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1888réf. 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
réf. 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
1898réf. 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
1802réf. 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
1913réf. 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
1968réf. 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
1869réf. 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
1935réf. 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
1891réf. 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
1872réf. 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
1880réf. 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
1871réf. 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
1910réf. WRCAM26415N.p. 1910. 32pp. 32mo. Original printed wrappers. Front hinge partially torn. Else very good. Small pocket prayer book in Micmac. unknown books
1930réf. 008986Berlin: Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften 1930. RARE. Published 1930-32. "On the Medicine of the Uighurs". Text in German.Two volumes bound in contemporary quarter cloth over marbled boards gilt lettering back beige end papers original wrappers bound in at rear. 2 25 2 plates 2 50 pp. 3 plates wrappers. From the collection of noted Inner Asian Studies scholar Denis Sinor 1916-2011 his bookplate front paste down and his signature at each title page. Sinor founded and directed the Asian Studies Research Institute at Indiana University and served as editor of the Journal of Asian History. Near Fine light wear at head of spine. . First Edition. Quarter Cloth. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Verlag der Akademie der Wissenschaften Hardcover books
1892réf. 006542London: T. Fisher Unwin 1892. The First Trade Edition there was also a limited edition of 100 copies. Very Good in the original salmon cloth with black decorations to boards; title in red on front and spine Unwin monogram likewise on rear. Color frontispiece. Spine darkened and red title dulled 3" tear top edge half-title page light foxing to end pages period interesting bookplate front pastedown. From the collection of the Richard M. Dorson Memorial Library Folklore Institute Indiana University the only library indicators being its stamp verso of frontispiece and blindstamp to title page. With RARE and important three page ALS tipped to front end page sent from Leland at the Hotel Victoria Florence Italy to Mr Sampson noted linguist John Sampson possiby dated 1899 with "99" after heading. "Dear Mr Sampson I have written and sent you separately by this mail that which I contribute to our book." He then discusses his wishes for the Preface and Introduction before adding "The Tinkers. This is quite unfinished. It needs a great deal from you. Please note that I have got some queer items as to the Tinkers of old times." In the next paragraph he mentions Shelta Shelta Thari being an esoteric language spoken by the tinkers which Leland had discovered in 1876. He goes on to ask "Can you send me an Old Irish alphabet' and later "I hope it will not take you long to put together what you and Professor Meyer will give" referring to Professor Kuno Meyer a German scholar distinguished in the field of Celtic philology and literature. Then an address in Hamburg Germany where he can be reached after June and "Sincerely Charle G. Leland". While I can find no book that these three men published together Sampson and Meyer did much work later to carry forward research and knowledge of the Shelta language and customs. A quite fascinating correspondence and ASSOCIATION COPY. . HOLOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED. First Trade Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. T. Fisher Unwin Hardcover books
1929réf. 250671New York: Henry Holt and Company 1929. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 326pp. No markings in text; blue cloth binding with very light edge wear to lower extremities. Very Good binding. Henry Holt and Company unknown books
1966réf. 234027New York: AMS Press Inc 1966. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/no dust jacket. No pencil or ink markings in text. Red cloth binding. Light edgewear to top of front and rear boards; Not Ex-Libary. Very Good binding / no dust jacket. AMS Press, Inc unknown books
1896réf. 008980Helsingfors: mprimerie de la Société de Littérature Finnoise 1896. 224 pp. text in French. SCARCE in the First Edition. Near Fine small loss of paper at head of spine top corner crease rear wrapper. Vilhelm Ludwig Peter Thomsen 1842-1927 was a Danish linguist and Turkologist considered one of the greatest linguists of all time. His successful translation of the Orkhon inscriptions opened the window into the Old Turkic alphabet. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. mprimerie de la Société de Littérature Finnoise Paperback books
1911réf. 008981London: Printed by Order of the Trustees of the British Museum 1911. Near Fine end papers toned slight fading to rear boards. Original red cloth boards with gilt lettering at spine. xx 100 2 Appendix pages. Interior clean tight and unmarked. Uncommon in lovely condition. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Printed by Order of the Trustees of the British Museum hardcover books
1952réf. 008983Wiesbaden Germany: Otto Harrassowitz 1952. Vols. I and II published 1952 Vol. III 1955. Hauer's classic Manchurian-German dictionary RARE in the First Edition. Three volumes in original printed wrappers Very Good small tears and wear ay spines. pages uniformly browning chips at wrapper corners of Vol. III. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Otto Harrassowitz paperback books
1991réf. 008979Austrlian Natl Univ Faculty of Asian Studies 1991. "The Urga text transcribed and edited by M. Go I de Rachewitz J.R. Krueger and B. Ulaan. With Word-Index to the Urga text prepared by I de Rachewitz and J.R. Krueger". Two volumes Fine as issued. Additions and Corrections sheet and Corrigenda slip laid in to Vol. I. Business card of Ruth I Meserve longtime Secretary of The Mongolian Society of Bloomington Indiana laid in to Vol. II SCARCE as complete 2 volume set. . First Thus. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Austrlian Natl Univ Faculty of Asian Studies paperback books
1962réf. 008978Wiesbaden Germany: Franz Steiner Verlag GMBH 1962. Near Fine slight wear to wrappers at spines. the wrappers coming away from the spines of both volumes. The prior owner signature and business card laid in of Ruth I Meserve longtime secretary of The Mongolian Society in Bloomington Indiana. Most pages uncut 2 pages noted with tidy scholarly underlining and annotations. Text in German. The Secret History of the Mongols. Part I: Text Part II: Dictionary. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Franz Steiner Verlag GMBH paperback books
1892réf. 008564Boston: Little Brown and Company 1892. Original brown cloth with gilt lettering and gilt decorations front cover and spine top edge gilt black end papers.The Ninth Edition of this classic work published in 1892 and the last edition edited by Bartlett himself. Very Good Plus small rubs to cloth prior owner name in ink top of title page dated 1894. A quite handsome copy indeed. . Ninth Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus. Thick 8vo. Little Brown, and Company Hardcover books
1949réf. 006594Bruxelles Belgium: Institut Royal Colonial Belge 1949. From the collection of noted semiotician and linguist Thomas A. Sebeok his signature in ink title page. A Professor Emeritus at Indiana University Sebeok was among the founders of biosemiotics and editor-in-chief of the journal Semiotica the leading periodical in the field. Very Good also from the collection of noted anthropologist linguist and ethnomusicologist George Herzog his signature in ink "Herzog" top of front cover stamped Herzog Collection at title page missing the rear cover. 119 pp with 3 foldout tables of gong types at rear the foldouts are Fine. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Institut Royal Colonial Belge Paperback books
1863réf. 12138Utrecht: J.G. Broese & Ghent: Willem Rogghe 1863. First edition 2 volumes 8vo; both volumes in contemporary red morocco a.e.g. gilt gilt decorations on covers and spines some staining inside back cover of Vol. I some rubbing light staining on covers and spines else fine. Proceedings from the fourth and seventh Dutch language scholars' congress held in Utrecht. The discussions include lectures on rewriting the Dutch grammar tautology education Dutch and Flemish dialects plus some original poetry. J.G. Broese & Ghent: Willem Rogghe unknown books
