The history of settlement and governance of Iceland as told through a series of medieval illuminated manuscripts held at the Arnamagnean Institute in Copenhagen.  The lengthy text is complemented by fine colour reproductions of many of the manuscripts.  Harback.  96 pages.

A guide to the Inuit settlement of Gjoa Haven inside the Canadian Arctic Circle and a history of its inhabitants and their lifestyle illustrated with present-day and archive photographs plus essays on the searches for the North West passage by Franklin (1845) and Amundsen (1903).

Examines and compares two conflicting hypotheses regarding the insect fauna of the Faroes, Iceland and Greenland which may have reached these post-glacial lands through ice-flow dispersal or remnant pre-glacial refugia but more likely arrived as unwitting passengers during Viking and Medieval hum

The results of the first archaeological excavations undertaken at Kangerlussuaq Fjord on the East coast of Greenland.

Describes the history of printing and book production in Greenland from the earliest work published (rather surprisingly) as early as 1793. Illustrated, with early works in the Kalaalisut language depicted.  Paperback. 72 pages.

The State sanctioned text of this most famous of Icelandic sagas edited and retold by Magnús Finnbogason who preserves the word structures of the C13th original whilst employing modern spellings in all but the verses, where ancient spelling is retained.   Introductory essay by saga scho

A very extensive catalogue of artefacts collected from Alaskan eskimos during British expeditions made in the 1820's and 1830's preceded by a substantial essay outlining the history of explorations in the region with details of the collecting expeditions and those who led them.

Lengthy report of excavations of abandoned eskimo sites in Eastern Greenland including hut sites and graves.  illustrated by b&w photographs.

Report from the Cambridge East Greenland Expedition on eskimo hut sites, shelters, grave sites, meat stores, and fireplaces. Many individual sites are visited and described. 76 pages. Illustrated with b&w photographs and an excellent fold-out map of East Greenland.

Treatise on indigenous embroideries employing hair from moose, reindeer, caribou, horse and porcupine quill as practiced by North Americanplains indians, and native peoples of Alaska, Aleutian, Sakhalin and Siberia. Paperback. 84 pages. 16 b&w plates. Bibliography. New condition.