Beowulf - Finnish version
79: WSOY, 2007. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. First full Finnish translation. 181 pp.
79: WSOY, 2007. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. First full Finnish translation. 181 pp.
103: C. G. Röder. Folder. Large folder. 67 Plates, some 41x59cm, some 82x59cm. Text in German. Folder has some stains and rubbing.
79: Inostranka Publishers, 2003. Hardcover. Light wear on the covers. Strange wind is the most complete anthology of modern Japanese poetry in Russian. It includes poems of more than seventy poets, which gives the Russian reader a unique opportunity to see the diversity of the poetic landscape of modern Japan.....
30: Finnish Literature Society, 2002. Hardcover. 906 pp. The laments of Ingria represent a Balto-Finnic women's tradition hose other branches include the laments of the Karelian, Vespian and Setu peoples. Women have composed and performed laments in connections with death tries and wedding ceremonies. Laments were also used to bid.....
68: Raduga, 1985. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Two books in good condition. Some yellowing to the dust jacket. Old owner's signature on the first pages. Poetry and other fictive works. Text in English. 207 + 222 pp.
25: Academia Scientarium Fennica, 2012. 1st Edition. Hardcover. This study charts the ways in which "Buile Shuibhne", a medieval Irish tale, has been interpreted in twentieth-century scholarship, by paying particular attention to the religious allegorical readings of the text. This examination of four prevalent interpretative frameworks - historical, pre-Christian, and.....
8: Oxford University Press, 1969. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Text in English. 111 pp. Edge wear of the dust jacket and yellowing of the pages.
95: WSOY, 1981. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Text in English. 153 pp. Couple of small dents on the covers. Poems by Sirkka Selja, Eila Kivikkaho, Helvi Juvonen, Mirkka Rekola and Eila Pennanen.
47: Sámediggi, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Art Anthology of Sámi Youth in Northern, Inari and Skolt Sámi languages. The book contains the writings, poems, pictures and comics of about 50 children and young people who have participated in the Sámi Youth Art Event in 2001-2007. The work has been published.....
46: Vaga, 1981. Hardcover. Text in English and Lithuanian. 63 pp. Lithuanian literatures landmark poem.
86: Aue-Stiftung, 2012. facsimile. Hardcover. In a poem in German language, published 1808 in Vyborg, August Thieme, a teacher of the regional school system, boldly praises Finland as tantamount to Italy or Greece in its beauty. He points out the endeavor, diligence, ingenuity, even literacy of its people, and almost.....
2: Wundernhorn, 2014. Hardcover. A collection of Finnish and German contemporary poetry in translated and original versions. The poets of the anthology are Jyrki Kiiskinen, Teemu Manninen, Aki Salmela, Helena Sinervo, Olli Sinivaara, Henriikka Tavi, Hendrik Jackson, Norbert Lange, Kerstin Preivuss, Thomas Rosenlöcher, Andre Rudolph and Kathrin Schmidt. Text.....
55: Carcanet Press, 1993. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Bo Carpelan (1926-2011) was one of the leading Finnish-Swedish writers of his time. "The Cool Day" (1961), "The Courtyard" (1969) and "Years Like Leaves" (1989) are combined in "Homecoming", translated by David McDuff, who also translated Carpelan's classic novel "Axel" (Carcanet, 1989).....
6: Musta Taide, 1992. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Photographer Caj Bremer and Poet Kai Nieminen come together to bring the reader on a beautiful journey. "Fugue" captures the delicate and shifting beauty of the Finnish Landscape, from the polar nights to the white nights of the summer. Text in English, Swedish.....
26: Svenskt visarkiv, 1989. 1st Edition. Soft cover. About the knightly ballads of the medieval North. In English. Couple of pages have a printing defect that is practically cosmetic. Small wear to the spine and covers. A bookplate by Finnish professor of folklore Lauri Honko. 244 pp.
107: Universe Publishing, 1996. Hardcover. Text in English. 80 pp. Yellowed dust jacket and page edges. This unprecedented volume of Walt Whitman's "Calamus" poems unites the works of seven contemporary young photographers with Whitman's poems, creating an engaging conversation that echoes the desires and ambitions of American men. This.....
55: Bloodaxe Books, 1984. 1st Edition. Hardcover. English translation of the complete works by Finnish-Swedish modernist poet Edith Södergran (1892-1923). Translated by David McDuff. 201 pp. Bookplate. Dust jacket has very light fading and fraying.
36: Petroskoi, Karelia, 2001. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Kalevala is the national epic of Finland. It was compiled by Elias Lönnrot based to poems he and his helpers collected from various areas, mainly in Eastern Finland, Karelia and Ingria. Text in Russian and Finnish. 583 pp.
89: Societas Kalevalensis / SKS, 1986. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust jacket has some rubbing and wear on the edges, small tear. Text in Latin. 365 pp.
56: Gallimard, 1991. 1st Edition. Soft cover. The most recent French translation of the Finnish epic. Two-volume set. A complete translation, with an extensive introduction and explanatory part. 437 + 468 pp. Inscribed in Finnish and signed by the translator on the flyleaf of the first tome. Some general wear.....
18: Marstin Press, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Extremely rare Yiddish translation of the Finnish epic! Product of the master printer Israel London and his Marstin Press in New York. This work is introduced by Yankev Shatski and ornamented by several artists. Translator Hers Rosenfeld learned Finnish at Columbia to facilitate.....
52: Taasisi ya Uchunguzi wa Kiswahili, Chuo Kikuu cha Dar es Salaam, 1992. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Quite rare Swahili language translation of a selection of poems from the Finnish epic! 223 pp. Moderate wear to the covers, general condition very nice!
55: Atlantis, 1999. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Modern Swedish translation of the Finnish epic. First complete Swedish translation since 1860s. Inscribed and signed by the Finnish-Swedish poet Lars Huldén on the title page. Huldén completed the translation with his son Mats. 383 pp. Moderate wear on the dust jacket.
11: The Alternative Press, 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Extremely rare Tamil language translation of the Finnish epic! Short English introduction. Very small wear, fine condition in general. Compiled by Elias Lönnrot ; translated into Tamil by R. Sivalingam ; edited with an introduction by Asko Parpola. 426 pp.
23: Helikon kiadó, 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Hungarian translation of the Finnish epic. Afterword by Péter Hajdú; notes compiled by Gábor Bereczki. Beautiful looking special edition in a gorgeous embossed fabric binding. Original cardboard case, that has some wear. The book itself is fine. 334 pp.