Grammaire

Invariance, Markedness and Distinctive Feature Analysis: A Contrastive Study of Sign Systems in English and Hebrew. [SERIES]: Amsterdam Studies in the Theory and History of Linguistic Science - Series IV: Current Issues in Linguistic Theory - Volume 111.

RARE study of sign systems in English and Hebrew based on the semiotic concepts of invariance, markedness and distinctive feature theory, with emphasis on linguistic forms and constructions. The author - Yishai Tobin, is Professor of Linguistics at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, and Professor of Phonetics in the Medical School of Tel-Aviv University. 22x14.5 cm. XXII+406 pages. Softcover. Cover corners and spine edges slightly wrinkled. Else in good condition.

Figurative Language in Biblical Prose Narrative: Metaphor in the Book of Samuel. [SERIES]: Supplements to Vetus Testamentum / Volume 107.

16x24.5 cm. xi+252 pages. Gilt hardcover in dust jacket. Pen writing on title page. Else in good condition.

Thesaurus of the Yiddish Language (Der Oytser fun der Yidisher Shprakh) [IN YIDDISH].

IN YIDDISH. 260x170 mm. LVI+933 pages. Hardcover. Cover slightly rubbed. Cover corners bumped and slightly worn. Spine slightly rubbed. Pen inscription on first white page. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.

Grammatica Russica : Oxonii A. D. MDCXCVI

No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket price clipped and slightly foxed but not marked or torn or creased. 134pp. The first Russian grammar ever published, originally in 1696 based on the author's personal observations during his stay in Russia which gives an accurate description of the colloquial language at the time. Also includes a phrase-book with specimens of that genuine colloquial Russian not found in texts. The Latin Appendix contains interesting information about Russia's natural resources and the life of its inhabitants. Scarce. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery.

Jüdische Studien - Josef Wohlgemuth zu seinem sechzigsten Geburtstage von Freunden und Schülern gewidmet.

RARE compilation of Jewish studies published on the occasion of the renowned German-Jewish scholar and Rabbi Josef Wohlgemuth's (1867-1942) sixtieth birthday. [CONTENTS]: I.Auerbach, Der Streit zwischen Saadja Gaon und dem Exilarchen David ben Sakkai / A.Blau, Ueber den Gegensinn der Worte im Hebräischen / J.Carlebach, Einleitung in das Buch Ruth / S.Grünberg, Minchat Shmuel (In Hebrew) / E.Hildesheimer, Die Komposition der Sammlungen von Responsen der Gaonen / J.Horovitz, Randglossen / S.Kaatz, Zu Psalm 115 / S. Klein, Galiläa von der Makkabäerzeit bis 67 / B.Lewin, Leheker Sheiltot Rav Hai Gaon (In Hebrew) / I.Markon, Das Land Schabat in den Reisebemerkungen des Athanas Nikitin (1466-1472) / A.Marmorstein, Die Nachahmung Gottes (Imitatio Dei) in der Agada / I.Unna, Die Stellung Schopenhauers zum Judentum. 240x170mm. 39+284 pages. Marbled quarter-cloth rebound Hardcover. Cover scratched. Cover edges worn/peeling. Spine slightly stained and rubbed. Spine edges bumped and rubbed. Title sticker on spine. Front endpaper, whitepage and title page very slightly age-stained. Pages yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare collection of Jewish studies is in good condition.

Tradizioni Orientali del "Martirio di Areta". La Prima Recensione Araba e la Versione Etiopica. Edizione critica e traduzione a cura di Alessandro Bausi e Alessandro Gori. Presentazione di Paolo Marrassini. [SERIES]: Quaderni di Semitistica - 27.

RARE critical edition of Arabic and Ethiopic versions of a hagiographic work called "Martyrdom of Areta", with Italian translation, introduction and notes. 238x170mm. XXVIII+306 pages. Softcover. Cover slightly dirty and wavy. Bump-mark on front cover edge. Spine edges slightly bumped. Text block upper edge slightly stained. Some pages upper corner slightly bumped/wrinkled. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare critical edition of an important source of the history of pre-Islamic South-Arabia and the Ethiopian Aksumite kingdom, with Italian translation, is in good condition.

KURZE VERGLEICHENDE GRAMMATIK DER INDOGERMANISCHEN SPRACHEN AUF GRUND DES FUNFBANDIGEN "GRUNDRISSES DER VERGLEICHENDEN GRAMMATIK DER INDOGERMANISCHEN SPRACHEN Auf Grund Des Fünfbandigen 'grundrisses Der Vergleichenden Grammatik Der Indogermanischen Sprachen Von K. Brugmann Und B. Delbrück' Verfasst

Foxing to textblock. Else very minor shelfwear. ; Unchanged Reprint of 1904 Trübner edition. ; 777 pages

Ugarit-Forschungen - Internationales Jahrbuch für die Altertumskunde Syrien-Palästinas, Band 29 - 1997. Herausgegeben von Manfried Dietrich & Oswald Loretz.

RARE yearbook of Ugaritic studies in English, German, French, Italian and Spanish by renowned scholars of the ancient Near East and Old Testament, such as Michael C. Astour, Oswald Loretz, Zipopra Cochavi-Rainey, Ingo Kottsieper, Wilfred van Soldt, Manfreid Dietrich and others. 245x170mm. VI+865 pages. Green cloth Hardcover with black lettering on front cover and spine. Cover slightly dirty. Cover corners, front cover edge and spine edges bumped. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare collection of Ugaritic studies is in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.

The Grammar of Modern Hebrew

18x26 cm. xxviii+580 pages. Gilt hardcover in dust jacket. Cover slightly stained near edges. Inner covers slightly yellowing. Else in good condition. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.

New Seals and Inscriptions, Hebrew, Idumean and Cuneiform. [SERIES]: Hebrew Bible Monographs, 8.

RARE collection of 15 papers which present over 50 inscriptions, tablets and seals in Hebrew, Idumean, and cuneiform, from the collections of one of the world's top private collectors of antiquities associated with the Bible and ancient Near East - Shlomo Moussaieff (1925-2015). Most articles are published here for the first time. [AUTHORS]: David Noel Freedman, Ada Yardeni, Peter van der Veen, Martin Heide, Bezalel Porten and Ada Yardeni (2 atricles), Edward Lipinski, Richard Hess, Andre Lemaire, W.G.Lambert, Meir Lubetski (4 atricles), Chaim Cohen, Kathleen Abraham. This copy is from the libary of one of the authors, the world-renowned epigrapher Ada Yardeni (1937-2018). 240x165mm. XXVII+325 pages. Illustrated Hardcover. Cover slightly rubbed. Spine edges slightly bumped. Pen marks and notes on pages 290-291 by the author of the article (Ada Yardeni). [SUMMARY]: This significant contribution to Biblical and Semitic studies is otherwise in good condition.

Gebeden en Gezangen [Tefilah ve-Rinah; Tfilah veRinah; Tefilla] ten dienste van Nederlandsch-Israelitische scholen door A. D. Lutomirski.

RARE collection of Jewish prayers and songs intended for use in 19th century Netherlands Jewish schools. Includes musical notes. 220x135mm. 80 pages. Green cloth Hardcover with gilt lettering. Cover slightly rubbed. Cover corners and spine edges bumped. Front cover edge bumped. Ink marks on pre-title upper corner. Few pages slightly age-stained. Pages slightly wavy and yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare book is in very good condition for its age.

Pidginization and Creolization: The Case of Arabic. [SERIES]: Amsterdam Studies in the Theory and Practice of Linguistic Science, Series IV - Current Issues in Linguistic Theory [CILT], Volume 33.

RARE monograph on various aspects of Arabic language in different periods from pre-Islamic to modern. The author - Cornelis Henricus Maria Versteegh, better known as Kees Versteegh (b.1947), is a Dutch linguist and Arabist, professor of Islamic studies and the Arabic language at Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands, whose research and views on the Arabic language and its evolution have been described as groundbreaking. 225x155mm. XIII+194 pages. Hardcover. Cover and spine stained and yellowing/age-stained. Text block upper edge age-stained. Cover edges and corners, and spine edges bumped. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare monograph on Arabic language, written by one of the most influential Arabists, is in good condition.

Specimens of Mediaeval Hebrew Scripts, Volume Two: Sefardic Script [IN HEBREW]

Masorah and Text Criticism In the Early Modern Mediterranean: Moshe Ibn Zabara and Menahem de Lonzano. [SERIES]: The David and Jemima Jeselsohn Collection Books and Manuscripts.

28x21.5 cm. 344 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. New. PLEASE NOTE: This item is overweight. We may ask for extra shipping costs.

Masada VI - Hebrew Fragments from Masada : The Ben-Sira Scroll from Masada

In as new condition.

Altpreussische Grammatik

200pp., 22cm., softcover (bit damaged), few annotations, text G, T71122

Variae collectiones aenigmatum Merovingicae aetatis (pars altera): Aegnimata quaestionum artis rhetoricae (Bernensia), Aenigmata, De nominibus litterarum (al. de alphabeto), Expositio alphabeti - De dubiis nominibus [in: Corpus Christianorum Series latina CXXXIII A, CCSL 133a]

pp.541-1010, 25cm., in the series "Corpus Christianorum. Series latina" vol.133a, publisher's hardcover in red cloth with gilt lettering, VG, ISBN 2-503-01333-6, introduction and text in Latin, R67757

Traité de la Prosodie Françoise, par Mr. l'Abbé d'Olivet, avec une Dissertation de M. Durand sur le même sujet.

In-12, plein vélin de l'époque de réemploi (acte administratif ancien), 108 p. Estimé par ses contemporains, loué par Diderot dans l'Encyclopédie, le traité de l'abbé d'Olivet demeure l'une des sources principales sur la prosodie et les phénomènes de prononciation, d'accentuation et d'intonation du français au XVIIIe siècle. La "dissertation" de David-Henri Durant (1731-1808), pasteur originaire de Neuchâtel installé à Londres, commence page 71. Bon exemplaire.

Grammaire hébraïque abrégée précédée de premiers éléments, accompagnés d'exercices à l'usage des commençants

Victor Lecoffre, 1905. In-8 relié demi- chagrin vertdos lisse, titre doré de XXIV + 395 + 40 pages. Bon exemplaire

The Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys - Jubilee 1877-1927

120 pages including fold-out. Front endpaper decorated with the signatures of several dozen contemporary students of the school! Book is tired but gilt lettering and school crest upon front board remain bright. Spine leaning. Edges foxed. Average wear. Book

Grammaire Greque - Entierement Refondue (E. Ragon)

282 pages. Text in French. Writing upon front free endpaper. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound working copy. Book

Latin Grammar For Secondary Schools - Gage's Classical Series

xi, [1], 432 pages. Index. Latin-English and English-Latin Vocabulary Lists. Black and white illustrations in text. Colour map of the Roman Empire ca. 117 A.D. 7.5" x 5". Reprint of the 1924 first edition. Authorized for use in the secondary schools of Manitoba. Narrow opening in binding behind front free endpaper, which bears prior owner's details. Writing on two blank pages at back. Average wear to publisher's dark blue cloth. A worthy working copy. Book

Salliq - An Eskimo Grammar

128 pages. Index. "The orthography or spelling system used in this grammar is known as the Standard Orthography (SO) and is based upon the system outlined in Mr. R.C. Gagne's booklet, 'Tentative Standard Orthography For Canadian Eskimos" - from Preface. Average wear. Small archival tape repair to foot of spine. Bit of writing atop title page. A sound copy of this practical work. Book

Grammaire Anglois-Fran?oise, par Mrs Mi?ge et Boyer, contenant une M?thode claire & Facile por acqu?rir en peu temps l'usage de l'Angloise; et enriche de R?gles fondamentales & succinctes, pour le parler purement, d'un Vocabulaire assez ample, & des Phrases les plus famili?res:.... Troisi?me ?dition.Corrig?e, r?form?e,& augment?e, par M. Mather Flint.

Third Edition, corrected and enlarged, 12mo, text in English and French, viii, 421, [3] pp., contemporary calf, rubbed, upper hinge cracked, label. Compiled from Guy Mi?ge's "Nouvelle Methode pour apprende l'Angloise." and "The Compleat French Master." Alston, 11, 230.