Danske dialekttekster. 1. Jyske tekster
[København]: Akademisk Forlag, 1967. First edition, 8vo, pp. 83; map; very good in original blue printed wrappers. More
Linguistics
English and Tamil vocabulary. Part I-[III]
Madras, Bangalore [et al.]: Christian Literature Society for India, 1951-47. 3 volumes, 12mo, pp. 32, 32, & 53; original decorative printed wrappers. 43rd, 31st, and 12th edition respectively, 408,000, 160,000, 36,000 copies printed. Pages a little browned, but generally very good or better. More
Figurative expressions [cover title]
[Bangkok? ca. 1960s]. 12mo, pp. 32; pages uniformly toned, else fine. A short dictionary of English idioms ("apple of one's eye," "at loose ends," etc.) translated into Thai. Not in OCLC. More
Instructions pour les voyageurs. Questionnaire linguistique [cover title].
Paris: Institute d'Ethnologgie, 1928. 2 vols., thick 12mo, orig. cloth-backed boards, each spine incorporating a sleeve for a pencil; pencil present; covers watersatined, mild dampstain pervades text, else good or better. Pro-forma books for linquistic anthropological study, labeled vol. I and vol. II, each with 4 folding pre-addressed envelopes on..... More
Merriam-Webster 1992 catalog [cover title]
Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, 1992. Tall 4to, pp. 43, [1]; color photographic illustrations throughout; pictorial staplebound self wrappers, light wear, else very good. At head of cover title: "Tradition & Innovation" More
Modelli recenti in linguistica: atti del Convegno della Società italiana di glottologia. Testi raccolti a cura di Daniele Maggi e Diego Poli. Macerata, 26-28 ottobre 2000
Roma: Il Calamo, 2003. First edition, 8vo, pp. 211, [5]; fine in original brown wrappers printed in red and black. Biblioteca della Società italiana di glottologia, no. 25. Text in Italian and English. More
Studies in English literature and language, No. 16, June
Fukuoka: The English Literature and Language Society, Kyushu University, 1966. Small 8vo, pp. 168; white printed self wrappers; spine ends chipped, corners a bit dog-eared, else very good. Text in English and Japanese. Contents include Tetsuro Hayashi's "The History of English Lexicography: an introduction"; Sakito Nakano's "T.S. Eliot's The Family..... More
Visible language: the research journal concerned with all that is involved in our being literate. Vol. XV, no. 1
Cleveland: Visible Language, 1981. 8vo, pp. 120; tables, illustrations throughout; original orange printed wrappers, near fine. More
English lessons for English people
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1893. Small 8vo, pp. xxiv, 303, [9]; text illustrations; original terra cotta blind-tooled cloth, spine lettered in gilt; spine darkened and slightly cocked, edges a bit scuffed; contemporary ownership signature on ffep; interior fine. Publisher's advertisements bound in rear. More
Präteritumschwund und diskursgrammatik. Präteritumschwund in gesamteuropäischen bezügen: areale ausbreitung, heterogene entstehung, parsing sowie diskursgrammatische grundlagen und zusammenhänge
Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2001. 8vo, pp. xii, [2], 148; original red printed wrappers (some soiling), else a good copy. More
The theory of neutralization and the archiphoneme in functional phonology
Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 1988. First edition, 8vo, pp. xxi, [1], 533, [3] ads; binding a little sunned, else fine in original pink cloth. Amsterdam Studies in the Theory and History of Linguistic Science, Series IV, Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, vol. 43. More
A certain text. Close readings and textual studies on Shakespeare and others in honor of Thomas Clayton
Newark: University of Delaware Press; London: Associated University Presses, [2002]. First edition, 8vo, pp. 205; portrait frontispiece; fine copy in the dust jacket. Includes a 5-page Clayton bibliography at the back. More
Ortografía y reglas de la lengua Tagalog
Madrid: Libraria General de Victoriano Suárez, 1930. First edition limited to 150 copies (this #107), 8vo, pp. ix, [1], [2], 95, [3]; introduction, followed by a facsimile of the original 1776 manuscript; later green cloth, gilt title direct on spine, uncut with speckled top edge, original paper covers bound in;..... More
Catalogus 216: Nederlands taalkunde, leterkunde, algemeen, middeleeuwen, negentiende eeuw, studies & teksten, tijdschriften [cover title]
Amsterdam: Antiquariaat Schuhmacher, [1988?]. 8vo, pp. 124; text printed from typescript; original olive printed wrappers, previous owner's notes on back cover and p. 1, else very good. Bookseller's catalogue of 2820 items related to Dutch language and literature. More
German linguistics II. Papers from the second Symposium on Germanic Linguistics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 3-4 October 1986
Bloomington: Indiana University Linguistics Club, 1988. 4to, pp. 150; original blue pictorial stapled wrappers, edges toned, interior fine. Reprint of 14 papers presented at the Symposium. More
Historical and comparative linguistics ... Second, revised edition
Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 1989. 8vo, pp. xv, [1], 462, [3] ads; fine in original pink wrappers. Issued as no. 6 in the publisher's Current Issues in Linguistics Theory series. More
Studies in English grammar and linguistics: A miscellany in honour of Takanobu Otsuka.
Tokyo: Kenkyusha Ltd., 1958. First edition, 8vo, pp. x, 419, including 9-page "A Bibliography of the Works of Takanobu Otsuka;" photographic frontispiece portrait of Otsuka dated February 1957; original navy blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine, the slightest of wear to the extremities and bowing to front cover, a...... More
Quantity in historical phonology: Icelandic and related cases
Cambridge: University Press, [1980]. First edition, 8vo, pp. [8], 234; a fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. More
Orðabók um slangur: slettur, bannorð og annað utangarðsmál
Reykjavík: Svart á hvítu, [1982]. First edition, 8vo, pp. xvi, 160; text in double column, illustrations; fine copy in original pictorial wrappers. More
Essays on grammatical theory and universal grammar. Edited by Doug Arnold, Martin Atkinson, Jacques Durand, Claire Grover and Louisa Sadler.
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989. First edition, 8vo, x & 304pp., language and author indices, as new in the jacket. Includes the texts of nine essays on obscure grammatical topics. More
Festskrift til Ottar Grønvik på 75-årsdagen den 21. oktober 1991
Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, [1991]. First edition, 8vo, pp. 280; portrait frontispiece; fine copy in original pictorial brown cloth, lettered in gilt on upper cover and spine. Festschrift for the famed linguist and runic scholar. More
A survey of verb forms in the eastern United States.
[Ann Arbor]: University of Michigan Press, 1953. First edition, 4to, pp. viii, 53; 31 full-page maps on 32 plates; a fine copy in near very good dust jacket a little soiled and nicked along edges. More
Rytmen i fokus: studier framlagda vid Fjärde nordiska metrikkonferensen Lund 25-27 november 1993
Göteborg: Centrum för metriska studier, 1995. First edition, 8vo, pp. 203, [5]; fine in original white printed wrappers. Text in Swedish and Danish with summaries in English. Skrifter utgivna av Centrum för Metriska Studier, vol. 6. More
Uber die Entstehung der Isländersagas
Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1956. First edition, 8vo, pp.[2], 108, [1]; very good in original beige printed wrappers. Issued as Volume 102, part 5 in the publisher's series Berichte über die Verhandlungen der Sächsischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig. More
Early modern English: additions and antedatings to the record of English vocabulary, 1475-1700
Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag, 1978. 4to, pp. xv, [3], 367; text printed from typescript; original red cloth (a few faint smudges), upper cover lettered in gilt, black gilt-lettered spine label; near fine. More
