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Last Updated January 13, 2012
1.Bercy, Paul. LA
LANGUE FRANÇAISE METHODE PRATIQUE POUR L'ETUDE.. New
York: William R. Jenkins, 1896. 292 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to
spine and corners. Corners slightly bumped. There is a faded strip at the bottom
of the front and back cover from water contact. Some light scattered pencil
underlining. $25.00
2. Boas, Franz. HANDBOOK
OF AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES. Part 2.. Washington,
D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1922. 901 pages. Softcover binding. There is wear
and some chips and tears to the edges of the covers and spine. Pages are tightly
bound. $17.50
3. Bonilla, Rodrigo H. Spanish
Daily Life:. New York: Newson and Company, 1907.
272 pages. Green cloth covers show shelf wear and rubbing to the spine and
corners. Corners slightly bumped. There are a few discolored thoughts on the
back cover. $14.00
4. Cadena, Mariano Velazquez
de la. PRONOUNCING DICTIONARY OF THE SPANISH AND
ENGLISH LANGUAGES. Composed from the Spanish Dictionaries of the Spanish
Academy, Terreros, and Salv New Yorka. . D.
Appleton and Co, 1855. 604 pages. Black half leather binding shows wear to the
spine edges and corners. Corners are bumped and worn to you. There are a few
scuffs to the leather spine. $100.00
5. Deal, David Allen. THE
NEXUS SPOKEN LANGUAGE: THE LINK BETWEEN THE MAYAN AND SEMITIC DURING
PRE-COLUMBIAN TIMES.. Columbus, Georgia: Institute
for the Study of American Cultures, 1993. 134 pages. Slight shelf wear to spine
and corners. $110.00
6. Grimes, Barbara F. ETHNOLOGUE
LANGUAGE NAME INDEX: TO THE THIRTEENTH EDITION OF THE ETHNOLOGUE.. Dallas:
Summer Institute of Linguistics, Inc. , 1996. 288 pages. Corners slightly
bumped. Softbound covers. $2.15
7. Henn, P. A SYSTEMATIC SYNOPSIS OF GERMAN GRAMMAR: BEING A COMPREHENSIVE COMPILATION OF ALL THE RULES TAUGHT AND EXEMPLIFIED IN AHN'S RUDIMENTS OF THE GERMAN LANGUAGE WITH REFERENCES TO THE EXERCISES ON SUCH RULES. . New York: E. Steigner, 1877. 127 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Corners slightly bumped. The leather spine has a split down the front joint and a couple of small pieces missing from the leather. $53.50
8. Keetels, Jean Gustave. AN
ANALYTICAL AND PRACTICAL FRENCH GRAMMAR.. New
York: Maynard, Merrill, & Co. , 1893. 548 pages. Heavy shelf wear and
rubbing to spine and corners. A few stained spots to the covers. Front hinge
cracked, but binding is holding. $7.00
9. Krapp, George Philip. THE
KNOWLEDGE OF ENGLISH.. New York: Henry Holt, 1927.
Some wear and rubbing to spine and corners. $4.50
10. Lemaitre, Henri. VOCABULARIUM
BIBLIOTHECARII. ENGLISH/ANGLAIS, FRENCH/FRANÇAIS, GERMAN/ALLEMAND.. New
York: UNESCO, 1954. 296 pages. Shelf wear to spine edges and corners. Dust
jacket has small tears and chips. $20.00
11. Lowe, Cornelius Marshal. BELLUM
HELVETIUM, FOR BEGINNERS IN LATIN.. Chicago:
Albert, Scott, and Company, 1891. 279 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing
to spine and corners. Corners bumped. The cloth is starting to fray at the
edges. $20.00
12. Macdonell, A.A. A
Practical Sanskrit Dictionary:. Oxford University
Press, 1974. 394 pages. Large blue hardback cover show wear to the spine edges
and corners. The corners are lightly worn through in the front. A few small
scuffed spots to the binding. The binding is tight and the pages are clean.
$39.50
13. Monteith, A.H. SPANISH
WITHOUT A MASTER. IN FOUR EASY LESSONS.. Philadelphia:
David Mckay, 1880. Paper covers. There is soiling and a large spill stain trust
the front cover and the first few pages of text. Many of the remaining pages
have a smaller dampstain at the edges of the pages. Slight waviness to the
pages. A scarce publication.` $50.00
14. Nuttall, P. Austin. THE
STANDARD PRONOUNCING DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.. London:
Frederick Warne, ca. 1890. Some shelf wear. Corners bumped. Top edge of text
block has a stain. $20.00
15. Pratt, George. A GRAMMAR AND DICTIONARY OF THE SAMOAN LANGUAGE.. London: London missionary society, 1893. 416 pages. Original green cloth covers. There is shelf wear and rubbing in the spine edges and corners. A few soiled spots to the covers. Scarce. $175.00
16. Stern, Gustaf. MEANING
AND CHANGE OF MEANING. WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.. Goteborg,
Sweden: Elanders Boktryckeri Aktiebolag, 1931. 1st Edition. 456 pages. Red cloth
covers. There is shelf wear to the edges of the spine and corners. The covers
are slightly bowed. Binding is clean and tight. The last index page has a long
tear in the middle of the page. This appears to be the first printing of this
scholarly linguistic work. It was reprinted by Indiana University as part of
their "History and Theory of Linguistics" series. $25.00
17. Vaughan, L. Brent. HILL'S
SPANISH ENGLISH AND ENGLISH SPANISH VEST POCKET DICTIONARY AND SELF INSTRUCTOR..
Chicago: G.M. Hill, 1898. 317 pages. Small
flexible leather covers. The spine edges have small chips to the leather. There
are a few scuffs to the leather covers. The binding is tight. An early
Spanish-English dictionary. $18.00
18. Vreeland, W. U. & William Koren. LESSONS
IN FRENCH SYNTAX AND COMPOSITION.. New York: Henry
Holt, 1908. 178 pages. Shelf wear to binding and rubbing to spine and corners.
Corners slightly bumped. $7.50
19. Webster, William G. & William A.
Wheeler. A COMMON-SCHOOL DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH
LANGUAGE: Explanatory, Pronouncing, and Synonymous with an Appendix Containing
Various Useful Tables. Mainly Abridged from the Latest Edition of the American
Dictionary of Noah Webster.. New York &
Chicago: Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co. , 1879. 391 pages. Some shelf wear
to binding and rubbing to spine and corners. Black leather spine. Some stains
and scuffs to the covers. A few of the illustrated pages at the back of the book
are partially torn away. $15.00