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
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
Cadmean Letters: The Transmission of the Alphabet to the Aegean and Further West before 1400 B.C.
Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 1990. Illustrated. xiii + 156 pages, 8vo, green cloth, d.w.; covers slightly askew. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 1990. A very good(+) copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. 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
The Origins of Knowledge and Imagination
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1978. xiii, 146 pages. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1978. Large gifyt inscription on front endpaper, else near fine in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Buckley: The Right Word; About the Uses and Abuses of Language, and About Vocabulary...
New York: Random House, 1996. Selected, assembled, and edited by Samuel S. Vaughan, with an introduction and sundry commentaries. xvii + 524 pages, thick 8vo, cloth-backed boards, d.w.; large dampstain to lower front cover, dust wrapper wrinkled. New York: Random House, (1996). First edition. Internally fine, a very good copy in a dampstained wrinkled good dust wrapper. Inscribed and signed in red ink, "For Oz, xx Bill" on a small plate pasted to front free endpaper. Oz, is Osborne Elliott..... 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
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
Guide to the Slavonic Languages
London: Dent, 1951. xxvi, 797 pages. Thick 8vo, dark blue cloth. London: J.M. Dent & Sons, Ltd., (1951). Signed at front paste down endpaper by previous owner. Some wear at spine and corners, overall a very good(+) copy. More
A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History
New York: Swerve, 1998. 333 pages, 8vo, black cloth, d.w.; a few pages with small highlighted check marks in margins. New York: Swerve Editions, 1998. Second printing. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. 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
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
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
Illustrirte Geschichte der Schrift.
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