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
Five pamphlets on the etymology of names
1907-1956. Five 8vo pamphlets, bound in a "Strakers" spring back binder, as follows: Russell, R. C. Hunter. A collection of place-names, and their meaning, in West Sutherland and part of Wester Ross. [Plymouth, 1969] pp. [2], 14; printed paper wrappers, fine. National Library of Scotland only in OCLC. Krahe, Hans..... More
Hispanic linguistics. Vol 2, no. 1
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh, 1985. 8vo, pp. v, [1], 178, [8]; original gray printed wrappers, lower wrapper stained, else very good. Articles on desfocalizacion, the speech of the negros congos of Panama, the rule of Iberian Portuguese vowel reduction, and the first Spanish-English dictionary. 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
Ukrayinsʹkyy pravopys / Український правопис
Kiev: Akademi Nauk Ukrainskoi RSR, 1961. 8vo, pp. 271, [1]; text in Ukrainian; gray cloth backed green boards; spine sunned, boards slightly rubbed, textblock starting to tone, but clean and sound. Ukrainian orthography. 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
История глагольных времен в Болгарском языке. Бремена индикатива / Istoriia glagolnykh vremen v bolgarskom iazyke. Bremena indikativa
Moscow: Nauka, 1970. 8vo, pp. 299, [1]; text in Russian; full green cloth; textblock toned but sound, ownership signature of George Smalley on endpaper, very good. On the history of verb tenses in Bulgarian. More
Основи фонологије српскоxрватскога књижевног језика / Osnovi fonologije srpskohrvatskoga knjizevnog jezika
Niksic: Univerzitetska Rijec, 1989. Second edition, 8vo, pp. 269, [3]; text in Serbian; printed creme paper wrappers; a touch of wrinkling to the plastic film protecting wrappers, textblock clean and sound. Phonology of Serbo-Croatian. More
同安县农村扫盲小词典 (试用本) / Tongan xian nongcun saomang xiao cidian... [= Short dictionary of rural Tongan district (exploratory volume)] [cover title]
Tongan: Xiamen University Southern Fujian Dialect Dictionary Team and Tongan Education Bureau, 1978. 8vo, pp. 164; mimeo printed text in three columns, in Chinese with romanization, printed paper wrappers; paper toned and brittle, a little bumping to corners, still near fine. Together with: 同安农村扫盲小词典 (目录与索引) [= Short dictionary ... (contents..... More
沖縄渡名喜島における言語文化の総合的研究 / Okinawa Tonakijima ni okeru gengo, bunka no sogoteki kenkyu [= Researches on the language and culture of Tonakijima, Okinawa]
Tokyo: Hosei Daigaku, 1991. 8vo, pp. [4], 196, [2]; text in Japanese; illustrations throughout, including maps, elevations, floor plans, diagrams of joinery, etc.; glossy paper wrappers; ex-library with a few unobtrusive stamps, otherwise fine. Chapters are largely on the local architecture, with a few other articles on the local dialect..... More
閩南語史研究文獻目錄 / List of works by Wu Shou-Li, Professor, Department of Chinese Literature, National Taiwan University
[Taipei? n.p.], 1969. 8.25" x 6", pp. [2], 44 (pages 11-12 misbound but present); text largely in Chinese with some English entries; full blue stiff paper wrappers; spine and edges chipped, checkmarks throughout and annotation on upper cover, good and sound. Despite the English title, not all works on this..... 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 latinity of the letters of Saint Ambros
Washington: Catholic University of America, 1927. 8vo, pp. xviii, 140, [4]; printed paper wrappers; light toning and rubbing to wrapper edges, text clean and sound, very good. A study in two parts: on the syntax from the point of view of the letters' deviations from classical norms, and a survey..... 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
Индонезийский глагол. Категория переходности / Indoneziiskii glagol. Kategoriya perehodnisti [= Indonesian transitive verbs]
Moscow: Nauka, 1975. 8vo, pp. 142, [2]; text in Russian; blue and white paper covers; head and tail of spine worn, corners of lower pages dogeared; text toned but clean and sound, good. More
The linguistic atlas of the Upper Midwest. In three volumes
[Minneapolis]: University of Minnesota Press, 1973-76. First edition, 4to, 3 volumes; text in double column, printed from typescript; maps in the text throughout; a fine set in original green cloth, gilt-stamped on upper covers and spines. More
Elements of German: phonology and morphology
Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, [2007]. First edition, 8vo, pp. [8],152; fine in original orange wrappers. 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
