‎Langage‎

‎Matthopoulou Eusebiou‎

‎O Proorismos tou Anthropou‎

‎Athenai: Adelphotes Theologon e "Zoe" 1966 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue leather gilt titles on front board & spine dec. endpapers 420 pp. Original owners' names rubber-stamped on title page corners lightly bumped. In Greek language & alphabet. Shipping weight 2 lbs. 12th Edition. . Near Fine/No dj. 23½ X 16 cm. Adelphotes Theologon e "Zoe" Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : LAGK00007

‎Ungdommen og Fritiden: Betaenkning afgivet af Ungdomskommissionen‎

‎København: J. H. Schultz A/S Universitets Bogtrykkeri 1952 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Sewn in pale green printed paper wraps 331 pp. Covers browned & sunned spine ends chipped. Danish government report on youth & leisure time. Shipping weight 2 lbs. International 1 lb. 12 oz. Wraps. VG/No dj. 25 X 17 cm. J. H. Schultz A/S, Universitets Bogtrykkeri Paperback‎

Référence libraire : LADA00004

‎Falk, Hermann‎

‎Die Barke des Chalil Efendi: Alfred Brehm wird Naturforscher‎

‎Wien Heidelberg: Verlag Carl Ueberreuter 1966 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Tan cloth with brown titles on spine & dec. on front board endpaper maps 303 pp many b & w illustrations in text. Corners bumped. German-language biography or perhaps biographical novel of Alfred Brehm author of Brehm's Tierleben Animal Life a multi-volume work that went through many editions. Shipping weight 2 lbs. International 1 lb. 8 oz. . VG/No dj. Illus. by Gerhard Pallasch. 20½ X 12½ cm. Verlag Carl Ueberreuter Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : LAGE00089

‎Salamon, George & John P. Spielman, Jr. (Eds)‎

‎Quellen und Darstellungen aus Deutscher Geschichte‎

‎New York London & Toronto: Oxford University Press 1968 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Sewn in mostly black covers with red & white titles & a portrait of Martin Luther on the front cover xvi 281 pp 2 b & w illustrations in text 3 maps footnotes vocabulary index. Unmarked covers moderately rubbed. Source book of German history beginning with the Reformation mostly in German with preface and footnotes in English. According to the preface "The purpose of this volume in crystallized form is simply stated: to acquaint the student with the course of German history through the words and ideas of men who made it and of their contemporaries. To these 'primary' documents we have added passages from the works of historians that will provide the perspective of subsequent interpretation." Shipping weight 2 lbs. International 1 lb. 8 oz. Trade Paperback. VG/No dj. 21 X 14 cm. Oxford University Press Paperback‎

Référence libraire : LAGE00088

‎Nairn, J. A. & G. A.‎

‎Greek through Reading‎

‎London: Ginn & Company Ltd. 1956 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full orange cloth with black titles & decorations xvi 384 pp 35 photos 24 drawings 4 maps including endpapers Greek-English & English-Greek vocabulary grammatical index. Top of rear joint has a 2 cm tear to cloth otherwise very good. Book is divided into three main sections: Greek readings grammar and English paraphrases to be translated back into Greek. A few elementary readings are by J. A. Nairn; otherwise they are all selections from classical Greek authors. Shipping weight 2 lbs. 3rd ptg. . Good/No dj. 19 X 13½ cm. Ginn & Company, Ltd. Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : LAGK00006

‎Schutze Martin Ed.‎

‎Deutsches Dichten in Amerika Erster Jahrgang Erste Lieferung Oktober 1936‎

‎Chicago: The University of Chicago Faculty Exchange 1936 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Pale blue covers stapled through fold i 30 pp. Covers very slightly worn & browned about edges else fine. First issue of a short-lived projected quarterly which actually published only five issues from 1936 through 1939. Contains a prospectus by the editor three poems by Walla Slettebak one poem by J. Huber thirteen poems by M. William Cyvin and a short play by Dorothea Shultz. All contents are in German. Shipping weight 4 oz. in envelope. First Edition. Pamphlet. Near Fine/No dj. 19½ X 14½ cm. The University of Chicago, Faculty Exchange Paperback‎

Référence libraire : LAGE00082

‎Baker, Charles McCoy & Alexander James Inglis‎

‎High School Course in Latin Composition‎

‎New York: The Macmillan Company 1917 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Tan cloth gilt titles on front board & spine xiii 464 2 pp index. Somewhat rubbed & soiled scattered pencil notes student's pencilled signature on ffep & quatrain in French in ink on half-title. Contains a section on syntax followed by three sections of exercises and a glossary. Shipping weight 2 lbs. International 1 lb. 12 oz. 16th ptg. . VG-/No dj. 19 X 13 cm. The Macmillan Company Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : LALT00017

‎Segmiller, Walter‎

‎Kunst und Geschichte der liechtensteinischen Briefmarken‎

‎Schaan FL: Verlag L. Hilty WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. No date probably 1963. Sewn in mostly white glossy card wraps titles & illustration in black on front cover only 168 pp b & w illustrations bibliography. German-language history of the postage stamps of Liechtenstein. Scarce title. Shipping weight 2 lbs. Wraps. VG/No dj. 22 X 15½ cm. Verlag L. Hilty Paperback‎

Référence libraire : LAGE00084

‎Ragazzini, Giuseppe, Adele Biagi, Anna Ravano & Monica Harvey Slowikowska‎

‎il Ragazzini/Biagi Concise Dizionario Inglese Italiano/Italian English Dictionary Terza Edizione‎

‎Bologna: Zanichelli 2001 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. This edition copyright 1997. Dark blue laminated boards with white titles 1248 pp incl. 32 pp color plates. Original bookseller's sticker on title page corner of one section folded over before pages were trimmed so some extra paper left on edge of four leaves else fine. DJ in Brodart archival cover. In addition to the bilingual dictionary color endpapers present 196 flag arranged alphabetically by country and an atlas of colors and center color section is a brief pictorial dictionary. Shipping weight 3 lbs. 3rd Ed 7th ptg. . Near Fine/Fine. 21½ X 15½ cm. Zanichelli Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : LAIT00018 ISBN : 019860243X 9780198602439

‎Boule, Pierre‎

‎Die Brücke am Kwai‎

‎Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Lesering 1958 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Translated by Gottfried Beutel. Full yellow cloth black titles on spine & decoration on front board 197 1 pp. DJ slightly rubbed at corners & spine ends else fine; in Brodart archival cover. German-language edition of the French novel "Le pont de la rivière Kwai" "Bridge on the River Kwai" with a photo from the film illustrating the jacket. Fits in small flat-rate box. Shipping weight 2 lbs. International 1 lb. 4 oz. . Fine/Near Fine. 19 X 12½ cm. Bertelsmann Lesering Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : LAGE00080

‎Blanguernon Claude‎

‎Le Hoggar‎

‎Paris: B. Arthaud 1965 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Sewn in printed paper wraps 228 1 pp 32 ff b & w plates. Pink spot about 1 cm on top edge near fore edge else fine. DJ in Brodart archival cover. Study in French of life among the nomads of southern Algeria. The 32 leaves 64 pages of photographs are printed by heliogravure photogravure giving exceptionally fine detail and tonal rendition. Shipping weight 2 lbs. 2nd ed. Wraps. VG/VG. 21½ X 16½ cm. B. Arthaud Paperback‎

Référence libraire : LAFR00064

‎Steinbeck, John‎

‎Früchte des Zorns‎

‎Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Lesering WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. No date probably mid to late 1960s. Brown & white dec. boards black leather spine with gilt titles ribbon bookmark 544 pp. Small snag to fore-edge bottom corner of rear board bumped. German-language translation of The Grapes of Wrath. Shipping weight 2 lbs. International 1 lb. 12 oz. Reprint. . VG/No dj. 19 X 12½ cm. Bertelsmann Lesering Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : LAGE00075

‎Welskopf, Elisabeth Charlotte (Ed.)‎

‎Soziale Typenbegriffe im alten Griechenland und ihr Fortleben in den Sprachen der Welt Band 4: Untersuchungen ausgewählter altgriechischer sozialer Typenbegriffe und ihr Fortleben in Antike und Mittelalter‎

‎Berlin: Akademie-Verlag 1981 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Pale grey cloth black & red titles on spine 419 pp chapter notes. Top corners lightly bumped else fine. Lightly soiled DJ has tiny chip at bottom of front panel; in Brodart archival cover. Shipping weight 3 lbs. International 2 lbs. 8 oz. . Near Fine/Near Fine. 24½ X 17½ cm. Akademie-Verlag Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : LAGE00072

‎Dostojewskij, Fjodor Michailowitsch‎

‎Die Brüder Karamasoff‎

‎Gütersloh: C. Bertelsmann Verlag 1957 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Translation by/Ubertragen von Karl Nötzel. Full black cloth gilt and gilt on red titles 1024 pp. Slight shelf wear. DJ has a long 16 cm tear to front panel and a 4 cm tear with creasing at top of rear panel creasing & chipping to spine ends but the striking design is complete; in Brodart archival cover. What better way to brush up your German than to read a gripping Russian novel Shipping weight 3 lbs. International 2 lbs. 8 oz. . Near Fine/G. 19 X 13 cm. C. Bertelsmann Verlag Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : LAGE00073

‎Mitchell, Richard‎

‎The Leaning Tower of Babel and Other Affronts by the Underground Grammarian‎

‎Boston & Toronto: Little Brown and Company 1984 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Black boards foil titles on spine xv 279 pp many small b & w decorations. DJ has a small tear to bottom of front panel a couple of creases price blacked out in ink; in Brodart archival cover. Contains 65 essays concerning English language usage and education first published in The Underground Grammarian. Photo on DJ rear flap shows author bending over a form of type with tweezers evidently correcting an error. Shipping weight 2 lbs. International 1 lb. 12 oz. First Edition. . Fine/VG. 21½ X 14½ cm. Little, Brown and Company Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : LAEN00026 ISBN : 0316575097 9780316575096

‎Guizot, M. (Francois) (Ed.)‎

‎Collection des Mémoires Relatifs à l'Histoire de France depuis la Fondation de la Monarchie Française jusqu'au 13ème Siècle Vol. 29 Histoire des Normands par Guillaume de Jumiège & Vie de Guillaume-le-Conquérant par Guillaume de Poitiers‎

‎Paris: J.-L.-J.-Brière Libraire 1826 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Library. Rebound by library in brown buckram overcast sewing viii 460 pp. Usual library markings heavily foxed repaired tear in title page repaired tear & one other tear in margin of last page otherwise about very good as rebound. Two roughly contemporary histories of William the Conqueror in French. William a monk of Jumiège retold the earlier history of Normandy written by Dudo then appended a history of his own times beginning with the accession of Duke Richard III followed by his brother Robert father of the Conqueror. He carried the narrative on to King Henry I of England son of the Conqueror although there are doubts about the authorship of later parts of this history. William of Poitiers served as the Conqueror's chaplain. According to Encyclopaedia Britannica 11th Ed. 1911 the extant portion of Poitiers' chronicle "is valuable for details of the Conqueror's life although untrustworthy with regard to affairs in England. It was written between 1071 and 1077 and was used by Orderic Vitalus." Shipping weight 2 lbs. International 1 lb. 12 oz. . G/No dj. 21 X 13 cm. J.-L.-J.-Brière, Libraire Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : LAFR00062

‎Danjou, F. (Ed.)‎

‎Archives Curieuses de l'Histoire de France depuis Louis XI jusqu'à Louis XVIII 2ème Série; Tome 10: Relation de la Conduite Présente de la Cour de France etc.‎

‎Paris: Blanchet Libraire-Éditeur 1839 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Library. Rebound by library in brown buckram overcast sewingi 415 pp. Usual library markings including "Withdrawn" stamps otherwise very good as rebound. Also contains Projet pour l'Entreprise d'Alger; Relation des Voyages Faits a Thunis par le Sieur de Bricard; Relation Contenant Diverses Particularitez de l'Expédition de Gigery; et; entre Autres; la Retraitte de Trouppes Françoises par Monsieur de Castellan; Vie de François Eudes surnommé Mézeray; La Feste de Versaille du 18 Juillet 1668; Dernières Paroles de Monseigneur le Maréchal de Fabert Décédé a Sedan le 17 Mai 1662; La Vie de Monsieur de Molière; par le Gallois de Grimarest; Relation de l'Ambassade de Monsieur le Chevalier de Chaumont: La Cour du Roy de Siam avec ce qui s'est passé de plus remarquable durant son voyage. Shipping weight 2 lbs. International 1 lb. 12 oz. . VG-/No dj. 20 X 13 cm. Blanchet, Libraire-Éditeur Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : LAFR00057

‎Guizot, M. (Francois) (Ed.)‎

‎Collection des Mémoires Relatifs à l'Histoire de France depuis la Fondation de la Monarchie Française jusqu'au 13ème Siècle Vol. 26 27 & 28 Histoire de Normandie par Orderic Vital Tome II III & IV‎

‎Paris: J.-L.-J.-Brière Libraire 1825 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Library. Rebound by library in maroon 26 28 and brown 27 buckram overcast sewing iii 457 i 549 i 540 pp. Date of vol. 27 is 1826 vol. 28 is 1827. Usual library markings heavily foxed otherwise about very good as rebound. According to Encyclopaedia Britannica 11th Ed. 1911 Orderic Vitalis 1075 - c. 1142 was given the task of writing a history his Historia Ecclesiastica of the monastery of St. Evroul which begain with a brief history of Christianity in general and then of St. Evroul but the later books in this history expanded into a general history of his own times. Orderic becomes of some use to the historian beginning with his account of William the Conqueror and is one of the main authorities for events from 1082 through 1141. This translation into French is by L. DuBois. Shipping weight 5 lbs. . G/No dj. 21 X 13 cm. J.-L.-J.-Brière, Libraire Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : LAFR00061

‎Guizot, M. (Francois) (Ed.)‎

‎Collection des Mémoires Relatifs à l'Histoire de France depuis la Fondation de la Monarchie Française jusqu'au 13ème Siècle Vol. 22 Histoire des Croisades par Jacques de Vitry‎

‎Paris: J.-L.-J.-Brière Libraire 1825 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Library. Rebound by library in maroon buckram overcast sewing xii 406 pp. Usual library markings heavily foxed otherwise about very good as rebound. Jacques de Vitry Jacobus de Vitriaco having taken part in the fifth crusade 1218-1222 wrote the historical portions of Book I his Historia Orientalis sometimes called Historia Hierosolytima based on earlier manuscripts and documents but also included a traveller's view of the country its people & customs based on personal observation. Guizot includes those portions of Book II which deal with the state & mores of the West while omitting those dealing solely with specific religious orders and with theological controversy. Book III describes events that Jacques himself witnessed or was involved in and while many editors doubt its authenticity it matches in many particulars a letter he wrote to friends upon the taking of Damiette. Translated into French. Shipping weight 2 lbs. International 1 lb. 12 oz. . G-/No dj. 21 X 13 cm. J.-L.-J.-Brière, Libraire Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : LAFR00059

‎Reginaldi Monachi Dunelmensis (Reginald of Durham)‎

‎Libellus de Admirandis Beati Cuthberti Virtutibus quae Novellis Patratae Sunt Temporibus Legends of St. Cuthbert Publications of the Surtees Society No. 1‎

‎London: J. B. Nichols and Son 1835 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Ex-Library. Joint publisher William Pickering also London. Rebound by library in dark green buckram with gilt titles on spine xviii 335 1 pp. Usual library markings including "Withdrawn" stamps. Overcast sewing has caused sharp creases at the gutter of half-title & title some foxing to last two leaves otherwise fine as rebound. This is one of 400 copies that were printed of the first publication of the Surtees Society founded in 1834 in memory of Robert Surtees. It is also the first publication of a Latin manuscript by a 12th century monk of Durham relating legends of St. Cuthbert that were then current. Shipping weight 2 lbs. First Edition. . G/No dj. 22½ X 14 cm. J. B. Nichols and Son Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : LALT00012

‎Smirnitsky A. I. O. S. Akhmanova et al.‎

‎Russian-English Dictionary‎

‎Moscow: Russky Yazyk 1985 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Sage green boards gilt titles & blind-stamped rules on front board & spine 768 pp. Corners bumped else fine. Approximately 50000 Russian words and their idioms are defined in English. Most of the preliminary and end matter is in Russian although the preface a brief note on use of the dictionary the Russian sound-system & alphabet and notes on Russian grammar are presented in English. Shipping weight 5 lbs. 13th Ed. . VG/No dj. 27 X 21½ cm. Russky Yazyk Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : LARU00009

‎Kirschner, Ulrich‎

‎Mennesket erobrer Verden‎

‎København: Lademann 1979 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Translated into Danish by Jens Eisenhardt. Full grey cloth black titles on spine 128 pp profusely illustrated in color index. Edges of boards scuffed else fine. Shipping weight 3 lbs. International 2 lbs. 8 oz. . VG/No dj. 29½ X 22 cm. Lademann Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : LADA00002 ISBN : 8715081699 9788715081699

‎Carlebach Joseph Ubertragen & Gedeutet von‎

‎Das Hohelied‎

‎Frankfurt am Main: Hermon Verlag 1925 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Publication date is inferred from the Nachwort. Full grey cloth gold titles & green decoration on front board attractively printed on watermarked paper vii 135 pp. Joints rubbed and tearing along edge of stiff spine otherwise very good a few smudges to boards which are also sunned near edges. The Song of Solomon translated into German & expounded also in German by Joseph Carlebach. The translation and the original Hebrew text are presented on facing pages. Shipping weight 3 lbs. . G-/No dj. 28½ X 22 cm. Hermon Verlag Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : LAGE00069

‎Hitchings, Henry‎

‎The Secret Life of Words: How English Became English‎

‎New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 2008 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Grey boards yellow titles on spine vii 440 pp notes bibliography general index word index. DJ extremities rubbed; in Brodart archival cover. According to the DJ this is "a wide-ranging account of not only the history of English language and vocabulary but also of how words witness history reflect social change and remind us of our past." Shipping weight 3 lbs. International 2 lbs. 4 oz. First US Edition. . Fine/VG. 23½ X 16 cm. Farrar, Straus and Giroux Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : LAEN00025 ISBN : 0374254109 9780374254100

‎Gullvaag, Olav‎

‎Es Begann in einer Mittsommernacht‎

‎Bertelsmann Lesering 1962 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. "Det byrja ei jonsoknatte" translated from the Norwegian into German by Elisabeth Ihle & Dannis Sandberg. Attractively bound in decorative boards blue leather spine with gilt titles & dark blue rule ribbon bookmark bound in 413 1 pp. Corners & spine ends lightly rubbed. Fits in small flat-rate box. Shipping weight 2 lbs. International 1 lb. 8 oz. Reprint. . Near Fine/No dj. 19 X 12 cm. Bertelsmann Lesering Hardcover‎

Référence libraire : LAGE00066