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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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MacThomais, Ruaraidh (editor)
Gairm : Autumn 1960 - No 33
No marks or inscriptions and no creasing to covers. Clean tight pages with unmarked covers 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 1960 - No 34
No marks or inscriptions and no creasing to covers. Clean tight pages with unmarked very slightly dusty covers 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 1961 - No 35
No marks or inscriptions and no creasing to covers. Clean tight pages with unmarked covers 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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Bates, E. Stuart
Inside Out : An Introduction to Autobiography : 2 Volume Set
Volumes 1 & 2. No marks or inscriptions. Very clean very tight pages in both copies. Vol 1 has fading around the covers edges, Vol 2 with no fading. Unmarked blue cloth boards and no bumping to corners of Vol 2, bump to upper front corner of Vol 1. Untrimmed foxed edges. Dust jackets not price clipped but sunned and dusty with some tears and small piece missing lower front edge Vol 1. 288 + 346pp. Very wide ranging survey of autobiography and the Literature of Life with special attention to childhood, adventure, poverty, commerce, poetry, art, religion, the professions, country life, sex and scholarship.
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The Editor
The National Plan for Gaelic
No inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 69pp. A Plan for the furtherment of and the creation of a sustainable future for Gaelic in Scotland. Printed in both English and Gaelic.
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Bates, E. S.
Intertraffic : Studies in Translation
Name/date to front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, clear gilt lettering to spine and bump to upper front corner. 179pp. Discussion about translation and historical and more modern works from a world-wide perspective.
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Allinson, Robert E. (editor)
Understanding the Chinese Mind: The Philosophical Roots
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 very minor traces of storage. 316pp. A study in which nine philosophers with reputations in both Chinese and Western philosophy explore different facets of the Chinese mind by focusing on philosophy, linguistics and religion.
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Adams, Waldemar J. (editor)
Sohlman Interpreter No 2 : English, French, German, Russian
Previous owner's stamp on front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers, single crease to spine. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 266pp. Picture interpreter between the four languages English, French, German and Russian.
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Trounce, A. McI. (editor)
Athelston : A Middle English Romance
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers, light creasing to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked very slightly dusty stiff card boards and no bumping to corners. Untrimmed page edges. 157pp. Thirteenth century poem reflecting conflict between Church and State, written in Middle English. Publications of the Philological Society No XI. The text of the poem covers twenty-five pages, plus literary discussion, notes, glossary, appendix, bibliography and fold-out facsimile from the actual work in excellent condition.
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Egan, Gerard and Bailey, Andrew
Talkworks at Work
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. 147pp. How to become a better communicator and make the most of your career. Very scarce.
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Slater, Alan and Bremner, Gavin (editors)
Infant Development
No marks or inscriptions. Light creasing to covers. A clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 314pp. This study provides detailed authoritative accounts of major areas of infant development, divided into three sections - Perceptual Development, Cognitive Development and Social Interaction, Early Language and Emotion.
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Vincent E. Barry; Douglas J. Soccio
Practical Logic
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight foxing to page edges and no bumping to corners. 490pp. A study which attempts to balance rigor (the science of logic) with accessibility and usefulness (the art of logic). Aimed at the student who is studying the discipline, but as the work is as jargon-free as possible it is useful to all.
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Dornbusch, Rudiger & Fischer, Stanley
makrooikonomiki (Macroeconomics in Greek)
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 973pp. Fifth edition of the standard work from Dornbusch and Fischer. All text in Greek. Very scarce.
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Ludolfi, Heinrichi Wilhelmi and. Unbegaun, Boris Ottokar (Editor)
Grammatica Russica : Oxonii A. D. MDCXCVI
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped and slightly foxed but not marked or torn or creased. 134pp. The first Russian grammar ever published, originally in 1696 based on the author's personal observations during his stay in Russia which gives an accurate description of the colloquial language at the time. Also includes a phrase-book with specimens of that genuine colloquial Russian not found in texts. The Latin Appendix contains interesting information about Russia's natural resources and the life of its inhabitants. Scarce. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery.
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