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199121905Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1991. Hardcover. 0812230604 . First edition. Fine in an about fine dust jacket. . University of Pennsylvania Press hardcover books
200031433Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Fine. 2000. Paperback. 0226437396 . Second paperback printing. Fine in pictorial wraps. . University of Chicago Press paperback books
1949008338New York: Rand McNally & Co. 1949. RARE lithograph wall chart for the device called the "Structural Differential" which Alfred Korzybski patented in 1925 as a means to aid in visualizing the process he called "abstracting". This was to be used as a training device in general semantics a field of study Korzybski is credited with founding. The chart is Near Fine rubbed lower right mounted on two stained wooden dowels with ribbon hanger 18" wide by 38" high. Korzybski's work in semantics heavily influenced science fiction authors such as A.E. Van Vogt Robert A. Heinlein Poul Anderson and H. Beam Piper as well as L. Ron Hubbard and Joseph W. Campbell. His most famous quote "The map is not the territory" comes from this longer quote "A map is not the territory it represents but if correct it has a similar structure to the territory which accounts for its usefulness." Science and Sanity Korzybski 1931. OCLC locates no copies; no sales records at RBH. . First Printing. Banner. Near Fine. 18"w x 38"h. Rand McNally & Co. books
1978008959Bloomington Indiana: The Mongolian Society Inc. 1978. RARE. Part One published 1978 Parts Two and Three 1984. Fine two words with highlights noted in Part One. Publications of the Mongolian Society. . First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. Fine in Wraps as Issued/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The Mongolian Society, Inc. Paperback books
1808229643New Brunswick NJ: Printed By William Elliot 1808. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Previous owner's name written on front paste-down and flyleaf. No pencil or ink markings in text. Waterstain at bottom of first few pages. Full brown leather binding with red spine label gilt lettering. Archival repair to spine. Very Good binding. Printed By William Elliot unknown books
192821951Oxford: at the Clarendon Press 1928. First Edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue cloth. Fine. First Edition. 1 vols. 8vo. The Society for Pure English was founded by the Editors of the O.E.D. W.A. Craigie Henry Bradley Robert Bridges Sir Walter Raleigh. L. Pearsall Smith and comrades for the purpose of "guiding educational authorities and introducing into practice certain slight modifications and advantageous changes. at the Clarendon Press unknown books
165528459First or early editions. Various places and publishers 1655-1897 1655. See Beverly Seaton The Language of Flowers A History. University Press of Virginia 1995. A detailed description of the collection is available via pdf on our website at www.brickrow.com on the catalogues page. The Language of Flowers phenomenon flourished for almost eighty years beginning in France in the early 19th century. As both potent and subtle symbols in Western culture flowers are found in religious texts poetry heraldic and emblematic literature from the classical period and early Christianity through medieval literature and the enlightenment. In the early 19th century books were written and published for the first time under titles such as Abécédaire de Flore ou Langage des Fleurs 1811 Oracles de Flore 1816 Emblemes de Flore et des Végéaux 1819 and Le Langage des Fleurs 1819. With those publications the language of flowers and its exploration of floral symbolism in communication - usually as a language of love and romance - gained acceptance and popularity. During its nascent years in France the language of flowers had a relatively limited affluent audience but once publishers saw the potential for profit and obtained the ability to print and illustrate books on a large scale they began to publish language of flowers texts in the popular formats of literary annuals gift books and almanacs. By 1830 the genre was widely available to a new world of fervent book buyers and readers in the working and middle classes. The vogue for language of flowers books was so prevalent that it became the subject of parodies and satires by among others Frederick Marryat and J. J. Grandville. Herman Melville was a devotee of symbolic flower language and referred to it in Mardi and Pierre and poems written to his wife Lizzie. The core of this collection of language of flowers titles was assembled by Doris Ann Elmore a French teacher in San Francisco and lifelong Francophile. The collection is unusual for its scope. The collection is for sale en bloc. <br/><br/> First or early editions. Various places and publishers, 1655-1897 unknown books
197718534New York: Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños 1977. 39p. 8.5x11 inches notes references very good offprint booklet in stapled blue wraps with diecut revealing title mild toning to covers. Centro Working Papers/Language Policy Task Force #1. Reprinted from The Bilingual Review Vol. 5 numbers 1 & 2. Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños unknown books
1978102153New York: Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños 1978. 26p. 8.5x11 inches tables notes references very good booklet in stapled blue wraps with diecut exposing titles mild toning to covers. Centro Working Papers/Language Policy Task Force #2. Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños unknown books
1978102156New York: Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños 1978. 24p. 8.5x11 inches wraps. Centro working papers/. Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños unknown books
193729010Annapolis MD: The Unites States Naval Institute 1937. 2nd edition. Original publsiher's blue cloth binding lettered in gilt. Slight bump to spine. POS to ffep. A VG copy. 10 221 11 pp. Tables. Rank illustrations at rear. Tall 8vo. <br/><br/> The Unites States Naval Institute hardcover books
1887863771887. LANGUAGE STUDY KOIDE Seijiro translator. WEBSTER'S SPELLING BOOK SUPERURINGU KAISEI DOKUANNAI. Osaka Umehara sic Mumehara Meiji 20 1887. 12mo. Bound Western-style printed paper over boards. ii 90 i. Heavily illustrated orthographic guide to English with katakana captions. Some ink spotting and cover wear overall good condition. Unusual work. unknown books
188115975New York: D. Appleton & Co 1881. 1st edition. Original brown publishers cloth stamped in gilt & black. Red edgestain. Flower patterned eps. VG avg wear/pos. 201 pp 8 pp of publisher adverts. 12mo. <br/><br/> D. Appleton & Co hardcover books
192613308London: Kegan Paul Trench Trubner & Co 1926. 1st edition. Original blue cloth with gilt spine lettering. NF. A nice bright fresh copy. viii 74 1 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/>The first published Mongolian grammar or so claims by the author. "A short vocabulary of words in daily use arranged according to the alphabetic order of the English words. In English Mongolian Russian Chinese and Japanese.": p. 43-64. Bibliography: p. 71-74. Kegan Paul Trench Trubner & Co hardcover books
1949234214Seattle: University of Washington Press 1949. Paperback. 78p. musical notation and lyrics in Russian and English texts appear to have been reproduced from typescript using both cyrillic and western machines. A softbound in 10.5x8.5 inch decorated wraps somewhat edgeworn with turned corner-tips and a chip-flap to tail of spine. Mild general toning of paperstock smudgy foxing to back cover chip repaired expertly it's still ugly a good copy. Author remarks in her two-page preface that "Since Russian is a fairly new field in the English-speaking countries I have come to rely upon the song as a teaching instrument." Expect troikas and tractors fairytales and warfare many of these from children's repertoire. University of Washington Press paperback books
1892006542London: 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
198732208NY: Praeger. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. 0275926753 . First printing. Fine in a near fine light age toning about the edges dust jacket. . Praeger hardcover books
200239262Chicago:: University of Chicago Press. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 0226490408 . First printing. About fine in a fine dust jacket. . University of Chicago Press, hardcover books
1935006597Oslo Norway: H. Aschehoug & Co. 1935. Vols. 1 and 2 published 1935 Vol. 3 1938. Vol. 1 Good covers loose and chipped at edges Vol. 2 Very Good front cover loose Vol. 3 Very Good lacking rear cover. Preface by G. Morgenstierne. From the collection of noted semiotician and linguist Thomas A. Sebeok his signature in ink all 3 title pages. 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. A wonderful linguistics Association Copy of this set SCARCE in the complete 3 volumes. Instiuttet for Sammenlignende Kulturforskning. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Thick 8vos. H. Aschehoug & Co. Paperback books
17462879<p>Bologna 1746. Very rare illustrated edition second; first c. 1685 of this poem on the siege of Vienna along with Dialogues between Men and Women on daily life La Banzuola. The two compositions form the most extensive and most philologically genuine literary compositions in Bolognese dialect.</p> books
1964002311London: The Early English Text Society /Oxford Univ. Press 1964. Fine in brown cloth with gilt lettering. Prior owner name in ink front endpage. Early English Text Society Original Series No.65 1876 reprinted 1964 this copy being the reprinted edition. Reprint. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket As Issued. The Early English Text Society /Oxford Univ. Press Hardcover books
1857007901Paris: V. Baudry's European Library 1857. Title page states "thirty-first edition revised corrected and improved". ix 428 pages. Bound in full contemporary vellum back with red morocco label lettered in gilt on a field of repeating gilt stamped decorations ribbon marker. Near Fine light soiling to boards period inscription at half-title page. A SCARCE edition handsomely bound. . Revised Edition Corrected and Improved . Vellum. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. V. Baudry's European Library Hardcover books
1831007941London: Longman Brown and Co.; T. Cadell; J. M. Richardson Whittaker and Co. Etc. 1831. SCARCE< the 8th Edition 1831. In two volumes Vol. I Spanish and English; Vol. II Ingles y Espanol. "Thoroughly revised greatly improved enlarged by the addition of many thousand words and the two parts most carefully collated by M. Seoane M.D.". Finely bound in signed Riviere contemporary binding of full calf the backs ornately tooled in gilt with gilt lettering on red and brown morocco labels marbled end papers all edges gilt. Very Good Plus early expert repair rear cover Vol. II covers lightly rubbed moderate toning to end papers only. A quite handsome set. . 8th Edition. Full Calf. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Longman, Brown and Co.; T. Cadell; J. M. Richardson, Whittaker and Co., Etc. Hardcover books
1962004121Oxford England: Oxford Univ Press 1962. Near Fine scant wear to cloth prior owner name front endpage. Contents are clean tight and unmarked. . 4th Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. Oxford Univ Press Hardcover books
199929943Columbia: University of South Carolina Press. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1999. Hardcover. 1570032408 . First printing. Remainder mark on bottom edge else fine in a fine dust jacket. . University of South Carolina Press hardcover books
