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Fuchs, Stephen
The Aboriginal Tribes of India
No inscriptions or marks to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean tight copy with bright very firm red cloth boards with a number of small marks and no bumping to corners. Page edges very slightly browned. Dust jacket not price clipped with a piece missing from front and a smaller piece from top of spine. 308pp. This is a comprehensive account of all the aboriginal tribes of the Indian sub-continent. For ease of presentation they are divided into five separate groups depending on geographical region. Firstly is given a prehistory of India followed by the origin of the aboriginal tribes and the tribes are then described in detail.
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Trease, G.E.
Aids to Pharmaceutical Latin
Second edition. No marks or inscriptions to contents and no creasing to covers. Very clean pages in a tight copy with very faintly marked boards brown cloth and no bumping to corners. 170pp. This book was published to assist the writing of prescriptions in the common form of abbreviated Latin. Includes some autograph prescriptions for practice in reading. With a wealth of medical, chemical and biochemical terms translations from Latin to English and a section on Latin grammar as a starter.
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Bayan, Rick (editor)
The Cynic's Dictionary
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked, torn or creased with signs of handling. 128pp. Amusing new definitions for a little over 900 well-known English words, from a cynic's perspective. Examples include - Politician : a bundle of gaseous ambition cleverly packaged as a public servant or a corporate manager, - Neurotic : sane but unhappy about it, - Lottery : the equivalent of betting that the next pope will be from Dingwall, - Cult Film - a movie seen about fifty times by about that many people.
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Donaldson, Ethelbert Talbot
Essays and Studies 1976
Neat school stamp to three pages and English Dept on front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked with a little rubbing and small nicks to some edges. 121pp. Volume twenty-nine of the new series of essays and studies collected for The English Association .
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Demeude, Hugues
The Animated Alphabet
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked, very lightly indented boards and no bumping to corners. 174pp. An excellent study providing a historical text and a vast range of beautifully reproduced examples of illuminated and ornamental letters from the eighth to the twentieth century.
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Yates, May (editor) and Gibson, Wilfrid (intro)
A Lancashire Anthology
Light foxing to page edges. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean tight copy with slight faded slightly rubbed boards, dusty top of page edges and minor bumping to lower corners. Very scarce. 344pp. Lancashire dialect poems from thirty-four named and some anonymous writers, some well-known, some more scarce.
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Patterson, Austin M.
A German-English Dictionary for Chemists
Previous owner's neat name inside front cover and (in pencil) original price. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, tiny nicks to upper edge of two pages and no bumping to corners. 541pp. Essential for the chemist searching German references or books.
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Freeman, Joan
Lettering & Calligraphy
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 127pp. Covers the whole field of lettering, calligraphy and illumination.
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Thurner, Reinhold
Structured Programming : Self-Instruction Course
No marks or inscriptions. Minor creasing to oversize part of covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and traces of storage. 234pp. Sel-instruction course of structured programming with some example taken from the DELTA Programming Language.
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Mills, David
The Place Names of Lancashire
No marks or inscriptions. Crease to upper corner of front cover, none to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 154pp. An A-Z gazetteer of the place names of Lancashier plus extensive background information about the history, patterns of settlement, topography, administration and language of the county.
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Miller, John; Waddell, Sid
Roots of England
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with slight traces of storage. 208pp. Based on the BBC TV production for which the authors travelled to twelve English communities where they focused on a few people in each locality to understand their lives and to reflect their hopes and fears for their particular patch in the future. Their travels included The Black Country, Saddleworth, Hoghton, Ashington, Whitby, Hull's Docklands Hull, Sidney Sussex College in Cambridge, Kersey, Bow in East London, Portland, St Just-in-Penwith and Guiting Power.
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Beer, Doris
T'Weaver's Web (Signed By Author)
Author signature on title page. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 48pp.
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McDermott, Bridget
Decoding Egyptian Hieroglyphs : How to Read the Sacred Language of the Pharaohs
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor traces of storage. 171pp.
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Hoffman, Mary
Reading, Writing and Relevance
Previous owner's name/date to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. Appears unread. No creasing to covers, fine crease to faded spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 108pp. A collection of examples of reading and writing projects from everyday practice of UK teachers designed to encourage the teaching of reading through consideration of children's own goals and purposes and to offer models to teachers.
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Tinley, Lynne
Not on Your Nelly! : Australian Animal Sketches and Sayings
Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. Faint crease to lower corner of front cover, none to rear or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 55pp. Australian language and birds and animals.
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Cavanagh, Bernard
Esperanto : A First Foreign Language for All Mankind
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 32pp. The case for an international common language and of Esperanto in particular as a universal means of uniting people of the world.
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McAdam, E. L. Jr. and Milne, George
Johnson's Dictionary : A Modern Selection
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with small indent to front and minor creasing around spine foot. 465pp. The essence of the original 2,300 page dictionary first published in 1755 by Samuel Johnson.
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Welsh, Jim; Elder, John; Bustard, David
Sequential Program Structures
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, dusty page edges, faded spine and no bumping to corners. 385pp. The design of program structures of a sequential nature.
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Langland, William and Brook, Stella (editor)
Piers Plowman: Selections from the B Text (Manchester medieval classics)
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, pages slightly tanned and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn or creased. 168pp. This 14th century poem, written in the alliterative tradition is here fully translated into normal English, page by page.
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Gilyarevsky, R. S. & Grivnin, V. S.
Languages Identification Guide
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, rubbing and bumping to corners and light tanning to pages. 344pp. Translated from the original Russian, this guide comprises more than 200 languages in which nearly all of the world's printed matter is published including the ancient languages which played an important part in developing national cultures and lettering. Scarce. From the Personal Library of the late John Dumbreck, Emeritus Professor of Russian Studies at the University of Manchester. We are also selling a large number of other books from Professor Dumbreck's Collection including some signed and authored works.
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Simmons, John Simon Gabriel
Russian Bibliography, Libraries and Archives
One page marked, removed, used elsewhere and re-inserted. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with slightly water-marked front board (see image) and very minor bumping to upper corners. 76pp. Bibliography of Russian works and works written elsewhere relevant to Russia. From the Personal Library of the late John Dumbreck, Emeritus Professor of Russian Studies at the University of Manchester. We are also selling a large number of other books from Professor Dumbreck's Collection including some signed and authored works.
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Nicholson, John Greer
Russian Normative Stress Notation (Signed By Author)
Presentation copy from the author to John Dumbreck inscription inside front board. Inlk highlighting to a number of pages. A very clean very tight copy with bright red cloth unmarked boards, slight darkening adjacent to spine and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn with faint cup ring to front and some rubbing. Tucked in is a personal letter from the author to Professor Dumbreck. 169pp. A detailed study of Russian pronunciation and linguistics. Very scarce in the UK. From the Personal Library of the late John Dumbreck, Emeritus Professor of Russian Studies at the University of Manchester. We are also selling a large number of other books from Professor Dumbreck's Collection including some signed and authored works.
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The Editor
Forum for Modern Language Studies : Scottish Number : Vol III No 3 July 1967
Initials JCD to front cover. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers, crease to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 201-318pp Scottish language, Scottish Gaelic, Scottish Renaissance, Scottish literature, Scottish verse etc.
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Given, Jennie (arranged by)
The Harp of the Glen (Clarsach A' Ghlinne)
Slight foxing to page edges. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and bump to lower front corner. 36pp. Words (in Gaelic) and accompaniment of twenty-five songs. Undated, ca 1930s. Very scarce.
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Wood, Nicola
Scottish Place Names (Chambers mini guides)
Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 96pp. Social history and language make up the vagaries of the place name of Scotland.
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Unbegaun, B. O.
A Bibliographical Guide to the Russian Language
Signed by JC Dumbreck inside front board. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, front end paper missing and very minor bumping to lower front corner. 174pp. A bibliography of the most importants works in Russian with particular reference to the student. Very scarce. From the Personal Library of the late John Dumbreck, Emeritus Professor of Russian Studies at the University of Manchester. We are also selling a large number of other books from Professor Dumbreck's Collection including some signed and authored works.
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The Editor
A Welsh Literature Exhibition - Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Frenhinol Cymru
No marks or inscriptions. Minor creasing to covers adjacent to spine. A very clean very tight booklet with very slightly dusty unmarked boards, rusty staples and no bumping to corners. 31pp. Catalogue of the Welsh Literature Exhibition at Colwyn Bay Public Library held as part of the 1947 Welsh National Eisteddfod. In Welsh and English.
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Hugo, Victor & Gaudon, Jean (editor)
Choix de Poemes
Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, faint rub to front, trace of label removal from rear and no bumping to corners. 202pp. Poems by Victor Hugo, text in French.
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Ministry of Education
The Teaching of Russian
Signed JC Dumbreck to front cover. A number of removable notes/highlighting pencilled in. Whole booklet with some creasing. Very clean very tight pages with sunning to cover pages. 55pp. The Report of the Committee appointed by the Minister of Education and the Secretary of Sate for Scotland in 1960. From the Personal Library of the late John Dumbreck, Emeritus Professor of Russian Studies at the University of Manchester. We are also selling a large number of other books from Professor Dumbreck's Collection including some signed and authored works.
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Dobbs, Lowell
Songs of a Lancashire Warbler
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 90pp. Poetry and verse from a well-known writer and orator of Lancashire dialect, whose real name was Malcolm Campbell (Mal-o-Bill's). Also a Glossary of Lancashire words and some old Lancashire sayings.
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Nordal, Sigurdur & Thomas, George R. (translator)
Hrafnkels Saga Freysgoda
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to sunned spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight foxing to end papers and minor bumping to upper corners. 75pp. English translation of this Icelandic Saga.
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General Register Office, Scotland
Census 1971, Scotland, Gaelic Report
Very small number of words underlined in ink. No other marks or inscriptions and no creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 46pp. Taken from the 1971 National Census when two questions were asked - one was whether Gaelic was spoken and the other whether Gaelic could be read. The discussion and statistical findings are presented here. Very scarce. All text in English, some also in Gaelic.
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Koischwitz, Otto
Die Bilderfibel
Name to front end paper and foxing to end papers. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. Clean very tight lightly tanned pages with slightly soiled boards, sunned spine and minor bumping to some corners. 122pp. A condensed volume of the two books Deutche Fibel and Bilderlefebuch, omitting the nursery rhymes and fairy tales. Well illustrated. All text in German Gothic script.
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The Editor
Meddelelser No 29 - 1982 : Current transcription problems: Proceedings of the meeting of the Transcription Commission of the International Committee of Slavists, Oslo, August 1980
No marks or inscriptions and no creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 53pp. Proceedings of the meeting of the Transcription Commission of the International Committee of Slavists 1980. Keynote paper by Professor John Dumbreck. Text in Russian and English. From the Personal Library of the late John Dumbreck, Emeritus Professor of Russian Studies at the University of Manchester. We are also selling a large number of other books from Professor Dumbreck's Collection including some signed and authored works.
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Thomas, Owen P.
Transformational Grammar and the Teacher of English
No marks or inscriptions. Tiny faint crease to upper corner of front cover, none to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 240pp. An in-depth work designed for the pupil and the teacher of English.
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Drage, CL & Vickery, WN
An XVIIIth Century Russian Reader
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers, creasing to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 346pp. Sixty eight pieces of prose and verse from Russian writers, text in Russian. Notes in English over 160 pages.
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Scragg, D.G.
A History of English Spelling
At first glance, the book appears in fine condition but some pages are highlighted in ink. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor traces of storage. 130pp. An outline history of English spelling from the Anglo-Saxons adoption of the Roman alphabet to the present day, showing the respective influences of native French and Latin.
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Haas, William H.
Phono-graphic Translation (Mont Follick Series)
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn or creased with slight sunning to spine. 94pp. A study on the basic relationship between spoken and written language. Mont Follick Series, Volume 2.
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Haas, William H.
Alphabets for English (Mont Follick Series)
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped but not marked or torn or creased with slight sunning to spine. 120pp. A study of English spelling, with discussions about its reform. Mont Follick Series, Volume 1.
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Korolevsky, Cyril
Living Languages in Catholic Worship : An Historical Inquiry
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slightly dusty top of page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with very minor foxing to very slightly dusty covers and a trace of sunning to spine. 195pp. An expert historical examination of liturgical language in the Eastern and Western parts of the Catholic Church from the earliest times to the 1950s.
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The Central Gaelic Committee E.I.S
Gaelic Poems for Interpretation
No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright boards, very small mark to lower rear edge and no bumping to corners. 99pp. Poems in Gaelic and questions for students about them in English.
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Auty, Robert & Fennell, JLI & Simmons, JSG (editors)
Oxford Slavonic Papers : New Series : Volume I (One)
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with fading to spine and rubbing/storage effect to front and rear. 140pp. Devoted to the publication of articles and documents relating to the languages, literatures, culture and history of Russia and the other Slavonic countries.
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Auty, Robert & Fennell, JLI & Simmons, JSG (editors)
Oxford Slavonic Papers : New Series : Volume II (Two)
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with tiny nick to lower front edge and traces of storage. 124 plates of artwork plus 120pp. Devoted to the publication of articles and documents relating to the languages, literatures, culture and history of Russia and the other Slavonic countries.
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Palmer, H. E.
The Principles of Language-Study
No marks or inscriptions and no creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 142pp.
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Eggeling, H. F.
A Dictionary of Modern German Prose Usage
Highlighting to a small number of pages. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Slightly dusty dust jacket not price clipped or marked or creased with nicks and rubbing to upper and lower edges. 418pp. A reliable, comprehensive guide to correct Modern German Usage dealing with the grammatical and syntactical difficulties facing students in writing German plus the historical background of words and phrases.
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DeFleur, Melvin L.; Kearney, Patricia; Plax, Timothy G.
Fundamentals of Human Communication
No marks or inscriptions. Creasing to covers, none to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 491pp. How we communicate and improving communication with practical examples. Well illustrated.
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MacThomais, Ruaraidh (editor)
Gairm : Summer 1959 - No 28
No marks or inscriptions and no creasing to covers. Clean tight pages with very slightly dusty boards and no bumping to corners. 96pp. Gaelic magazine from a series which have features on literature, history, fashion, nature, music, politics, transport and travel etc. Most of text in Scottish Gaelic.
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MacThomais, Ruaraidh (editor)
Gairm : Winter 1959 - No 30
Name and number 30 in ink on front cover. No marks or inscriptions to contents and no creasing to covers. Clean tight pages with very slightly dusty boards and no bumping to corners. 96pp. Gaelic magazine from a series which have features on literature, history, fashion, nature, music, politics, transport and travel etc. Most of text in Scottish Gaelic.
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MacThomais, Ruaraidh (editor)
Gairm : Spring 1960 - No 31
Name and number 31 in ink on front cover. No marks or inscriptions to contents and no creasing to covers. Clean tight pages with no bumping to corners. 96pp. Gaelic magazine from a series which have features on literature, history, fashion, nature, music, politics, transport and travel etc. Most of text in Scottish Gaelic.
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MacThomais, Ruaraidh (editor)
Gairm : Summer 1960 - No 32
Name and number 32 in ink on front cover. No marks or inscriptions to contents and no creasing to covers. Clean tight pages with slight bumping to spine ends no bumping to corners. 96pp. Gaelic magazine from a series which have features on literature, history, fashion, nature, music, politics, transport and travel etc. Most of text in Scottish Gaelic.
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