Sentence Analysis in Modern Malay.
With Examples Drawn From Two Plays By Za'Ba. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Cambridge: UP, 1969. More
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Speak for Yourself, Daniel: A Life of Webster in His Own Words
1969. Illustrated. xix + 505 pages, thick 8vo, blue cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper worn. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1969. A near fine copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
A History of the Alphabet
Royal Typewriter, 1930. Illustrated by the author. 40 pages, thin 8vo, brown boards with gilt title on cover; lower corner and tail of spine bumped. Royal Typewriter Company, (1930). A very good copy. More
Dr Johnson and Noah Webster: Two Men & Their Dictionaries
San Francisco: Book Club, 1971. Illustrated. Contains a matched pair of original leaves from Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language and Noah Webster's An American dictionary of the English Language. 84pp., thin 4to, decorative blue cloth-backed boards, leather spine label. San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1971. A near fine copy. One of 500 copies. More
Maya Script; A Civilization and Its Writing
New York: Abbeville, 2000. Illus. 8vo, yellow cloth, d.w. New York: Abbeville, (2000). Fine. More
Introductio nova, oder: Neue ausfuhrliche Einleitung zu der Lateinischen Sprach... zu Nutz und Lieb der studirenden Jugend.; BOUND WITH Pauca Praecepta ad Graecam Linguam breviter discendam cum adjectis nominum per casus inflectendorum...
Munich & Ingolstadt: Cratz, 1757. 288, [24]pp index. Woodcut vignette on title and several other decorative tailpieces. BOUND WITH: Pauca Praecepta ad Graecam Linguam. 48pp. Woodcut decorations and 5 folding tables. Short thick 8vo, beautifully bound in full contemporary vellum with ornate blind-stamped designs on covers; metal clasps still perfectly functional. Munchen & Ingolstadt: Joh. Frank Xaveri Cratz, 1757. First edition? A near fine copy of this rather scarce book -- OCLC lists only 1 copy. More
A Pronouncing Gaelic=English Dictionary
Glasgow: Alexander Maclaren, 1948. xvi + 281 pages, short 8vo, green cloth; lightly rubbed. Glasgow: Alexander MacLaren & Sons, (1948). A very good copy. More
An English Grammar: Methodical, Analytcal, and Historical.
London: John Murray, 1874. With a Treatise on the Orthography, Prosody, Inflections and Syntax of the English Tongue. 3 volumes. Translated from the German by Clair James Grece. xii, 510; iv, 494; xvi, 571pp. Thick 8vo, original gilt-lettered plum cloth (a bit soiled an faded; spine ends neatly repaired; scattered foxing; ex-library with bookplates and stamps on title pages, otherwise very good). London: John Murray, 1874. Very good. More
Mesoamerican Writing Systems; Propaganda, Myth, and History in Four Ancient Civilizations
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992. Illus. 495pp. Oblong 4to, 1/2 green cloth, d.w., covers slightly warped, pages throughout are slightly wavy. Princeton: Princeton University Press, (1992). More
Nathlie Srraute and the War of the Words: A Study in Five Novels.
230pp., 8vo, cloth, d.w. Edinburgh: University Press, 1981. Near fine in very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Noah Webster.
New York: Mason Charter, 1975. Frontis. 8vo, tan cloth, d.w. dampstained and chipped. New York: Mason/Charter, 1975. More
El Espanol en Puerto Rico: Contribucion a la Geografia Linguistica Hispanoamericana
Rio Piedras: Universidad de Puerto Rico, 1948. Many maps. 346 pages, 8vo, blue cloth. Rio Piedras: Editorial de La Universidad de Puerto Rico. First Printing. Internally fine, a very good(+) copy. More
The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren
London: Oxford University Press, 1960. 11 maps. xviii + 417pp., 8vo, cloth, lightly edgeworn d.w. London: Oxford University Press, (1976). A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Grammaire Sanscritte
Paris: Maisonneuve, 1864. 238 pages with text in French and Sanskrit. 8vo, pebbled blue cloth (corners bumped; very neatly re-cased with most of original spine preserved; light scattered foxing throughout). Paris: Maisonneuve & Berlin: Springer, 1864. Second edition. A very good copy of this uncommon book. More
The Oxford English Dictionary.
Oxford: Clarendon, 1978. 12 volumes, plus a 4 volume supplement edited by R. W. Burchfield. 16 volumes in total. Tall thick 4to, dark blue cloth, Oxford: The Clarendon Press, (1978). Most volumes have dust jackets. A very good (+) set. More
Rudimenta Nova Linguae Latinae. Rudimens Noubeaux de la Langue Latine, Divisez en Deux Livres, par Exercices Latins-Francois, dans lesquels on Apprendra Tellement lesPlus Faciles Preceptes de la Langue Lantine.
La Fleche: Griveau, 1648. 278 pages, last few with several small holes. 24mo, full original vellum, darkened with age. N.p. Georges Griveau, 1648. Scarce. Very good. More
Principles of the History of Language.
London: Swan Sonnenschein, Lowery, 1888. Translated by H.A. Strong. 512pp., blue cloth (slightly rubbed at extremities of spine). London: Swan Sonnenschein, Lowery, 1888. Very Good. With the small opwnership label of art historian Meyer Schapiro, Light pencillings in the margins of a few pages. More
Bibliography of the Iroquoian Languages
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1888. Facsimiles. 8vo, later red cloth, original wrappers bound in. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1888. Very good. More
Bibliography of the Muskhogean Languages
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1889. 114 pages, 8vo, later red cloth, original wrappers bound in, cloth lightly soiled, front wrapper lightly soiled. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1889. A very good(-) copy. More
Bibliography of the Wakashan Languages
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1894. 70pp. 8vo, later red cloth, original wrappers bound in, cloth lightly soiled, pencil marks in margin of a few pages. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1894. More
Grammatica Linguae Hebrae: cum Notis et Variis Questionibus Philologicis...
Edinburgh: Hamilton, 1758. 256pp., 8vo, rebound in beige cloth, gilt-lettered spine; (small ex.-lib. blindstamp on title). Edinburgi: Hamilton, Balfour & Neill, 1758. Scarce. Very Good. Hebrew grammar, in Latin and Hebrew. More
Phraseologia Generalis...A Full, Large, and General Phrase Book...
Cambridge: John Hayes, 1681. [8], 1366 double column pages, including initial ad leaf. Very thick 8vo, full contemporary panelled calf, recased; (last few pages reinforced along fore edge, faint early stamp on title, book plate, early ink notes on flyleaf). Cambridge: John Hayes for George Sawbridge, 1681. First Edition. Very good (+). Wing R1616. More
Maya Glyphs; The Verbs
Austin: University of Texas Press, 1982. Many text Illus. x, 427pp. 4to, pictorial black cloth. Austin: University of Texas Press, (1982). First Edition. More
The Mirror, the Rabbit, and the bundle: "Accession" Expressions From Classic Maya Inscriptions
Washington, D.C. Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1983. Illustrated with black and white line drawings. 99 pages, small slim 4to, blue paper wrappers, spine faded to grey, top right corner lightly creased, affecting about half the pages. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1983. A very good(+) copy. More