Leipzig: Hartleben's, 1880. 15 color plates with tissue guards. 632 pages, tall 8vo, brown cloth, spine and front cover are ornately decorated in gold and black, blind-stamped back cover. Leipzig: Hartleben's, 1880. First Edition. Fine. A scientific presentation of the creation of language. More

New York: Henry Holt, 2007. 8vo, two-toned boards, d.w. New York: Henry Holt, (2007). Fine. More

map. cvi, 711pp. 4to, contemporary 3/4 morocco; (worn, front joint split, internally very good). Washington: GPO, 1890. First Edition. Volume one only of a two volume report. This volume is a study of the Klamath language. "...an exhaustive and outstanding work." DAB VII, p. 192. U.S.G.S. of the Rocky Mountain Region, Contributions to North American Ethnology, vol. II, part I. More

New York: Stein & Day, 1980. xxiv + 262pp., 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Stein & Day, (1980). A very good (+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More

107 facsimiles. 11 page introduction. 4to, orig. pr. wrs.; (spine rebacked in modern cloth, wrs. chipped, ex-lib). Philadelphia: University Museum, 1913. University of Pennsylvania, The Museum, Anthropological Pub., vol. V. More

London: Bohn, 1860. With observations on the French tongue, Eastern tongues and times, and chapters on literal symbols, philology and letters, figures of speech, rhyme, time and longevity. 388pp. (loose in binding), 8vo, original patterned cloth; (corners slightly bumped). London: Published for the author by Bohn, 1860. Good. Second Edition, augmented and revised. Gyll was a translator of Cervantes and historian of Buckinghamshire. This work is drawn partially from that of Prichard and Welsford as it relates "to the Sanskrit..... More

Munich: Gelder, 1690. 2 parts with separate pagination. [24], 256; 372, [91]pp. Thick 8vo, beautifully bound in full contemporary vellum with ornate blind-stamped covers, green edges. Monachii: Jo. Hermanni a Gelder, 1690. First edition? A near fine copy of this uncommon book. More

Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1981. Text in French. 182pp. Wide 8vo, stiff blue wrappers. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1981. A fine copy. More

Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1967. A Classification Based on Comparative Reconstruction and Lexicostatistics. Tall 4to, original stiff red printed wrappers. Ithaca: Cornell University, 1967. Fine. Southeast Asia Program: Dept. of Asian Studies. Data Paper #68. More

Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1988. vii + 270pp., 8vo, brown cloth, d.w. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, (1988). A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. More

Austin: University of Texas, 1976. Extensively xvii + 334pp., 4to, brown cloth; minor bumping to corners, ownership signature half-title page. Austin and London: University of Texas Press, (1976). A very good (+) copy. More

London: Trubner, 1888. With Tables Illustrating the Primitive Pronominal System restored in the African Bantu Family of Speech. Folding chart, 97 pages, even browning of title page and end paper, slim 8vo, green cloth. London: Trubner & Co, 1888. First Edition. Scarce. Very good (+). More

Paris: Fetil Libraire, 1778. viii, 275 pages with Roman and Italic type for the dedication; some typographic & woodcut ornaments throughout. 12mo, contemporary mottled calf, with flat spine & red morocco label, gilt, green silk marker. Paris: Fetil Libraire, Chez l'Auteur, 1778. First Edition. A very good copy in a charming contemporary binding (outer joints starting) with signature of J. Duff dated Paris August 20th, 1789 on the front flyleaf and the 1858 bookplate of Admiral Duff on the front..... More