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1909007965N. Wales: Llanbedrog: Issued to Subscribers only 1909. Near Fine in original beige publisher's cloth Series of Welsh Texts emblem stamped in black front cover small bottom corner bump the bookplate of noted Celtic language and folklore scholar Edgar M. Slotkin front paste down. Colophon states " Six hundred copies of this work were printed at the Private Press of the Editor in 1900-03; Nos. 1-110 on Japanese Vellum paper; 111-285 on toned linen-made paper; 286-600 on deckle-edge paper." This copy unnumbered on toned linen-made paper unnumbered and copy right page date of MDCCCCix 1909. Volume xi of the Series of Old Welsh Texts. . Limited Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition. Llanbedrog: Issued to Subscribers only Hardcover books
1860007992London: William Tegg 1860. liv 2 739 1 pp. With an engraved frontispiece. Finely bound in contemporary full polished calf the back intricately tooled in gilt with black morocco label gilt end papers and page edges marbled Near Fine slight rubs to calf shadow of engraving to title page. " With numerous additions from the copy prepared by the author for republication: to which is annexed his letter to John Dunning esq. Rev. and cor. with additional notes by Richard Taylor." A quite handsome copy of this rather uncommon edition of Tooke's great philological work. . Later Edition. Full Polished Calf. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. William Tegg Hardcover books
1898006557London: Henry Frowde 1898. RARE in the First Edition. Very Good from the collection of the Richard M. Dorson Memorial Library Folklore Institute Indiana University its bookplate namestamp half-title page and blindstamp title page gilt titles and designs cloth a bit faded at spine end pages toned light rubbing to cloth at tips overall a well-cared for and lovely copy. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Henry Frowde Hardcover books
1948006652London: Oxford University Press for Intl. African Inst. 1948. All five volumes are Very Good Plus sticker shadow front wrappers inked name "Herzog" front wrappers and "Herzog Collection" stamp front end pages from the collection of noted folklorist and linguist George Herzog minor wear to wrappers contents are clean tight and unmarked. Publication dates 1948-1956. SCARCE as a collection. Four volumes with maps rear pockets one with rear fold-out map all maps are present and Fine. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Oxford University Press for Intl. African Inst. Paperback books
1868241701Barcelona: Montaner Y Simon editores 1868. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Sold as a 3 volume set. Full leather binding with light edgewear to extremities. Text in Spanish. ; no markings in text. Very Good binding. Montaner Y Simon, editores 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
1910007966N.Wales: Llanbedrog: Issued to Subscribers only 1910. Bound in half vellum over dark blue buckram gilt rules and lettering top edge gilt marbled end papers the bookplate of noted Celtic language and folklore scholar Edgar M. Slotkin front paste down. Near Fine corners bumped small tear to buckram top edge rear cover. An unnumbered copy on Japanese Vellum Paper. . Limited Edition. Half Vellum. Near Fine/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition. Llanbedrog: Issued to Subscribers only Hardcover books
19722291New York: The Viking Press 1972. Third Printing. Small Quarto 9 1/2 x 6 inches; 240 x 150 mm xxiv 232 pages in black cloth titles to spine red top stain in a printed dust jacket. <br /><br />A letter inscribed by Janet Flanner is taped to the front end paper: "For Adele with friendly recollections and gratitude for a long memory. Faithfully Janet Flanner November 13 - '72." The letter is on Ritz Hotel Paris stationery. <br /><br />A collection of Flanner's articles from The New Yorker for 1925-1939. Flanner 1892-1978 used the pseudonym Genêt and wrote on a wide variety of political and cultural topics. This collection edited by Irving Drutman has pieces on Josephine Baker Marlene Dietrich Mae West Sarah Bernhardt Picasso Gertrude Stein's art collection lurid murder affairs Paul Signac gambling the gathering clouds of war in the late 1930s and much more. <br /><br />An engrossing and entertaining look at Paris between the wars by a young journalist who wrote a fortnightly "Letter From Paris" for The New Yorker. <br /><br />CONDITION: Letter from Flanner taped to front end paper slight lean to spine minor rubbing to cloth internally clean and unmarked. The dust jacket's upper panel has some creases a short closed tear and a couple small nicks to the top edge as well as some foxing to the verso of the jacket. Overall Very Good. <br /><br /> The Viking Press hardcover books
188652630Leiden: E. J. Brill 1886. First Edition. xxii 327 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Half brown morocco. Bookplate of Max L. Margolis with his signature on title. Somewhat rubbed internally fine. First Edition. xxii 327 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. On Aramaic loan words and phrases in classical Arabic.<br/>With the ownership signature of linguist and scholar of Jewish history Max L. Margolis. E. J. Brill unknown books
1892008564Boston: Little Brown and Company 1892. Original brown cloth with gilt lettering and gilt decorations front cover and spine top edge gilt black end papers.The Ninth Edition of this classic work published in 1892 and the last edition edited by Bartlett himself. Very Good Plus small rubs to cloth prior owner name in ink top of title page dated 1894. A quite handsome copy indeed. . Ninth Edition. Cloth. Very Good Plus. Thick 8vo. Little Brown, and Company Hardcover books
1827522Chambersburg Pa: Published by Timotheus Evans J. Pritts Printer 1827. 12mo. 175 x 105 mm. 7 x 4 ¼ inches. 264 pp. Contemporary mottled calf red leather label chipped; joints cracked binding scuffed. Faded signature of Chas. Eichholtz dated September 23 1827 on the title-page. First German language edition printed with English text on verso of the previous page; English text set in Roman type. American Imprints 28721. Arndt German Language Printing II 2851. OCLC cites copies at Chicago Millersville and the German Society of Pennsylvania; NUC adds Philadelphia Historical. Published by Timotheus Evans, J. Pritts, Printer unknown books
1911008981London: Printed by Order of the Trustees of the British Museum 1911. Near Fine end papers toned slight fading to rear boards. Original red cloth boards with gilt lettering at spine. xx 100 2 Appendix pages. Interior clean tight and unmarked. Uncommon in lovely condition. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Printed by Order of the Trustees of the British Museum hardcover books
1962008978Wiesbaden Germany: Franz Steiner Verlag GMBH 1962. Near Fine slight wear to wrappers at spines. the wrappers coming away from the spines of both volumes. The prior owner signature and business card laid in of Ruth I Meserve longtime secretary of The Mongolian Society in Bloomington Indiana. Most pages uncut 2 pages noted with tidy scholarly underlining and annotations. Text in German. The Secret History of the Mongols. Part I: Text Part II: Dictionary. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Franz Steiner Verlag GMBH paperback 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
1899006605Shanghai: Kelly and Walsh Limited 1899. RARE in the 1899 First Edition. Very Good sticker abrasion bottom front and rear wrappers rubbing and a few small stains to wrappers. From the collection of the Richard M. Dorson Memorial Library Folklore Institute Indiana University its bookplate namestamp half-title page and blindstamp title page and a few interior pages with blindstamp as well. 48 pp. A Lecture delivered at the request of the Senate of University College Liverpool. Edward Harper Parker 1849-1926 was a barrister and noted China scholar and although not a trained linguist his greatest contribution historically may well be his unusual outlook on colloquial Chinese language. . First Edition. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Kelly and Walsh, Limited Paperback books
1991008979Austrlian Natl Univ Faculty of Asian Studies 1991. "The Urga text transcribed and edited by M. Go I de Rachewitz J.R. Krueger and B. Ulaan. With Word-Index to the Urga text prepared by I de Rachewitz and J.R. Krueger". Two volumes Fine as issued. Additions and Corrections sheet and Corrigenda slip laid in to Vol. I. Business card of Ruth I Meserve longtime Secretary of The Mongolian Society of Bloomington Indiana laid in to Vol. II SCARCE as complete 2 volume set. . First Thus. Pictorial Printed Wrappers. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Austrlian Natl Univ Faculty of Asian Studies paperback books
1928231685Cordoba: Academia Nacional De Ciencias 1928. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Illustrated w Plates and Folding Charts; Previous owner's stamp affixed to bottom of short title page and to bottom of a couple of text pages. No pencil or ink markings in text. Text written in Spanish. One-half black cloth and marbled paper boards. Moderate edgeweear to boards. Small chip in cloth at bottom spine with small piece missing. Very Good binding. Academia Nacional De Ciencias unknown books
1938674Philadelphia: Macrae-Smith-Company 1938. First Edition. <br /><br />8vo 8 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches; 210 x 145 mm 268 pages in yellow cloth with a pictorial dust jacket. <br /><br />An unusual book aimed at guys who want to go from copy boy to ace reporter. Unusual in the sense that it combines both fiction and nonfiction. We follow Jerry a likable copy boy on a New Jersey daily who puts up with coarse and frankly awful editors and pressmen but then gets his big chance to be a reporter. <br /><br />Journalists will enjoy the depiction of Matt Hale the city editor who communicates primarily through growling screaming and banging his fist on his desk. Very entertaining; most journalists have known editors like Matt Hale. Illustrated with real newsroom and technical photographs of the day. SCARCE especially in dust jacket. <br /><br />CONDITION: Light toning to page edges heavier toning to paste downs but clean and unmarked. The pictorial dust jacket has several shallow chips and tears including a 1 1/2" tear with creasing to top edge of front panel affecting "O" in "COPY." Overall a Very Good copy. Macrae-Smith-Company hardcover books
1935006562New York: Columbia University Press 1935. RARE extract. Paginated 389-515. Very Good Plus from the collection of noted anthropologist linguist and ethnomusicologist George Herzog his signature last name in ink top edge front cover sticker shadow front cover wrappers toned at edges. Printed on cover and title page as coming from Vol. IV pencil corrected to Vol. III. . First Edition Thus. Printed Wrappers. Very Good Plus/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Columbia University Press Paperback books
1750523Philadelphia: Printed by T. Dobson 175.00. 8vo. 230 x 145 mm. 9 x 5 ¾ inches. 14 pp. Removed from binding; edges of paper a bit chipped spine secured with Japanese paper. "This society was instituted in the year 1780 in the city of Philadelphia for the purpose of keeping up the knowledge of the German language and to preserve it in its purity." Filled with the righteousness of the victorious Shultz echoed the call for a nationalistic spirit in American but cautioned against the loss of the German culture and language that was so important to many citizens of Pennsylvania. The Mosheimian Society was organized in 1789 by Justus Heinrich Christian Helmuth an immigrant from Halle Germany with the goal of creating a comprehensive education system with an emphasis on adult literary skills in the German language and culture. Like most of its members Benjamin Schultz was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. He is most remembered as a physician and advocate of vaccination who acted as a circuit rider and itinerant "vaccinator" in Pennsylvania. He petitioned President Madison for an official position that would allow him to travel wherever he was needed to vaccinate the public in any state in the union. Sabin 80761. i Allibone's Dictionary of English and American Authors/i II p. 2092. Founder Online To James Madison from Benjamin Shultz 27 March 1813. See German Influences on Education in the United States to 1917 Edited by Henry Geitz 1995 pp. 87-88 157-58. 523. Printed by T. Dobson unknown 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
186312138Utrecht: J.G. Broese & Ghent: Willem Rogghe 1863. First edition 2 volumes 8vo; both volumes in contemporary red morocco a.e.g. gilt gilt decorations on covers and spines some staining inside back cover of Vol. I some rubbing light staining on covers and spines else fine. Proceedings from the fourth and seventh Dutch language scholars' congress held in Utrecht. The discussions include lectures on rewriting the Dutch grammar tautology education Dutch and Flemish dialects plus some original poetry. <br/><br/> J.G. Broese & Ghent: Willem Rogghe unknown books
197813380Dayton Ohio: NCR Corporation 1978. Trade Paperback. Very Good. A set of Cobol 74 training program guides including the Monitor Guide Handbook and Volumes 1 2 3 and 4 of the student's Self-Instruction Course. Includes the Final Exercise envelope to be opened by the Course Monitor after the student has completed all the course components as well as a nearly complete pad of blank Cobol Programming worksheets. The slipcase is worn and has minor damage to some of the corners and edges. The spines of the booklets are sun faded. Internally sound and generally clean. The second edition first edition was the previous year. Trade Paperback. A group of modules for learning Cobol 74 Programming. The Monitor Handbook shows how the course monitor should teach the course and monitor student progress. The 4 volumes are for the students' use. The Handbook is more of a reference guide for the language. A complete educational package for both learning and monitoring students. These types of materials are becoming quite scarce and are an important part of our computing heritage often discarded as languages become obsolete and programmers learned the languages. COBOL was and is an important language for programming business applications. An acronym for "COmmon Business Oriented Language" COBOL was developed jointly by various industry competitors in the late 1950s and early 1960s. It has continued to evolve over time. Cobol 74 refers to compatibility with a particular ANSI standard for the language from 1974. See Sammet's "Programming Languages: History and Fundamentals" for a pre-1970's view of the history of computing languages including Cobol. NCR Corporation paperback books
1825005284Newcastle on Tyne : T. & J. Hodgson for E. Charnley 1825. Engraved armorial dedication lacking the engraved portrait frontispiece. One of 600 copies printed for subscription. . List of subscribers. In 19th century card boards with modern cloth backstrip and paper title label. Very Good boards rubbed and soiled one page has marginal tear top edge. 244 pp. . First Edition. Paper Covered Boards. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. T. & J. Hodgson, for E. Charnley Hardcover books
1810524Libanon Penn: Gedruckt bey J. Schnee für M. J. Carey in Philadelphia 1810. 12mo. 180 x 115 mm. 7 x 4 ½ inches. 240 pp. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece engraved portrait of Washington and five additional engraved plates. Bound in contemporary mottled calf front board detached rear board cracked with early repair paper stock brown with age but still flexible with foxing throughout. Second German language edition preceded by an edition printed in 1809 in Frederick Maryland. This edition is only illustrated with the portrait of Washington as is the second Frederick edition that appeared in 1810 similarly with only the portrait. In addition to the oval portrait of Washington the Lebanon edition includes engravings of the Death of Montgomery the Defeat of General Braddock the Battle of Lexington the Battle of Bunker Hill the Capture of Major Andre and the Surrender of General Cornwallis. All the engravings are unsigned. Shaw and Shoemaker American Bibliography 21999 19191. Arndt German Language Printing 1761 see Arndt 1661 and 1726 for Frederick editions. Gedruckt bey J. Schnee für M. J. Carey in Philadelphia unknown books
