CARPENTIER, ALEJO
LE PARTAGE DES EAUX ; CHASSE A L'HOMME ; LE SIECLE DES LUMIERES ; LE RECOURS DE LA METHODE
Covers show light scuffing with lightly bumped corners, otherwise clean and neat. Text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind, binding is solid. Text is in French.
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Lindgren, Astrid
Jule Fortellinger; Julen Hos Pippi, Emil, Marikken Og Alle De Andre
188 pages in bright red binding, book shows very light use with light shelf wear only, no marking to the text/interior, binding is straight and solid. Text is in Swedish
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Xerardo Agrafoxo
Memorias do franquismo : a epoca do wolfram en Lousame : a corporacion de Noia en Meiras
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 939 pages, plus index. Text in Galician.
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Annie M.G. Schmidt
Minoes
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 150 pages. Text in Dutch.
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Boas, Franz; Yampolsky, Helene Boas; Harris, Zellig S.
Kwakiutl Grammar with a Glossary of the Suffixes (Transactions of the American Philosophical Society; New Series-Vol. 37, part 3))
Ex-library book with the usual stamps and markings. Bound by library in dark green buckram cloth. Re--print of the 1947 edition. The pages in this volume are 203 - 377. Photo of table of contents available.
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Pimsleur Language Programs: Thai, The Short Course
Ex-library book with the usual stamps and markings. Set of five CDs in clamshell case.
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Pimsleur Language Programs: Thai, The Complete Course I, Beginners/Part B
Ex-library book with the usual stamps and markings. Set of nine CDs in clamshell case. One booklet.
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Aum Sri Sai Ram
Sanskrit - English Dictionary: a Compilation of Sanskrit Words (in English) as Appearing in the Sai Literature
Book has clean covers, bumped corners, straight spine, solid binding, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind except for title page with a handwritten translation of author's name. 185 pages. In business for 20 years we provide excellent customer service and ship in packing material appropriate to insure your purchase arrives undamaged.
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Mufwene, Salikoko S. ; Richford, John R. ; Bailey, Guy; Baugh, John; (eds.)
African-American English: Structure, History and Use
Covers show light wear only. Covers and spine are uncreased, binding is solid and page block is straight and clean with sharp corners, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind excepf for three pages. 20 years in business, we provide excellent customer service and ship with packing material appropriate to insure your purchase arrives undamaged.
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Foster, John
He Whakamarama: A Full Self-Help Course in Maori
A clean, unmarked book wtih a tight binding. 214 pages.
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Becker, Donald a Narang, Gopi Chand
A Reverse Dictionary of Urdu
Book shows little wear of any kind, nearly new, with very light scuffing to covers only, otherwise as new in deep blue cloth with gilt lettering. Dust jacket shows light edge wear, is price clipped. Intro explains " The workd "reverse" in the book's title means that its entries are alphabetized as if Urdu in its Arabo-Persian orthography were read from left to right instead of right to left.... " " words are arranged alphabetically according to their final rather than their initial letters, "... (Thus) linguists interested in the processes of word derivation are provided an instant read-out of all important wrods ending in a particular suffix or stem. Poets and student of poetry may use a reverse dictionary.... 39,000 words. The body of the book is in Urdu, with no English or other language. 261 pages. In business for 21 years, we provide excellent and responsive customer service and ship in packaging appropriate to insure your purchase arrives undamaged.
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Canagarajah, A. Suresh
Reclaiming the Local in Language Policy and Practice (ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series)
Brand new book in excellent condition in every respect; straight, solid binding, text, interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. In business for 21 years, we provide excellent and responsive customer service and ship in padded packing material to ensure you purchase arrives undamaged.
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Baydoun, Abed Al-Hafiz
Arabic Student's Dictionary; English - Arabic, Arabic - English
"New edition" more than 38,000 words; book is in excellent condition with very light wear to cover only, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 856 pages. Illustrated in b&w, some color plates.
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Croghan, Vera
Teach Yourself Swedish (Teach Yourself Complete Courses)
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 330 pages. Creases on spine.
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Mendoza, Eduardo
Pryzygoda fryzjera Damskiego
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 290 pages. Text in Polish.
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Monnier, Michel
For a Better English: Resoudre Les Difficultes De La Grammaire Anglaise
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 126 pages. Previous owner's inscription.
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Chapman, Robin S.
Processes in Language Acquisition and Disorders
Book is nearly new with light scuffing to covers only, upper corners are bumped, otherwise solid binding, sharp corners, text/interior clean and unmarked in any way,
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Ingunn Lunde; Martin Paulsen (eds.) Paulsedn Martin, Andersen, Henning, Rutten Ellen, Lunde Ingunn, Roesen, Tine, Uffelmann, Dirk, Grelz, Karin, Witt, Susanna, ryazanova-Clarke, Lara, Gorham, Michaels S.; Et al
From poets to Padonki : linguistic authority and norm negotiation in modern Russian Culture
Book has bumped corners and light scuffing to covers, otherwise as-new with straight, solid spine, text/interior unblemished and unmarked in any way. 348 pages. Text is in English for non-Russian authors and Russian for Russian authors (about 1/3rd of the book).
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Daniel Binder; Christina Mangano
Sign Language Study Cards (Ace's Exambusters)
This is a boxed set of sign language study cards, part 1 only. Approx. 200 cards (I have not counted them.) Topics: alphabet, family, emotions, food, questions, holidays, seasons, days of the weeks, months. The cards are 4 1/4" x 3 1/2" and feature black and white photographs of the signs on one side. No date listed; circa 1990's. Clear tape on box.
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No Author
Punjabi University English Punjabi Dictionary
Ex-library book with the usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 764 pages with English words and Punjabi translations.
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Marquez, Gabriel Garcia
Contos Completos 1947 -- 1992
Book shows very light shelf wear only with sharp corners on the covers and creaseless covers and spine. Text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Text is in Poruguese
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Visual Education
English Vocabulary Cards
Boxed set of 1000 cards, 1 1/2" x 3 1/2" printed on both sides. Box shows some edge wear. I have not counted the cards, so cannot guarantee the exact number. No date shown - circa 1970s.
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Living Language
Ultimate Arabic Beginner-Intermediate
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 536 pages.
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Deschamps, L.D.
The 100 Most Common Grammar Mistakes Made by ESL Writers
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 255 pages.
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Partridge, Monica
Serbo-Croat Practical Grammar and Reader
Book shows very light wear to covers (in black cloth) only. Binding is solid and text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 228 pages, map endpapers. Contents are composed of 22 lessons with three appendices and vocabulary. Text is in English. Author is head of department of Slavonic studies, U. of Nottingham
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Melissa Sconyers
Chinese Handbooks / All-purpose Chinese Character Cards -- Set #1
Boxed set of 200 Chinese character cards with mp3 CD. Cards are specially tailored to Chinese beginners; each has one sentence for earch character, a metal ring allows a person to carry as many cards as is convenient.
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Spicer, Stanley T.
Masters of Sail; The Era of Square-Rigged Vessels in the Maritime Provinces
Book is in excellent condition with sea blue cloth covers. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows edge wear, scuffing, small chips/tears at corners, no large tears. 278p. with 27 illustrations in b&w, bibliography, glossary, map endpapers. Title page has previous owner's sticker. "Shipbuilding in the Maritime Provinces had progressed as an industry for almost 100 years when it burst into full glory during the middle decades of the nineteenth century. These were the years of the Golden Age of Sail, when wooden square-rigged vessels were being built in every town and hamlet close enough to water to float a vessel; when Canada stood fourth among the ship-owning countries of the world and Yarmouth and Saint John were among the world's great ship-owning ports."
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No Author
Woordeboek Coetzee Dictionary: Afrikaans, -- English ; Engels -- Afrikaans
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows light wear only, with a faded spine, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 320 pages with Afrikaan words defined in English and English words defined in Afrikaans.
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David Weale
Whatever You Say the Talk of Islanders 1975 - 2005
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, lower front corner has been bumped, otherwise exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. The Pithy, Profound, Poingnant, Preposterous and Propane Things [Prince Edward] Islanders Come Out With. 1300 quotes arragned by subject.
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Ehret, Christopher
Southern Nilotic History: Linguistic Approaches to the Study of the Past
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 200 pages.
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Geijerstam, Gustaf Af
Gustaf Af Geijerstam's Mina Pojkar
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Previous owner's name inside. 151 pages. 5 1/2"w x 7 1/2"h. Blue cloth boards. A beginning Swedish reader, with parallel text in English.
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Crowell, Pers
King Moo, The Wordmaker
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Unpaginated. 8 1/8"w x 10 1/4"h. "A primitive man makes words from the sounds of animals and nature and teaches the words to his tribe." [Publisher]
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McDermott, Lydia
Teach Yourself Afrikaans Complete Course Package (Book+ 2CDs) (TY: Complete Courses)
Book and two CD set are in excellent condition and in plastic case. CD's are guaranteed to be as-new. The book is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 288 pages.
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Baldi, Philip; Werth, Ronald N. ; Eds. Paul Hermann; Karl Verner,; Kruszewski, Nikolai; Ferdinand De Saussure; Roman Jakobson, Martinet, Andre; Henry M. Hoenigswald; Greenberg, Joseph H. ; King, Robert D. ; Kiparsky, Paul; William S-Y Wang;
Readings in Historical Phonology: Chapters in the Theory of Sound Change
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 376 pages.
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Flaubert, Gustave
Reisetagebuch Aus Agypten
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 234 pages. 4 1/2"w x 6 3/4"h. Full tan cloth boards.
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Padon, Thomas
Nancy Graves: Excavations in Print : A Catalogue Raisonne
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full dark blue cloth boards. 9 1/4"w x 11 1/4"h. 268 pages.
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rossard, Jean-Pierre (editor)
Motiers 1989: Exposition suisse de sculpture / Schweizer Plastik Ausstellung / esposizione svizzera di Scultura
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 192 pages. Black and white photos. Previous owner's label inside. Text in French, German, and Italian. 150 pages. Black and white photos throughout.
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David Matthews; Mohamed Kasim Dalvi
Teach Yourself Urdu Complete Course Package (Book + 2CDs) (Teach Yourself Language Complete Courses)
320 page book is in excellent condition with no sign of use or wear. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Two 60 minute CD are both in excellent condition, as new and guaranteed to function properly.
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Honko, Lauri ; Senni Timonen; Michael Branch
The Great Bear: A Thematic Anthology of Oral Poetry in the Finno-Ugrian Languages
Underlining in green ink to approximately one fifth of the text, mostly at the beginning. Full gray cloth boards. Edge wear to dust jacket. 788 pages. 8 3/8"w x 9 3/8"h. "These 450 poems, songs, charms, prayers and laments in the original languages and in English convey the worldview and an insight into the lives of pre-literate peoples in various stages of cultural and social development. The texts illustrated the beliefs, perceptions, and artistic genius of fiteen peoples scattered across Northern Europe from Scandinavia, deep into Russian and beyond the Urals, and of the Hungarians in Central Europe."
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Scragg, D. G.
A History of English Spelling
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Slight wear to cover. 130 pages.
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Cherry, Kittredge
Womansword: What Japanese Words Say About Women
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 150 pages.
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Oz, Amos; Fania Oz-Salzberger
Jews and Words
Brand new book is in excellent condition in every respect. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket is Fine. 232 pages.
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Carol E. Mayer
Fans
Exhibition catalog shows a little wear to the covers only; from the show of the same name at the publisher's museum Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 27 pages with 2-3 large b&w photos from the show. Contents include Fans from Asia, European fans, Fan making, Language of the fan, Glossary of terms.
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White, Emil; Hirsch, Trygve, Yakovlev, L. ; Rohde, Peter P. ; Maillet, Albert
Henry Miller - Between Heaven and Hell: a Symposium
Book shows wear to covers and spine. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking except for several words in the text underlined, apparently by a person who meant to look them up. First page creased (see photo). 8 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches, 102 pp. with b/w photo Contents include: District Judge Louis Goodman; Attorney Trygve Hirsch to Henry Miller; (two letters) ; An essay by L. Yakovlev 'Literature of Decay' ; Lord Chief Justice Wold, and The dissenting Judge Thrap on The Trial of 'Sexus' in the Supreme Court of Norway; "Henry Miller, Pornographer or Prophet" by Peter P. Rohde; Henry Miller, Superman and Prophet by Albert Maillet. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED on title/contents page by Emil White who was one of Henry Miller's closest friends in Big Sur. Miller dedicated *Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch* to him and was one of Big Sur's most notable characters and a local painter. After Miller's death in 1980, White managed his estate (Big Sur Land Trust) until his own death in 1989. The book documents different views and perspectives on Henry Miller and particularly his trials with on charges of pornography and obscenity. 12 pages of photographs of Big Sur and of Miller, including the location of Miller's impressive residence in the hills of Big Sur's coast and miller hauling groceries up the dirt hill to his residence in his underpants and another of him sharing a cigarette with a 10 year-old, as well as one of Mr. Miller using a French urinal, in a traffic circle with drunks... Dude!
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Ponge, Francis
Things: Selected Writings of Francis Ponge
Book is in excellent condition with slight age-toning to cover edges as the only blemish. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Publisher's page shows N.A.P.
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de Saint-Exup?ry, Antoine
Le Petit Prince avec des aquarelles de L'auteur
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Previous owner's name inside. Dust jacket shows edge wear and liquid spots. Age toning to pages. 98 pages. Text in French. Beautiful white cover with gilt sun and yellow, green, red, and blue stars and planets design. Colophon at rear of book shows date of publication to be May 23, 1953. A philosophical novella by the aviator, writer, illustrator and aristocrat Antoine de de Saint-Exup?ry. One of the best-selling books in the world.
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B?k, Christian
Eunoia: The CD
Audio CD in plastic case. Contains 11 tracks. "Stunning in its implications and masterful in its execution, Eunoia has developed a cult following, garnering extensive praise and winning the Griffin Poetry Prize. " [Publisher].
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Padgett, Ron; Clark Coolidge
Supernatural Overtones
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Staple-bound. Edge wear and slight discoloration to white cover. This book has the scent of nag champa incense. Limited edition of 500.
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Bohn, Willard
The Dada Market: An Anthology of Poetry
Ex-library book with the usual stamps and markings. Full teal cloth boards. Interior pages clean and unmarked; tight binding. 232 pages.
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Tejaratchi, Sean
Crap Hound #5: Hands, Hearts & Eyes
Revised second edition of this picture book for discussion and activity, and the debut release of Show and Tell Press, owned and operated by Chloe Eudaly, proprietess of the great Portland zine store, Reading Frenzy. Packed full of vintage and contemporary black and white graphics on the themes of hands (sign language, gestures, palmistry), hearts (valentines, sacred hearts, anatomical specimens), and eyes (eye charts, hypnotism!). 76 pages.
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