Structure, Verses, Agency Books

A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles, Complete, in Seven Volumes

Jespersen, Otto · 1961

$180.00 (€163.31 | £136.22 | ¥28,747)

London, England, George Allen and Unwin, 1961. Reprint Edition. Softcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Uber-scarce in the field, there being no copies available currently on-line of all seven volumes, thus complete, of this edition of Jespersen's magnum opus contribution to linguistic...

Scripta Philologica in Honorem Juan M. Lope Blanch, Tomo I, Tomo II, Tomo III

Traill, Elizabeth Luna, Coodinadora · 1991

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

Mexico City, Mexico, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, . First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Collectible set from the personal library of the noted Spanish-language philologist, Samuel G. Armistead; laid in is the shipping label that reached him at his D...

A Comparative Grammar of the Indo-Germanic Languages, Volume II: Morphology (Stem-Formation and Inflexion), Part I; Volume III, Part II; Volume IV, Morphology, Part III

Brugmann, Karl · 1897

$180.00 (€163.31 | £136.22 | ¥28,747)

London, England, David Nutt, . First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Uber-scarce in the trade in an original edition and publisher's fine binding for the eventual customer, an English grammar school. A perfectly serviceable set of three reference copies, thes...

The Tongue of the Trilones: A Linguistic Study of a Criminal Argot

Coltharp, Lurline · 1965

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,472)

Montgomery, Alabama, University of Alabama Press, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Uber-scarce in the trade, there being currently only a single additional copy available on-line. Another fine contribution to the University of Alabama Linguistic and Phi...

Language and Dialect in Hawaii: A Sociolinguistic History to 1935

Reinecke, John E. · 1969

$52.00 (€47.18 | £39.35 | ¥8,305)

Honolulu, Hawai'i, University of Hawai'i Press, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Uber-scarce in the trade, there being currently no additional copies available of the true First Edition, in hardcover format, a handsome gray cloth over boards, with sharp...

The Esperanto Teacher

Stuttard, Mason · 1954

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

London, The Esperanto Publishing Company, 1954. Second Edition. Softcover. Size: 24mo 5" - 6" tall. Stated Second Edition of an extremely scarce primer in Esperanto language by an acknowledged master teacher thereof. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but ...

Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language in Miniature

Johnson, Samuel · 1805

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

London, Printed by C. Whittingham for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme et al., 1805. Nineteenth Edition. Hardcover. Size: 24mo 5" - 6" tall. Stated Nineteenth Edition of Johnson's magnificent work of intellect and language, published a half-century after its first appearance in...

Malay-English-Dutch Pocket Vocabulary of 20,000 Words (Compiled by )Published by Melbourne; Nd

N. Helsloot · 1930

$24.00 (€21.77 | £18.16 | ¥3,833)

Melbourne, Australia, F W Cheshire Pty Ltd, . First Edition. Softcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Compiled by N. Helsloot, Head Mlay Department at the Netherlands Indies Government Information Service in Melbourne, Australia. Trilingual, large, pocket-book-sized dictionary designed ...

Persian for You

Vaziri, A. · 0

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

Saadi Tehran, Hobbehaidar's Press, . First Edition. Softcover. Size: 16mo 6" - 7" tall. Skinny little pamphlet instructing in Persian language, brown printed wraps, dampstained along spine, rubbing to spine, else clean of interior. 48 pp. and complete with English to Persian,...

Grammar of the Tibetan Language: Literary and Colloquial, with Copius Illustrations, and Treating Fully of Spelling

Hannah, Herbert Bruce · 1912

$17.60 (€15.97 | £13.32 | ¥2,811)

Calcutta, Baptist Mission Press, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Dedicated to E. Denison Ross, "to whose interest in Tibetan it is due that this language has for the first time been introduced into the curriculum of a university. Dealer stamp, neatly a...

The Munshi: A Standard Urdu Grammar, with Exercises and Full Vocabulary, Which Was Officially Recommended for Examinations in Urdu

Haidari, Mohamed Akbar Khan · 1961

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,789)

Islamabad, Karachi, Pakistan, Haidari's Oriental Book Depot, 1961. Eighteenth Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and still fairly sturdy. Fine glue-repair between boards and spine, holding strong. Bo...

The Beginnings of American English: Essays and Comments

Mathews, M.M., ed. · 1931

$24.80 (€22.50 | £18.77 | ¥3,961)

Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Good looking, structurally sound copy bound in black paper over boards, white cloth-backed, with bumping to spine head and foot, sunning to spine, slight fraying to spine head, publi...

Lexicon Manuale Hebraicum Et Chaldaicum in Quo Omnia Librorum Veteris Testamenti Vocabula Necron Linguae Sanctae Idiomata Explanantur

Glaire, J[ean] B[aptiste] · 1830

$76.00 (€68.95 | £57.52 | ¥12,138)

Paris, Lutetiae Parisiorum, Ex Typis Eberharti, Via Dicta du Foin S.-Jacques, 1830. . Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A very handsome little tome, virtually certainly rebound, gussied up in brown marbled paper over boards, a fine red Morocco leather over boards, gilt titli...

The Queen's English: A Manual of Idiom and Usage

Alford, Henry · 1900

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

London, England, George Bell and Sons, 1900. Reprint of the Seventh Edition. Hardcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Stated reprint of the seventh edition of this uber-popular The author was then the Dean of Canterbury. Short hardcover format, blue cloth over boards, black and red lett...

Aspects of Hindi Grammar

Kachru, Yamuna · 1980

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

New Delhi, India, Manohar Publications, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities, slightly forward cocked. Bright and shiny dust jacke...