Pei, Mario A. (Columbia Univ.) — LANGUAGES FOR WAR AND PEACE

NY, S.F. Vanni, 1945, 2nd Edition. [ ] Hardback, octavo, 663 pages, VG+ in G+ dj (dj in new protective mylar). Navy chaplain's small stamp to front pastedown, o/w very clean with sound binding, hinges intact. DJ edgewear, chipped spine-ends, some very light staining. Blurbs: "Not a book about languages: the languages themselves!" "Describes clearly and understandingly the languages of the world, classifies them as to types and families, tells where, by whom, and by how many people they are spoken." "A one-volume encyclopedic venture into the jungle of spoken speech of the whole world." RWR5 Foreign Language Languages Linguistics Reference Conflict Resolution Peace Studies Good Very Good