The City in Slang: New York Life and Popular Speech.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. Some illustrations. 307 pages. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
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Gradus ad Cantabrigiam: or, A Dictionary of Terms, Academical and Colloquial, or Cant, Which Are Used at the University of Cambridge.; WITH 3 other titles: Specimens of the Yorkshire Dialect; BOBBIN. Plebeian Politics; BOBBIN. The Lancashire Dialect.
London: W. J. Richardson, 1803. With a variety of Curious and Entertaining Illustrations (LACKING). 140 pages, WITH 3 other titles listed below. Slim 12mo, full brown polished calf, ornately gilt spine, rubricated edges; inner hinges strengthened. London: W.J. Richardson, 1803. First Edition. A nice clean copy of a very scarce book. Specimens of the Yorkshire Dialect...Likewise A Glossary...to Which is Added Ducks and Green Peas; or the Newcastle Rider also The Newcastle Apothecary. 24 pages. Knaresbrough: Langdale, 1844. Fifth Edition..... More
The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World
Princeton: University Press, 2007. Illustrated profusely in black and white. xii, 553 pages. 8vo, green cloth with gilt writing at spine, d.w. (lightly toned at upper edge). A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
A Practical Armenian and English Book; With over 1000 illustrations - Learn Armenian in Your Home
Birmingham, MI: George D. Baylerian, 1971. Illustrated. 176 pages. 8vo, printed blue cloth, dust wrapper; wrapper shows some light wear at top edge. Birmingham, MI: George D. Bayerian, (1971). A near fine copy in a very good wrapper. Signed by the author inside front cover: "with compliments George D. Bayerian. More
The Spanish Language of New Mexico and Southern Colorado: A Linguistic Atlas
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico, 2008. Maps and tables throughout. 383 pages. 4to, blue cloth with gilt lettering. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, (2008). A fine copy lacking the dust wrapper. More
A Comprehensive Annotated Bibliography of American Black English.
8vo, cloth, d.w. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State UP, (1974). More
Dante's Craft: Studies in Laguage and Style.
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota, 1969. 215pp. 8vo, pictorial boards, d.w. (a bit rubbed and lightly worn) Minneapolis: University of Minnesota, (1969). Very good(+) copy in very good d.w. More
Theorie de la Declinaison des Noms en Grec et en Latin. D'Apres les Principes de la Philologie Comparee
Paris: College de France, 1875. 126 pages. 8vo, original gray printed wrappers; pages unopened. Paris: College de France, 1875. A near fine copy. More
Racial Proverbs: A Selection of the World's Proverbs arranged Linguistically.
London: Routledge, 1966. Folding frontispiece map, 767pp., thick 8vo, brown cloth. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, (1966). Reprint. Very good (+). Text in double columns, with authoritative introductions to the proverbs of 27 countries and races. More
Democratic Eloquence; The Fight over Popular Speech in Nineteenth-Century America.
8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: William Morrow, (1990). vg. More
Newspaper Chinese, by the Inductive Method
Chicago: University of Chicago, 1948. viii + 265 pages, 8vo, tan cloth; ownership stamp front free endpaper, covers edgeworn. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1948). Third impression. Internally clean, and unmarked, a very good copy. More
A Grammar of the English Language.; I: Parts of Speech.II: Syntax.
Essex: Verbaitum, 1986. Two volumes. 624 pages. 8vo, brown boards, yellow graphic d.w. (lightly edge worn). Essex, CT: Verbaitum, (1986). A fine set in near fine dust wrappers. More
Lyon et l'illustration de la langue francaise a la Renaissance
Lyon: ENS Editions, 2003. Illustrated sparsely in b/w. 537pp. Thick 8vo, stiff wrappers. (Lyon: ENS Editions, 2003). A fine copy. Collection Langages dirigee par Bernard Colombat et Pierre Lafon. More
Dictionaire Neologique A l'usage des beaux Esprits de Siecle. Avec l'eloge Historique de Pantalon-Phoebus
Amsterdam: Michel Charles le Cene, 1747. 428pp., 12mo, full mottled leather with gilt-decorated spine; bookplate inside front cover, some minor and scattered foxing, a very few small dampstains. Amsterdam: Michel Charles le Cene, 1747. Nouvelle Edition. More
England, Their England: Commentaries on English Language and Literature.
365pp. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. N.Y., 1988. More
Farnsworth's Classical English Style
Boston: David R. Godine, 2020. xvi, 145 pages. Slim 8vo, green-cloth backed boards, d.w. Boston: David R. Godine, (2020). Fine in a near fine dust wrapper. More
The Party of the First Part; The Curious World of Legalese
New York: Henry Holt, 2007. 8vo, two-toned boards, d.w. New York: Henry Holt, (2007). Fine. More
The Klamath Indians of Southwestern Oregon.
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
Principia Grammatices Neo-Persicae cum metrorum doctrina et dialogis persicis.
Helsinki: Frenckelliana, 1845. Some folding tables, 352pp., 8vo, 1/2 leather, marbled boards; (hinges rubbed, some foxing). Helsingforsiae: Frenckelliana, 1845. A very good(-) copy. More
The Voices of History: Great Speeches of the English Language.
New York: Stein & Day, 1980. xxiv + 262 pages. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: Stein & Day, (1980). A very good (+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Faint Clews & Indirections: Manuscripts of Walt Whitman and His Family.
250pp. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. Durham: Duke UP, 1949. First edition. A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
The Book of Chilam Balam of Chumayel.
Philadelphia: University Museum, 1913. Illustrated with 107 facsimiles. 11 page introduction. Short 4to, original printed wrappers (chipped at edges, spine re-backed in modern blue cloth, ex-library stamps). Philadelphia: University Museum, 1913. Good. University of Pennsylvania, The Museum, Anthropological Pub., vol. V. More
A Collection of Hieroglyphs: A Contribution to the History of Egyptian Writing. Sixth Memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund.
London: Egypt Exploration, 1898. 9 full-page color plates. 74 pages, thin 4to, cloth-backed printed boards; covers rubbed, worn, but sound, bookplate inside front cover. London: The Offices of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1898. Internally near fine, a very good copy. More
Problemes et Methodes de la Statistique Linguistique.
145pp., 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. Dordrecht-Holland: D. Reidel, (1959). A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. Neatly inked ownership signature. More
The King James Bible After 400 Years: Literary, Linguistic, and Cultural Influences
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. xii, 364 pages. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (2010). Near fine in a near fine dust wrapper. More