Davidson, H.R. Ellis |
Gods and Myths of the Viking Age |
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Mythology |
Green, Roger Lancelyn |
Myths of the Norsemen |
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Poetry |
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Poems of Today: 25 Poets. |
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Poetry |
Beck, Richard |
History of Icelandic Poets 1800-1940 |
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Poetry |
Bondren, Alan |
Poems of Today |
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Poetry |
Craigie, W. A; Gasse, Sir Edmund: Editors |
The Oxford Book of Scandinavian Verse |
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Poetry |
Johnson, Jakobina (translated by) |
Northern Lights |
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Poetry |
Kearns, Ruby |
Davidson Centennial Poetry |
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Poetry |
McCracken, Jane W. |
Stephan G. Stephansson: The Poet of the Rocky Mountains |
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(2 cop.) |
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Poetry |
Salverson, Laura Goodman |
Wayside Gleams |
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(Poetry) |
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Poetry |
Stephansson, Stephan G. |
Selected Prose and Poetry. |
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Icelandic or English 3 copies. |
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Poetry |
Valgardson, William D. |
The Carpenter of Dreams |
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(poetry) |
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Poetry |
Valgardson, William D. |
In the Gutting Shed |
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(poetry) (2nd copy – ) |
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Saga |
Bjarnason, Emil, translator. |
Eirik the Red and the Greenlanders, The Sagas of, |
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Eirík’s Saga Rauða og Grænlandinga Saga. |
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Saga |
Byock, Jesse L. |
The Saga of the Volsungs |
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(the Norse Epic of Sigurd the Dragon Slayer) |
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Saga |
Gunnarsson, Gunnar |
Gest, the One-Eyed |
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See Orlygsson below. |
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Saga |
Hallberg, Peter |
The Icelandic Saga |
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Saga |
Hannesson, Johann S. |
The Sagas of Icelanders (Íslandinga Sögur) |
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Saga |
Hight, G.A.: Translator |
The Saga of Grettir the Strong |
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Saga |
Jones, Gwyn |
The Norse Atlantic Saga |
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2 Copies |
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Saga |
Keary, A. & E. |
The Heroes of Asgard |
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2 COPIES |
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Saga |
Magnusson, Magnus |
The Vinland Sagas |
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Saga |
Magnusson, Magnus |
King Harald’s Saga |
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Saga |
Orlygsson, Armarr |
Gest the One-Eyed |
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Based on saga. |
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Saga |
Palsson, Hermann Magnusson, Magnus: Translators. |
Njáls Saga, Translation |
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Saga |
Press, Muriel |
The Laxdale Saga |
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Saga |
Sturluson, Snorri |
Heimskringla, Sagas of the Norse Kings Pt.2 |
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Saga |
Sturlusson, Snorri |
Heimskringla: The Olaf Sagas |
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Translated by ? Written in 13th Century. |
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Saga |
Tjomsland, Anne |
The Saga of Hrafn Sveinbjarnarson |
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Saga |
Walters, Thorstina |
Modern Sagas |
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(author was Thorvaldsson) |
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Saga |
Yates, Anna |
Leifur Eiriksson and Vinland the Good |
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School |
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Jón Bjarnason Academy |
Winnipeg 1932 |
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Travel |
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North America Program, Grand Tour of, 1980 |
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Travel |
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Vatnajökull, In the Domain of |
Can. Geographical Journal Apr/66 |
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West Ice. Commemor. |
Committee of Gimli Women’s Institute. |
Gimli Saga (1975) |
Gimli Women’s Institute, Printed: Friesen, Altona. |
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West Ice. Exploration |
Stefansson, Vilhjalmur |
Great Adventures and Explorations |
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West Ice. Genealogy |
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Canadian Family Tree, Notes on the |
Canadian Citizen Branch, Ottawa |
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West Ice. Genealogy |
Gerrard, Nelson S. |
Icelandic River Saga (History of Riverton & district) |
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West Ice. History |
Boucher, Alan Translated by, U. Of Iceland |
Framfari (translations into English of the newspaper of |
Gimli Chapter of INL of NA. |
Three years of “Progress” published from 1877 to 1880, |
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West Ice. History |
Currie, Ted |
Icelandic Immigrants Settled in Muskoka |
(Muskoka Sun May/87) |
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West Ice. History |
Kristjanson, Wilhelm |
The Icelandic People in Manitoba |
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West Ice. History |
Lindal, W.J. |
The Icelanders in Canada, Canada Ethnica II. |
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Two copies |
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West Ice. History |
Lindal, W.J. |
The Saskatchewan Icelanders , A Strand of the Canadian Fabric. |
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West Ice. History |
Oleson, Tryggvi J. |
Early Voyages and North American Approaches |
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