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1994rif. 113484La Cuenca: Departamento de Difusion Cultural de la Universidad de Cuenca 1994. First Edition. First Edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. About Fine in pictorial wrappers. Two plays by K. Wishnia. Bilingual English-Spanish edition imported by The Imaginary Press East Setauket NY. Departamento de Difusion Cultural de la Universidad de Cuenca unknown books
1913rif. 47660Chicago: Nákladem a tiskem Aug. Geringera 1913. First Edition. Octavo 25.5cm.; original color lithograph wrappers;33826adspp.; illus. throughout. Wrapper extremities chipped with shallow one-inch loss to fore-edge of upper cover spine crown chipped a few interior leaves dog-eared else Good to Very Good. Text entirely in Czech. Czech-American literary almanac including a daily calendar cartoons poetry jokes short stories and articles on major events of the year among these the Great Dayton Flood of 1913. Literary content includes tales set among the early Czech settlers of Texas and the Czech upper crust in New York. Uncommon item in the lovely color lithographic wrappers signed "Nádherny" in image. Nákladem a tiskem Aug. Geringera unknown books
1899rif. 47658Chicago: Tiskem a Nákladem Aug. Geringera 1899. First Edition. Octavo 26cm.; original color lithograph wrappers; 240pp.; double frontispiece illus. throughout. Wrapper extremities chipped and a bit dog-eared with loss at both spine ends slightly affecting upper cover extremities a bit toned else Good to Very Good. Text entirely in Czech. Czech-American literary almanac including a daily calendar cartoons poetry jokes short stories and articles on major events of the year in this case the ongoing Dreyfus Affair and the Philippine-American War. Short stories includes tales set among the early Czech settlers of Texas Nebraska and Chicago. Uncommon item in the lovely color lithographic wrappers signed "Nádherny" in image. Tiskem a Nákladem Aug. Geringera unknown books
1888rif. 37326Cleveland: Lauer & Mattill 1888. First Edition. Octavo 20.5cm.; publisher's blue-green decorative cloth stamped in black; 4492pp.; frontispiece pictorial ads bound in at front and end of textblock. Boards rather rubbed and worn textblock uniformly toned due to poor paperstock childish pencil scribbles to preliminaries frontispiece starting to separate. Overall an About Very Good only copy. Text entirely in German blackletter. Lauer & Mattill unknown books
rif. 10550WW II Japanese Language Guide for American GI's. Army book 4 x 5" paperback unsigned titled "Japanese - A Guide to the Spoken Language". Published by the War Department marked "for military personnel only" Printed June 19 1943 about 60 pages with cartoon illustrations. In 1943 the War Department either used this for B-52 crews or already knew that it would soon conquer Japan it was already instructing GI's with basic language skills. Unusual. In very good condition. unknown books
1898rif. 006557London: Henry Frowde 1898. RARE in the First Edition. Very Good from the collection of the Richard M. Dorson Memorial Library Folklore Institute Indiana University its bookplate namestamp half-title page and blindstamp title page gilt titles and designs cloth a bit faded at spine end pages toned light rubbing to cloth at tips overall a well-cared for and lovely copy. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Henry Frowde Hardcover books
1802rif. 008944Walpole New Hampshire: Printed for Thomas & Thomas by D. Newhall 1802. "The First Walpole Edition from a Copy of the latest Edition printed in London." No copies in current commerce no auction records at RBH. Bound in contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards 155 pages. Good boards and spine rubbed pages uniformly browned throughout prior owner name small chips at edges of front end page. A complete and solid copy of a RARE Walpole First Edition. Shaw & Shoemaker; Early American Imprints. Second Series ; no. 1728. First Walpole Edition . Quarter Calf. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Printed for Thomas & Thomas, by D. Newhall, Hardcover books
1913rif. 008969Berlin: Verlag Der Konigl. Akademie Der Wissenschaften 1913. RARE. 111 pages with 2 plates. Cloth spine over printed paper covered boards. Near Fine wear at spine ends and corners prior owner inscription in ink top edge front cover. Friedrich W.K. Muller 1863-1930 was " a scholar of oriental cultures and languages who confronted with the texts discovered by the four German expeditions to Central Asia 1902-1914 was able to make groundbreaking discoveries about many languages hitherto almost unknown and to make a major contribution to the establishment of the philological and historical study of texts in Middle Iranian and Old Turkish and the study of original Manichaean texts. He is considered "the founder of the study of the Parthian and Sogdian languages as well as of Manichaean Middle Persian.Encyclopaedia Iranica. No copies found at auction or in current commerce. . First Edition. Paper Covered Boards. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Verlag Der Konigl. Akademie Der Wissenschaften Hardcover books
1968rif. 233436University of London: The Athlone Press 1968. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/near Very Good dust jacket. No pencil or ink markings in text. Blue cloth binding. Dustjacket price-clipped. Dampstain on front and rear covers. Large chip at top of front dj cover otherwise moderate edgewear to dj. DJ protected with Mylar Cover. Very Good binding / near Very Good dust jacket. The Athlone Press unknown books
1869rif. 1785New York: American Bible Society 1869. Very good plus. 65; 47pp. 12mo. Contemporary black morocco stamped in gilt and blind. Corners and spine ends rubbed. Light toning to text. A handsomely bound copy of two books of the Pentateuch printed in Dakota by the American Bible Society. The translator Thomas Williamson 1800-1879 was a doctor and missionary who worked with the Dakota Indians in Minnesota and helped develop the first written alphabet and grammar of the Dakota language. During the Sioux Uprising of 1862 he and his family were protected by Christianized members of the tribe who subsequently helped them escape to safety. He was instrumental in convincing President Lincoln to pardon twenty-five of the men who had been taken prisoner following the revolt and after Lincoln's death he advocating with Andrew Johnson for the pardon and release of the remaining men. The present two works are the first and only stand-alone editions of Exodus and Leviticus in Dakota published by the Bible Society thought they often are bound together as here. The translations appeared again in 1872 in an edition that also included Genesis and Deuteronomy; the entire Bible in Dakota was completed and published in 1879. Scarce. Ayer Dakota 28 Exodus. Pilling Proof Sheets 4160. Pilling Siouan p.78. American Bible Society unknown books
1935rif. 006562New York: Columbia University Press 1935. RARE extract. Paginated 389-515. Very Good Plus from the collection of noted anthropologist linguist and ethnomusicologist George Herzog his signature last name in ink top edge front cover sticker shadow front cover wrappers toned at edges. Printed on cover and title page as coming from Vol. IV pencil corrected to Vol. III. . First Edition Thus. Printed Wrappers. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Columbia University Press Paperback books
1891rif. WRCAM55543Desmet Id.: Indian Boys' Press 1891. 6255iv pp. Original pebbled cloth. Minor wear to extremities. Stamp of the St. Joseph's Mission in Slickpoo Idaho on front free endpaper. Very good plus. A rare and early work on the Nez Perce language. The basic text and the first titlepage are printed in Latin befitting a Jesuit work. Nez Perce is a highly endangered language with the estimated number of current fluent speakers at fewer than one hundred. As native speakers of this and other Native American languages disappear these grammars will become more and more important and correspondingly more rare. Some identify Anthony Morvillo as the author of this Nez Perce grammar including Edward Ayer; others credit Joseph Cataldo including Wilberforce Eames and Charles W. Smith. OCLC lists about fifteen copies under both authors. The work is exceedingly rare in the marketplace. AYER INDIAN LINGUISTICS NEZ PERCE 5. SMITH PACIFIC NORTHWEST AMERICANA 621. SCHOENBERG 79 the Decker copy. DECKER 37:147a. SOLIDAY 562. Indian Boys' Press hardcover books
1867rif. WRCAM45602New York 1867. 274pp. Original brown publisher's cloth stamped in blind and gilt. Extremities worn library call number on spine. Bookplates on each pastedown several ink stamps on outer leaves. Text clean. Good plus. For use among the missionaries in Africa. Mpongwe was spoken along the Gabun and Ogowe Rivers in French Equatorial Africa. hardcover books
1876rif. WRCAM52979New York: American Bible Society 1876. 32pp. 12mo. Contemporary three-quarter sheep and marbled boards spine gilt lettered t.e.g. Front hinge cracked spine and edges worn boards scuffed. Remnants of shelf label at spine foot Ayer gift bookplate on front pastedown institutional ink stamps on titlepage and second leaf. Front endpapers detaching. Light tanning. Good. A scarce translation of three New Testament epistles published by the American Bible Society. This is the first edition of the work translated by principally by Ann Eliza Worcester Robertson. This copy was given by Edward Ayer to the Chicago Historical Society in 1901 and was subsequently released as a duplicate. AYER INDIAN LINGUISTICS MUSKOKI 18. PILLING PROOF-SHEETS 3322. American Bible Society hardcover books
1875rif. WRCAM52981New York: American Bible Society 1875. 92pp. 12mo. Contemporary three-quarter roan and marbled boards spine gilt lettered t.e.g. Front hinge cracked spine and corners worn boards scuffed. Shelf label at foot of spine Ayer gift bookplate on front pastedown institutional ink stamps on titlepage and second leaf. Several front endpapers detached. Light tanning. Good. A scarce translation of the Gospel of Matthew into Muskogee published by the American Bible Society. This is the third edition of the work originally translated by R.M. Loughridge and published by the Park Hill Mission Press. This copy was given by Edward Ayer to the Chicago Historical Society in 1901 and was subsequently released as a duplicate. AYER INDIAN LINGUISTICS MUSKOKI 8. PILLING PROOF-SHEETS 2327. American Bible Society hardcover books
1880rif. WRCAM52980New York: American Bible Society 1880. 99pp. 12mo. Contemporary three-quarter sheep and marbled boards spine gilt lettered t.e.g. Front board detached corners and spine ends worn boards rubbed. Shelf label at spine foot Ayer gift bookplate on front pastedown institutional ink stamps on titlepage and second leaf. Front endpapers detaching. Some tanning. Good. A scarce translation of the Gospel of Luke into Muskogee and the only stand-alone edition of Luke produced in the language according to Ayer published by the American Bible Society. "A small portion of this work was translated originally by Rev. Mr. Ramsay with the help of an incompetent interpreter. It was retranslated by Mrs. A.E.W. Robertson with the assistance in correcting of Rev. Thos. W. Perryman and N.B. Sullivan" - Pilling. This copy was given by Edward Ayer to the Chicago Historical Society in 1901 and was subsequently released as a duplicate. AYER INDIAN LINGUISTICS MUSKOKI 10. PILLING PROOF-SHEETS 3325. American Bible Society hardcover books
1875rif. WRCAM52978New York: American Bible Society 1875. 73pp. 12mo. Contemporary three-quarter sheep and marbled boards spine gilt lettered t.e.g. Front hinge cracked light edge wear corners and spine ends worn. Shelf label at spine foot Ayer gift bookplate on front pastedown institutional ink stamps on titlepage and second leaf. Front endpapers detaching. Some tanning. Good. A scarce translation of the Gospel of John into Muskogee published by the American Bible Society. This is the second edition of the work translated by the Reverend W.S. Robertson and his wife. This copy was given by Edward Ayer to the Chicago Historical Society in 1901 and was subsequently released as a duplicate. AYER INDIUAN LINGUISTICS MUSKOKI 12. PILLING PROOF-SHEETS 2335. American Bible Society hardcover books
1887rif. WRCAM52677New York: American Tract Society 1887. 96pp. 12mo. Later three-quarter morocco and marbled boards spine gilt t.e.g. Front hinge cracking but solid light shelf wear. Bookplates on front and rear pastedowns. Internally clean. Very good. Edward Ayer's copy of this Omaha language tract containing sixty-two hymns as well as the Lord's Prayer and the Ten Commandments. The author William Hamilton arrived and the Presbyterian mission to the Omaha in Nebraska in 1853 and remained there until his death. He wrote a number of Indian missionary works principally for the Omaha and Iowa languages. AYER INDIAN LINGUISTICS DHEGIHA 7 this copy. PILLING SIOUX pp.32. American Tract Society hardcover books
1872rif. WRCAM52593Richmond 1872. 252pp. 16mo. Contemporary sheep spine with marbled boards. Spine and corners worn ends chipped. Internally clean. Very good. Styled the "sixth edition" on the titlepage. Hargrett credits this work to Alfred Wright and Cyrus Byington first published in Boston in 1830. Missionaries among the Choctaw for decades they are responsible for a number of works in the Choctaw language. The hymns with translator's initials at the end of each take up the first two hundred pages followed by the Articles of Faith the baptism and marriage rituals twenty-five pages of hymns in English and an index of first lines. GILCREASE-HARGRETT p.123. PILLING MUSKHOGEAN pp.99-100. SABIN 12867 ref. hardcover books
1911rif. WRCAM30579New York 1911. 1135pp. each number repeated twice with Dakota and English on facing pages. Contemporary black cloth gilt-lettered spine. Dampstain on fore-edge not affecting text small chip in spine. Very good. A later edition of this guide to the Dakota language. No translator is given but Pilling cites S.D. Hinman and J.W. Cook in his entries for editions of 1875 and 1879. PILLING SIOUAN p.37 ref. hardcover books
1880rif. WRCAM45684Harbor Springs Mi. 1880. 8pp. 12mo. Original plain wrappers stitched. Minor soiling. Very good plus. Chippewa language alphabet primer and syllabary likely printed at the Franciscan Mission in Harbor Springs where Chippewa and Ottawa children printed numerous prayer books pamphlets and monthly periodicals at the turn of the 20th century. unknown books
1850rif. WRCAM41217Park Hill: Mission Press. Edwin Archer printer 1850. 120pp. Lacks pp.17-18 47-48. 12mo. Dbd. Light to moderate foxing and soiling. Several signatures loose. Fair. The fifth edition of this Park Hill imprint printed entirely in Cherokee except for part of the title which is in English; this work uses Sequoyah's syllabary generally called the "Cherokee alphabet". The translators were Samuel Austin Worcester and Elias Boudinot. As a young man living with his parents in New England Worcester had met and become friends with Buck Oowatie a Cherokee whose name among Anglos was Elias Boudinot. Worcester studied for the ministry and after he had been ordained he requested a post among the Cherokee. Once there he set to introducing printing newspapers and expanded literacy using Sequoyah's syllabary. One of only 5000 copies printed. HARGRETT OKLAHOMA 145. PILLING IROQUOIAN p.172. PILLING PROOF SHEETS 4224. AYER INDIAN LINGUISTICS CHEROKEE 7. Mission Press. Edwin Archer, printer unknown books
1871rif. WRCAM27691Victoria: T.N. Hibben & Company 1871. 26pp. Original printed wrappers. Minor soiling to covers else very good or better. The earliest citation for the Chinook Jargon is George Gibbs' 1863 edition for the Smithsonian Institution but even there the preface cites an earlier version furnished by a B.R. Mitchell of the U.S. Navy also for the Smithsonian. The present edition is most likely a reprint of the first Hibben edition around 1871. As trading developed throughout the Pacific Northwest this little volume was in high demand. It was reprinted over fifty times this being one of the earlier editions. PILLING CHINOOKAN pp.21-23 32-33. T.N. Hibben & Company unknown books
1873rif. WRCAM45233New York 1873. 3681pp. Contemporary black leather cover stamped in gilt expertly rebacked in matching calf. Bookplate on front pastedown library ink stamp on verso of titlepage with discard mark. Internally clean and very good. The books of Proverbs and Ezekiel translated into the Zulu language by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Relatively scarce with fewer than ten copies of either title noted on OCLC and no copies appearing in auction records for the past thirty years. Not in Mendelssohn's SOUTH AFRICAN BIBLIOGRAPHY. hardcover books
1910rif. WRCAM26415N.p. 1910. 32pp. 32mo. Original printed wrappers. Front hinge partially torn. Else very good. Small pocket prayer book in Micmac. unknown books