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
LANGUAGE
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
Owen Barfield and the Origin of Language
Spring Valley: St. George Publications, 1979. 19 pages. 8vo, pink printed wrappers. Spring Valley: St. George Publications, (1979). A near fine copy with very slight sunning to edges and minor wear to lower corner. 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
Indians Names in New York, with a Selection from Other States, and some Onondaga Names of Plants, Etc.
Fayetteville: H. C. Beauchamp, 1893. 148pp. 8vo, original blue boards, spine rebacked in black cloth, small area of wear to bottom edge of back board, boards lightly soiled. Fayetteville, N.Y.: H. C. Beauchamp, 1893. First Edition. More
Quotemanship; The Use and Abuse of Quotations for Polemical and Other Purposes.
454pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. (Dallas): Southern Methodist UP, (1967). More
A Comprehensive Annotated Bibliography of American Black English.
8vo, cloth, d.w. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State UP, (1974). More
Kurzgefasste Vergleichende Grammatik der Semitischen Sprachen.
Berlin: REuther & Reichard, 1908. 8vo, original printed gray wrappers; spine spotted with ink. Berlin: Von Reuther & Reichard, 1908. Very good. Porta Linguarum Orientalium, Pars XXI. 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
Neo-Latin and the Vernacular in Renaissance France.
279pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w.; (lightly rubbed). London: Oxford UP, 1984. 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
Metaphysics, Reference and Language.
288pp, 12mo, cloth; owner's signature on front endpaper. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1966. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. 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
Les Parentes Legendaires Entre Cites Grecques
Geneva: Droz, 1995. xvi + 284pp., 8vo, printed wrappers. Geneve: Librairie Droz, 1995. Hautes Etudes du Monde Greco-Romain. More
English Pronunciation From the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Century.; A Handbook to the Study of HIstorical Grammar
London: Dent, 1934. Small 8vo, green cloth, ends of spine lightly rubbed. London: Dent, (1934). First Edition. ownership signature, else a very good(+) clean copy. 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
Introduction to the Study of Language: A Critical Survey of the History and Method of Comparative Philology of the Indo-European Languages.
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Hartel, 1882. xiv +142pp, slim 8vo, blind stamped cloth, gilt spine, rubbed. Leipzig: Breitkopf and Hartel, 1882. Very good. 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
Writing
London: Thames & Hudson, 1962. Illus. 8vo, green cloth, d.w. chipped and lightly soiled, a few pencil marks in margins. London: Thames and Hudson, (1962). History of the development of scripts in the Middle East and China. Also traces the development of the alphabet from the Middle East to Greek and Latin. More
England, Their England: Commentaries on English Language and Literature.
365pp. 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w. N.Y., 1988. More
Autographed Letter Signed
Philadelphia: 1821. A very intriguing letter, 3 pages, 9.5 x 8 inches, Philadelphia, June 18, 1821. Written to Richard Wharton, Esq., providing him with a translation of a letter originally written in Italian, by a person jailed in the United States on suspicion of forged papers, in part: "...My dear friend Philip Barber - I beg you will tell some of my friends that I am in trouble. I have been taken and they have told me 'La Tarocha' is..... More
Manuel des Habitans de Saint-Domingue, contenant un precis de l'Histoire de cette Ile, depuis sa decouverte; la Description Topographique et Statistique des parties Française et Espagnole; le Tableau des productions naturelles et des cultures Coloniales...; suivi d'un traite de Medicine Domestique appropriee aux Iles, d'une Pharmacopee Americaine; du premier Vocabulaire Francais-Creole...
Paris: Chez Arthus - Bertrand, 1803. Illustrated with 2 folding charts and 1 large folding map. [4], CCVIII, 216; [4], 406 pages. 2 volumes, 8vo, attractively bound in older 1/2 black morocco over green boards; blind-stamped spines with raised bands; marbled endpapers. iParis: Chez Arthus-Bertrand, 1803, An XI. Second printing of this rather scarce book -- OCLC lists only 3 copies of this edition. A near fine copy with minimal scattered foxing and toning. The treatise "Medicine domestique de Saint-Domingue"..... More
Traite des Conjonctions
Paris: Vrin, 2001. Introduction, text, translation and commentary by Catherine Dalimier. 491 pages, tall 8vo, stiff glossy white wrappers. Paris: J. Vrin, 2001. Fine. Histoire des doctrines de l'antiquite classique #23. More