‎Langage‎

‎Mann Thomas H. T. Lowe Porter translator‎

‎Young Joseph‎

‎New York: Knopf 1935. Black cloth blind-stamped on front gilt-stamped on spine lightly dulled a very good plus copy in good to very good dust jacket chipped at spine crown vertical tear and crease along spine. 1st American Edition stated. Hard Cover. Knopf hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 004986

‎Mauriac Francois Eric Sutton translator‎

‎THERESE‎

‎New York: Boni & Liveright 1928. Midnight-blue boards brightly stamped in gilt in green block on front spine gilt dulled 8vo. 208pp. Slightly soiled and worn covers nicks to spine ends a very good minus copy in good plus dust jacket detached along rear spine fold a few small chips to edges. NOTE: There is a 3" tear along the bottom fold of the front flap but it is fully attached thought the glare from the scan looks otherwise. First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. Boni & Liveright hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 004852

‎Living Language Staff‎

‎Spanish‎

‎Random House Information Group 2005. Mass Market Paperback. As New. Disclaimer:An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact; pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. At ThriftBooks our motto is: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Random House Information Group paperback‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : G1400021294I2N00 ISBN : 1400021294 9781400021291

‎Paz Octavio Ruth L. C. Simms translator‎

‎The Bow and the Lyre El Arco Y La Lira‎

‎Austin: University of Pittsburg Press 1970. 1973. The Poem. The Poetic Revelation. Poetry and History. Light-blue linen cloth black block on spine stamped in silver. Small 4to. 281pp. Gentle bump to one corner else a tightly bound sharp-cornered very near fine book in very good plus price-clipped dust jacket sunning to spine and extremities. Second Edition. Hardcover. University of Pittsburg Press, 1970. Hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 004718

‎Lamming George‎

‎Water with Berries‎

‎London: Longman Caribbean 1971. Purple cloth stamped in white on spine. 8vo. 249pp. Lightly foxed top edges binding slightly opened at half-title page else a fresh clean square and solidly bound near fine book in like dust jacket with a spot of wear at corners. First Edition. Hard Cover. Longman Caribbean Hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 004675

‎Perbellini Gianni and di Simone Giovanni and Rossini Roberto and HQ Landsouth Language Services Section Translation‎

‎Headquarters LANDSOUTH and Palazzo Carli; 1951-1991 40 Years of Existence‎

‎Verona: HQ Allied Land Forces Southern Europe with the assistance of Monte Dei Paschi di Siena 1991. Presumed First Edition First printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Antonio Belvedere Gian Battista Mansueto and Gui. 88 pages. Illustrations many in color. Map. Photographic Record. Bibliography. Format is approximately 8.5 inches by 12 inches. Carli Palace is a Neoclassical style palace located in Via Roma in the city center of Verona. The building was commissioned by Marquis Giuseppe Della Torre in the second half of the 18th century. In 1839 the building was purchased by the Imperial Austrian Authorities as the house of Supremo Imperial Regio Senato di Giustizia del Regno Lombardo Veneto. In 1853 the building became Field Marshal Johann Joseph Radetzky's residence the Lombardo-Veneto Civilian and Military Governor. In 1859 the Archduke Albrecht Duke of Teschen Commander in Chief of the Veneto Army established his Headquarters. The building maintained its military functions even under the Kingdom of Italy as the seat of the Corps Headquarters deployed in Verona. On February 22 1951 an Italian four star Army headquarters HQ was activated in the building but on July 10 it became a NATO headquarters named Allied Land Forces Southern Europe LANDSOUTH until 1999 when it was reappointed as JOINT COMMAND SOUTH JC SOUTH. The headquarters were de-activated on July 1 2004. Allied Land Forces Southern Europe LANDSOUTH was a military command of NATO's Allied Forces Southern Europe AFSOUTH command. Based in Verona in Northern Italy LANDSOUTH was tasked with defending Italy north of the Apennine mountains against a Warsaw Pact or Yugoslavian invasion. Following the creation of NATO in 1949 the Italian military was integrated into NATO's Allied Forces Southern Europe command and prepared for a feared Soviet invasion from the east possibly via Yugoslavia. Allied Land Forces Southern Europe LANDSOUTH was activated on 10 July 1951 to defend northeastern Italy and headquartered in the Carli Palace in Verona. The commanding general of LANDSOUTH was an Italian Generale di Corpo d'Armata equal to a US Army four-star general with an Italian two star general as Chief of Staff an Italian one star general as head of operations and a US Army one star general as head of logistic support. LANDSOUTH was under the command of AFSOUTH in Naples and supported by the Allied Air Forces Southern Europe's AIRSOUTH Fifth Allied Tactical Air Force 5 ATAF in Vicenza. HQ Allied Land Forces Southern Europe, with the assistance of Monte Dei Paschi di Siena hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 75536

‎Abe Kobo Donald Keene translator‎

‎FRIENDS Play‎

‎New York: Grove Press. 1969. First printing stated. A Fine crisp and sharp-cornered book in minimally rubbed Near Fine dustwrapper; not price clipped. . First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. Grove Press. Hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 004628

‎Zuraidah Mohd Don ed‎

‎English in a Globalised Environment - Investigating an Emerging Variety of English‎

‎Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya Press 2006. Paperback. New. A wide ranging collection of essays from staff of the English Department of Languages and Linguistics at the University of Malaya. The purpose of the volume is to demonstrate the varying theoretical and practical perspectives and approaches current in linguistics with a particular focus on English language learning and use in Malaysia. 381 pages Weight 0.9kg. Post free within Malaysia University of Malaya Press paperback‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : AS184 ISBN : 9831003829 9789831003824

‎Richard Winstedt‎

‎Dictionary of Colloquial Malay‎

‎London: Kegan Paul Trench Trubner & Co 1945. Hardcover. Good. A handy small dictionary of the Malay spoken in homes and the streets by one of the foremost British experts of the time on Malay culture history and language. Foreign origins of words and words used in dialects spoken in different parts of Malaya are noted. 176 pages Weight 0.3kg. Post free within Malaysia The cover has spotting and stains and there is a half inch tear at the foot of the spine. The binding is tight the text is clear and there is mild tanning throughout. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : ML226A

‎Asmah Haji Omar‎

‎Language and Society in Malaysia‎

‎Kuala Lumpur Malaysia: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka 1982. Paperback. Very Good. One of Malaysia's leading linguists gives an overview of the sociolinguistic scene in Malaysia with special emphasis on the role played by the national language Bahasa Malaysia. She highlights both the benefits of having a national language but also notes the problems that arise too and makes sensible suggestions for coming to terms with them. 205 pages Weight 0.5kg. Post free within Malaysia The cover has minimal wear and the spine is not creased. There is medium tanning on some of the preliminary pages before the contents page. Otherwise the binding is tight the text is clear and there is very mild tanning throughout. Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka paperback‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : ML4014

‎Benedict Topin‎

‎Haraban Kadazandusun 1050 Idioms‎

‎Sabah Malaysia: Kadazandusun Cultural Association 2002. Paperback. New. A collection of Kadazandusun idioms with translations into English. Examples include inturu korudai a chameleon's seventh change of colours i.e. an untrustworthy person; miakia sunsulit dancing river bird i.e. a habit of eating at others' expense and nababasan do loun fed up with old stale rice i.e. familiarity breed contempt. 67 pages Weight 0.4kg. Post free within Malaysia Kadazandusun Cultural Association paperback‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : ML4025

‎Sartre Jean Paul Louise Varese translator‎

‎THE CHIPS ARE DOWN Les Jeux Sont Faits‎

‎New York: Lear 1948. A bright crisp fresh very near fine book in lightly chipped very good dust jacket small scuff marks to front panel rear panel photo is slightly tanned. . 1st American Edition. Hard Cover. Lear Hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 004497

‎James T Collins‎

‎Bibliografi Dialek Melayu di Pulau Jawa Bali dan Sri Lanka‎

‎Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka 1995. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. A bibliography of literature on the Malay dialects spoken in Java Bali and Sri Lanka with the entries annotated in Malay. 213 pages Weight 0.5kg. Post free within Malaysia The book looks new and unread except for some minor scuffing of the text block. Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka paperback‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : ML3900 ISBN : 9836247939 9789836247933

‎Nor Azmi Mostafa‎

‎Bilingualism: Its Relationship with Intelligence and Academic Achievement‎

‎Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya Press 2004. First edition. Paperback. As New. Although in multi-lingual countries more often than not it is speakers of minority languages who are bilingual there's often a hope that the majority language speakers might pick up the habit as well. In this work the author argues that the chances of this happening would be increased if there were greater a consciousness of bilingualism in education and elsewhere and some planning that could increase bilingualism. The book includes suggestions of how to bring this about based on the author's research. 128 pages. For further details please see the scanned contents page Weight 0.4kg. Post free within Malaysia University of Malaya Press paperback‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : ML1877 ISBN : 9831001834 9789831001837

‎Raymond Kwok‎

‎Hokkien/Baba Sayings for All Occasions‎

‎George Town Penang: Raymond Kwok 2005. First edition. Paperback. New. 18-11-15. Penang's cultural hotchpotch is glued together by a distinctive creole known as Penang Hokkien. Although it's principally based on the dying Hokkien mother dialect of Fujian it's mixed in Malay English and Tamil to form a very distinctive dialect of its own. However to get the real flavour of the garrulous people who speak it a book like this one is essential. The book's 101 pages include such gems as Ark Kha Ark Chew Duck's legs duck's hands i.e. clumsy Ai Pangsa Ka-Lai Cho'ey Jamban wanting to sht then only searching for the toilet i.e. Doing things at the last minute Ai Th'au Chi'ak Eh Hiau Chi't Ch'ooi If you want to eat stolen food you must learn how to cover your mouth i.e. If you're unfaithful you'd better know how to cover it up etc.Weight: 0.3 kg. Post free within Malaysia. Raymond Kwok paperback‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : ML2356#11; ISBN : 9834286619 9789834286613

‎Kelly & Walsh‎

‎Handbook of the Malay Language‎

‎Singapore: Kelly and Walsh 1937. Eleventh edition. Paperback. Very Good. A once popular handbook for tourists and residents attempting to make a start on the Malay language. Now mainly a treasure of what was deemed necessary for communication between Europeans and Malayans at the zenith of British rule in the country. The book includes a brief grammar and vocabulary and handy phrases when disembarking from a ship travelling in a hack-carriage and while at home the hotel or the office. 75 pages. Weight 0.3kg. Post free within Malaysia The booklet is in quite remarkable condition with just a couple of small marks on the cover. The binding is tight the text is clear and there is mild tanning throughout. Kelly and Walsh paperback‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : ML412

‎Norbert Shadeg‎

‎Balinese-English Dictionary‎

‎Singapore: Tuttle Publishing 2007. Hardcover. New/new. This comprehensive dictionary was compiled by a missionary priest from sixty years of research during his residence on the island. The Balinese language has several levels to express the many degrees of status associated with the Balinese caste system. All levels are covered here.508 pages. Weight 1.1kg Post free within Malaysia but may incur additional postage charges when posted elsewhere. Tuttle Publishing hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : ID96 ISBN : 0804837813 9780804837811

‎CN Maxwell‎

‎The Malay Language and How to Learn It‎

‎Kuala Lumpur: Kyle Palmer & Co 1933. Second printing. Board_book. Very Good. Although the author may not be related to the better known Malay language authority William Edward Maxwell he does have a road in Ipoh Perak named after him. After a forty year service in Malaya he authored this unusual language manual in that it is not a comprehensive grammar or phrase book but rather a perambulation around the language dispensing tips on learning en route. The book was probably quite popular at the time since this book is its second printing. 94 pages. For further details please see the scanned contents page. Weight 0.4kg. Post free within Malaysia There are a few minor marks on the cover and there is slight bumping of the spine and corners. There is a bookseller's sticker and a neat personal stamp on the inside front cover. The binding is tight the text is clear and there is mild tanning throughout. Kyle, Palmer & Co unknown‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : ML2577

‎United States. Defense Language Institute‎

‎Romanian: Basic Course: Film Teaching Units‎

‎Defense Language Institute 1966. Wraps. Good. Staple bound. ii 62 p. Includes illustrations. Number 01R037 on front cover. This pamphlet was for the use of faculty staff and students of the Defense Language Institute solely for official purposes. It was not intended for general distribution. When issues it was not deemed releasable to other persons was not to be quoted or extracted for publications or otherwise copied or distributed without specific permission from the Defense Language Institute. From Wikipedia: The Defense Language Institute DLI is a United States Department of Defense DoD educational and research institution which provides linguistic and cultural instruction to the Department of Defense other Federal Agencies and numerous and varied other customers. The Defense Language Institute is responsible for the Defense Language Program and the bulk of the Defense Language Institute's activities involve educating DoD members in assigned languages. Other functions include planning curriculum development and research in second-language acquisition. Military film unites entitled Men Against Tanks Infantry Battalion in Defense and Production of Combat Intelligence were part of the 37 week Romanian basic course. The films were shown twice during the lengthy course once with the full sound track and later there was a silent running with students narrating portions of the film. Defense Language Institute paperback‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 66370

‎United States. Department of Defense. Defense Language Institute‎

‎French: Basic Course: Illustrated Military Situations‎

‎Monterey CA : United States Department of Defense Defense Language Institute 1969. Wraps. Good. No dust jacket. Cover has some wear soiling and pencil erasure residue. Staple bound. v 93 p. Includes illustrations. This pamphlet is for use by the faculty staff and students of the Defense Language Institute solely for official purposes. It is NOT for general distribution. This volume contains 19 military situations. Each one consists of a narrative a series of illustrations and a list of selected words. A list of abgreviations then currently used in the Frend Army and their meainings is at the end of the work. The purpose of this volume is dual. It provides the students with a basic military vocabulary as well as vehicles for reviewing the grammar of other lessons in the Basic Course. This is customarily used in the final phase of the course. United States, Department of Defense, Defense Language Institute paperback‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 63827

‎Fraser & Neave‎

‎Short Malay Handbook Roman Characters‎

‎Singapore: Fraser & Neave 1930. Hardcover. Very Good. Although Fraser & Neave is best known as a leading conglomerate in the drinks industry in Singapore the founders Fraser & Neave started the business as printers and only branched out into drinks later. This brief introduction by the company to bazaar Malay for foreigners deals with the grammar in about ten pages and then moves on to words and conversational phrases followed by an English-Malay dictionary. A handwritten Malay love poem and its English translation have been laid in the book. Similarly there is also a handwritten note on the Makara stone found in Melaka 128 pages. Weight 0.4kg. Post free within Malaysia The cover is protected by a plastic jacket which is taped to the inside covers and the tape has dirtied with age. The first and last couple of end papers have medium tanning. The binding is tight the text is clear and there is mild tanning throughout. Fraser & Neave hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : ML3406

‎Bulatovic Miodrag‎

‎THE RED COCK FLIES TO HEAVEN‎

‎New York: Bernard Geis. 1962. Boards very lightly foxed tiny stain to fore-edges else tight and Fine in lightly dust-soiled Near Fine unclipped dust jacket. 1st American Edition stated. Hard Cover. Bernard Geis. Hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 004450

‎Saramago Jose Giovanni Pontiero translator‎

‎Baltasar and Blimunda‎

‎San Diego / New York / London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1987. Very lightly foxed top edges else fine in very near fine dust jacket. 1st American Edition stated. Hardcover. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 004440

‎Russel Jones ed‎

‎Loan-Words in Indonesian and Malay‎

‎Jakarta: KITLV 2008. Paperback. New. 3-3-16. This book is the culmination of a collaborative project of etymologists from many countries to compile a list loan-words from the Arabic Chinese Dutch English Hindi Japanese Persian Portuguese Sanskrit and Tamil languages that are now used in the Malay Archipelago. The main focus is on Bahasa Indonesia but many if not most of the words in the dictionary are relevant to Bahasa Malaysia as well. The project took more than 30 years to complete. Each word in the vocabulary is accompanied by its English translation its source language and a transliteration of the original word in Roman characters. 360 pages with a bibliography. Weight 0.8kg. Post free within Malaysia KITLV paperback‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : ML3226 ISBN : 9794617016 9789794617014

‎Cortazar Julio Gregory Rabassa translator‎

‎62: A Model Kit‎

‎New York: Pantheon 1972. Sliver of sunning to crown of spine cloth else fine in crisp and bright near fine dust jacket with minor wear to spine ends light tanning to spine and flap edges. 1st American Edition stated. Hardcover. Pantheon Hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 004313