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Total number of records: 81

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SubjectCount
old norse poetry4
english language3
english poetry3
readers3
sagas3
aquatint, english2
folklore2
latin poetry, medieval and modern2
northmen2
scandinavian poetry2

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Iceland17
Shetland (Scotland)4
Europe1
Faroe Islands1
Scandinavia1

Top 10: People and organisations

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Craigie, Sir William A (1867-1957)13
Heinesen, William (1900-)9
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)8
Snaebjorn Jonsson (1887-)8
Gunnar Gudmundsson7
Johns, William Earl (1893-1968)7
Craigie, William A6
Snaebjorn Jonsson6
Hooker, Sir William Jackson (1785-1865)5
Bru, Hedin4

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From 180024
From 190056

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Up to 189924
Up to 199956

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Sir William Craigie: maðurinn og sẗrf hans

Wyllie, J M; Snæbjörn Jónsson (1887-)

1953

'Pýðing þessi... birtist í blaðinu "Varðbergi" 25. september og 2. og 9. október 1953' -- Title-page verso.

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Nýføroyskur skaldskapur : úrval

Heinesen, William (1900-)

1930

Edited by William Heinesen.

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Catalogue of the books printed in Iceland from A.D 1578 to 1880 in the library of the British Museum

Lidderdale, Thomas William; British Museum. Department of Printed Books

1885

Compiled by Thomas William Lidderdale.

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Works of the Hon. and Very Rev. William Herbert : excepting those on botany and natural science. With additions and corrections by the author (v.1)

Herbert, William (1778-1847)

1842

Horæ Scandicæ (or works relating to Old Scandinavian literature) and Horæ pieriæ in vol. 1 have separate paging. The author's Attila not included. Each work has separate title-page.

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Works of the Hon. and Very Rev. William Herbert : excepting those on botany and natural science. With additions and corrections by the author (v.2)

Herbert, William (1778-1847)

1842

Horæ Scandicæ (or works relating to Old Scandinavian literature) and Horæ pieriæ in vol. 1 have separate paging. The author's Attila not included. Each work has separate title-page.

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Skáldskaparíþróttin á Íslandi

Snæbjörn Jónsson (1887-)

1938

Contains a review of Sir William Craigie's 'The art of poetry in Iceland', 1937.

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Sjö skopsögur

Twain, Mark (1835-1910); Páll Skúlason (1894-)

1931

Contents: Kærastinn hennar Árelíu. -- Mannæturnar. -- Stjórnarbyltingin mikla á Pitcairn. -- Hvíti fíllinn. -- Úrið mitt. -- Milljón-punda seðilliun. -- Frú McWilliams og eldingin.

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An island rooing

Grigsby, Joan

1933

Reprinted in part from The News Chronicle and The Manchester Guardian.

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The lost manuscript of the Reverend Lewis Rou's 'Critical remarks upon the Letter to the Craftsman on the game of chess' : written in 1734 and dedicated to His Excellency William Cosby, governor of New York

Fiske, Willard (1831-1904)

1902

Reprinted, with additions and comments, from 'Notes and Queries' 9th Series, vol. X, no. 238, 1902, pp. 41-43. In the Craftsman, no.376, Sept. 15, 1733, appeared "A short essay on the game of chess"...

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