Mencken H. L.ABAA
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1945008507New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1945. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on presentation bookplate "This book is especially Autographed by the Author signed H.L. Mencken in ink Kroch's Bookstores Chicago". Near Fine small corner bumps toning from bookplate glue at front end pages in a Very Good dust jacket small chips at spine ends and corners. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Alfred A. Knopf Hardcover books
1913008969Berlin: 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
1875WRCAM52981New York: American Bible Society 1875. 92pp. 12mo. Contemporary three-quarter roan and marbled boards spine gilt lettered t.e.g. Front hinge cracked spine and corners worn boards scuffed. Shelf label at foot of spine Ayer gift bookplate on front pastedown institutional ink stamps on titlepage and second leaf. Several front endpapers detached. Light tanning. Good. A scarce translation of the Gospel of Matthew into Muskogee published by the American Bible Society. This is the third edition of the work originally translated by R.M. Loughridge and published by the Park Hill Mission Press. This copy was given by Edward Ayer to the Chicago Historical Society in 1901 and was subsequently released as a duplicate. AYER INDIAN LINGUISTICS MUSKOKI 8. PILLING PROOF-SHEETS 2327. American Bible Society hardcover books
1876WRCAM52979New York: American Bible Society 1876. 32pp. 12mo. Contemporary three-quarter sheep and marbled boards spine gilt lettered t.e.g. Front hinge cracked spine and edges worn boards scuffed. Remnants of shelf label at spine foot Ayer gift bookplate on front pastedown institutional ink stamps on titlepage and second leaf. Front endpapers detaching. Light tanning. Good. A scarce translation of three New Testament epistles published by the American Bible Society. This is the first edition of the work translated by principally by Ann Eliza Worcester Robertson. This copy was given by Edward Ayer to the Chicago Historical Society in 1901 and was subsequently released as a duplicate. AYER INDIAN LINGUISTICS MUSKOKI 18. PILLING PROOF-SHEETS 3322. American Bible Society hardcover books
1875WRCAM52978New York: American Bible Society 1875. 73pp. 12mo. Contemporary three-quarter sheep and marbled boards spine gilt lettered t.e.g. Front hinge cracked light edge wear corners and spine ends worn. Shelf label at spine foot Ayer gift bookplate on front pastedown institutional ink stamps on titlepage and second leaf. Front endpapers detaching. Some tanning. Good. A scarce translation of the Gospel of John into Muskogee published by the American Bible Society. This is the second edition of the work translated by the Reverend W.S. Robertson and his wife. This copy was given by Edward Ayer to the Chicago Historical Society in 1901 and was subsequently released as a duplicate. AYER INDIUAN LINGUISTICS MUSKOKI 12. PILLING PROOF-SHEETS 2335. American Bible Society hardcover books
1880WRCAM52980New York: American Bible Society 1880. 99pp. 12mo. Contemporary three-quarter sheep and marbled boards spine gilt lettered t.e.g. Front board detached corners and spine ends worn boards rubbed. Shelf label at spine foot Ayer gift bookplate on front pastedown institutional ink stamps on titlepage and second leaf. Front endpapers detaching. Some tanning. Good. A scarce translation of the Gospel of Luke into Muskogee and the only stand-alone edition of Luke produced in the language according to Ayer published by the American Bible Society. "A small portion of this work was translated originally by Rev. Mr. Ramsay with the help of an incompetent interpreter. It was retranslated by Mrs. A.E.W. Robertson with the assistance in correcting of Rev. Thos. W. Perryman and N.B. Sullivan" - Pilling. This copy was given by Edward Ayer to the Chicago Historical Society in 1901 and was subsequently released as a duplicate. AYER INDIAN LINGUISTICS MUSKOKI 10. PILLING PROOF-SHEETS 3325. American Bible Society hardcover books
1930008986Berlin: 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
1896008980Helsingfors: 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
1887WRCAM52677New York: American Tract Society 1887. 96pp. 12mo. Later three-quarter morocco and marbled boards spine gilt t.e.g. Front hinge cracking but solid light shelf wear. Bookplates on front and rear pastedowns. Internally clean. Very good. Edward Ayer's copy of this Omaha language tract containing sixty-two hymns as well as the Lord's Prayer and the Ten Commandments. The author William Hamilton arrived and the Presbyterian mission to the Omaha in Nebraska in 1853 and remained there until his death. He wrote a number of Indian missionary works principally for the Omaha and Iowa languages. AYER INDIAN LINGUISTICS DHEGIHA 7 this copy. PILLING SIOUX pp.32. American Tract Society hardcover books
1873WRCAM45233New York 1873. 3681pp. Contemporary black leather cover stamped in gilt expertly rebacked in matching calf. Bookplate on front pastedown library ink stamp on verso of titlepage with discard mark. Internally clean and very good. The books of Proverbs and Ezekiel translated into the Zulu language by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. Relatively scarce with fewer than ten copies of either title noted on OCLC and no copies appearing in auction records for the past thirty years. Not in Mendelssohn's SOUTH AFRICAN BIBLIOGRAPHY. hardcover books
1850WRCAM41217Park Hill: Mission Press. Edwin Archer printer 1850. 120pp. Lacks pp.17-18 47-48. 12mo. Dbd. Light to moderate foxing and soiling. Several signatures loose. Fair. The fifth edition of this Park Hill imprint printed entirely in Cherokee except for part of the title which is in English; this work uses Sequoyah's syllabary generally called the "Cherokee alphabet". The translators were Samuel Austin Worcester and Elias Boudinot. As a young man living with his parents in New England Worcester had met and become friends with Buck Oowatie a Cherokee whose name among Anglos was Elias Boudinot. Worcester studied for the ministry and after he had been ordained he requested a post among the Cherokee. Once there he set to introducing printing newspapers and expanded literacy using Sequoyah's syllabary. One of only 5000 copies printed. HARGRETT OKLAHOMA 145. PILLING IROQUOIAN p.172. PILLING PROOF SHEETS 4224. AYER INDIAN LINGUISTICS CHEROKEE 7. Mission Press. Edwin Archer, printer unknown books
1932853731932. CHINESE LANGUAGE MULLIE Jos. THE STRUCTURAL PRINCIPLES OF THE CHINESE LANGUAGE an Introduction to the Spoken Language Northern Pekingese Dialect. Translated from the Flemish by A. Omer Versichel. Volume 1-III. Peiping China: The Bureau of Engraving and Printing 1932-1937. Volumes 5 and 6 of "Anthropos linguistische bibliothek" series edited by W. Schmidt & Georg Holtker. First English language edition of HET CHINEESCH TAALEIGEN published 1930-33. Three quarto volumes bound in two: 4XXXIII566; 2693-69626522653-692 pp. The imprint in Volume 2-3 Pei-p'ing: Pei-t'ing Lazarist Press 1937 is different than that in Volume 1. The pagination in Volumes 2 & 3 is continuous. The start of Volume 3 an index rerum is indicated by an unnumbered half-title page inserted after p. 652. The errata lists for Volumes 1 & 2 are printed on pages 693-696; they are bound out-of-sequence at the start of Volume 2 immediately following the title-page. Publisher's red cloth bindings with gold-printed title on spine. The cloth at the heel and crown of Volume 2-3 is crimped and the joints are just starting but the volume is sound. Some pencil notes in text mostly at the beginning of Volume 1. Very good overall. unknown books
1860008436London; Piccadilly: John Camden Hotten 1860. Second Edition Revised 1860 with two thousand additional words. xvi 300 pp including frontis titled A Canter's Map of a Begging District. Bound in publisher's original pebbled brown cloth gilt lettering at spine blind tooled rules and publisher's blind tooled initials center of front and rear covers dark brown end papers. Very Good contemporary ownership signature of R.N. Payne Sheffield 1860 top of title page later owners inked notations top of title page and verso of front end page pencil note bottom verso front end page 2" closed tear fore edge frontis map 1" fore edge tear p. 169 internally clean and bright. SCARCE in today's market in either the 1859 1st or 1860 2nd Editions. One of the most important works on English slang. . Second Edition Revised. Pebbled Cloth . Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. John Camden Hotten Hardcover books
1804007922London: Printed for the Author and Sold By J. Booth 1804. In period James Toovey signed fine binding of gold crushed morocco the back with ornate floral gilt tooled designs and gilt lettering triple gilt rules to covers marbled end papers all edges gilt the armorial bookplate of Johannis Naylor Leightonensis front paste down. Near Fine slight shelf rubs scant toning at end pages a quite handsome book with distinguished provenance. . First Edition. Crushed Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. Tall 8vo. Printed for the Author and Sold By J. Booth 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
1910WRCAM26415N.p. 1910. 32pp. 32mo. Original printed wrappers. Front hinge partially torn. Else very good. Small pocket prayer book in Micmac. unknown books
1887019059Victoria British Columbia Canada: B.C. Stationery Co. 1887. Book. Very good condition. Paperback. Early edition. Octavo 8vo. 33 pages of text i blank. Original printed wrappers with advertisement on the inside of the covers and on the rear cover; protected in custom-fitted archival mylar. The spine perished and the wrappers were archivally reverse hinged. Some soiling sunning/browning to the extremities and minor creasing. The previous owner's name is neatly on the rear endpaper. Stated "New Edition" with a copyright date of 1877. B.C. Stationery Co. Paperback books
1909006662London: Kegan Paul Trench Trubner & Co. Ltd. 1909. SCARCE. Handsomely bound in half-leather and orange cloth gilt lettering and rules at spine 624 pp. Near Fine a few spots light soiling to edges of page block. . Fourth Impression. Half-Leather. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd. Hardcover books
1880WRCAM45684Harbor 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
1911WRCAM30579New York 1911. 1135pp. each number repeated twice with Dakota and English on facing pages. Contemporary black cloth gilt-lettered spine. Dampstain on fore-edge not affecting text small chip in spine. Very good. A later edition of this guide to the Dakota language. No translator is given but Pilling cites S.D. Hinman and J.W. Cook in his entries for editions of 1875 and 1879. PILLING SIOUAN p.37 ref. hardcover books
1831007946Paris: Crapelet 1831. SCARCE. In full contemporary red morocco signed "Lebrun Relieur" the back covered with repeating gilt decoration the covers with triple gilt rule outer border and triple gilt rule inner border around gilt tooled floral band and with gilt decorations at corners all edges gilt marbled end papers a lovely example of early 19th century fine French binding. Very Good mInus old dampstain mostly to margins and where in text not affecting legibility rear end page edge chipped small chip to morocco at head of spine. With two fold-out facsimiles at rear one in color. First Edition. Morocco. Very Good Minus/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Crapelet Hardcover books
1807007942London: J. Johnson R. Baldwin W.J.E.J. Richardson et al. 1807. In two volumes contemporary full calf later expertly rebacked with gilt lettering. Very Good small prior owner label even browning light scattered toning boards rubbed later corner repairs. A solid and well-bound set . 4th Edition. Full Calf. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. J. Johnson, R. Baldwin, W.J.E.J. Richardson et al., Hardcover books
1912004661Washington D.C.: The Carnegie Institute of Washington 1912. Very Good 1/2 leather 1/2 marbled clot with red leather title labels and gilt lettering gilt rules marbled endpages edges of page block with red speckles. Leather rubbed prior owner name stamps front endpage. Contents are clean tight and free of markings. Tight binding. SCARCE in the hardcover and in collectable condition. . First Edition. Cloth and Leather. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The Carnegie Institute of Washington Hardcover books
191819046Philadelphia: Bishop White Prayer Book Society 1918. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 16mo 519 pp with English and Dakota text on facing pages. Near fine copy in original black cloth with bookplate of Episcopal minister Donald Henning on front pastedown. The first English and Dakota service book was translated by a committee appointed by William H. Hare missionary bishop of Niobrara in the 1870s and was reissued several times over the following decades. This is an entirely new translation containing much additional material and commissioned by South Dakota Bishop Hugh Burleson with the stated intention of "making the language more intelligible to the people which we trust will aid them in more intelligent worship of Almighty God." Marken & Hoover Bibliography of the Sioux 2190. Bishop White Prayer Book Society hardcover books
1737007894London: Printed by J. Hughs / Printed for J. Torbuck O. Payne and T. Woodman. 1737. Two volumes bound as one both Third Editions 1737 viii 317 150 1 pp ads. Sturdily rebound in 20th c. brown cloth gilt lettering and rules at spine the bookplate of noted Celtic language and folklore scholar Edgar M. Slotkin front paste down Near Fine occasional light toning a pencil note at title page indicating the first edition published in 1672. Third Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Printed by J. Hughs / Printed for J. Torbuck, O. Payne, and T. Woodman. Hardcover books
